A US passenger flight preparing to leave the nation’s capital and an incoming military jet received instructions to divert and prevent a possible collision, officials said. Delta Air Lines Flight 2983 was cleared for takeoff at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Friday around 3:15pm, the same time four US Air Force T-38 Talon aircraft were inbound, the Federal Aviation …
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The death toll from a major earthquake in Myanmar has risen to 1 644, the ruling junta said on Saturday, with 3 408 people injured.
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Once again, Turkey faces political turmoil. Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) was detained on March 19 and then formally arrested on March 23. He stands accused of a host of poorly evidenced charges: “establishing and managing a criminal organization, taking bribes, extortion, unlawfully recording personal data, and rigging a tender.” Imamoglu, who called …
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Another threat faced by the autonomous Danish territory is Chinese expansion, according to the US president US President Donald Trump has promised to defend Greenland, an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark, from both Russia and China. Moscow has not expressed aggressive intentions towards the island and has repeatedly denied Western claims of planning to attack NATO countries. Trump …
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A poster on the outside wall of the MEP. Credit: AM / SWAN. by SWAN – Southern World Arts News (paris) Friday, March 28, 2025 Inter Press Service PARIS, Mar 28 (IPS) – Reggae fans may be initially drawn just by the iconic image of Bob Marley on the Music + Life poster, but once inside this exhibition, they will find …
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New alliances in Sudan’s civil war risk sparking a regional conflict by drawing in neighbouring South Sudan, analysts tell Al Jazeera. The biggest development was an alliance in February between the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), who established a government to rival Sudan’s current de facto leadership. The RSF has been at war …
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Families of the missing in Bangkok wait anxiously for news At least 15 people are thought to still be alive and trapped under the rubble of a Bangkok skyscraper that collapsed after a massive earthquake hit Myanmar and Thailand. Rescuers say they have detected signs of life and communicated with some survivors under the 10-storey tall mountain of debris. Scores …
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The dust from the devastating earthquake on Friday was still churning in Myanmar when an existential question swirled into the mix: Could this fatal clash of tectonic plates, which added yet another layer of trauma to a country already plagued by civil war, also portend the demise of Myanmar’s ruling junta? The earthquake, known to have killed at least 1,000 …
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Google has introduced version 2.5 of its Gemini AI model, which the company said offers a new level of performance by combining an enhanced base model with improved post-training. The Gemini 2.5 models are thinking models, capable of reasoning through their thoughts before responding, thus resulting in better performance and improved accuracy, said Koray Kavukcuoglu, CTO of Google DeepMind, in …
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Drenching rains along the Texas-Mexico border have killed at least four people and trapped hundreds of people in flooded homes and cars stranded in high waters. Rescue crews continued to respond to calls on Friday as the downpours let up. Officials warned that the devastation from the storms, which set records in parts of Texas’ low-lying Rio Grande Valley, was …
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