Report, issued by AAIB, does not offer any conclusions or apportion blame for June 12 disaster Fuel control switches to the engines of an Air India flight that crashed shortly after takeoff, killing 260 people, were moved from the “run” to the “cutoff” position moments before impact, a preliminary investigation report said early Saturday. The…
US president lashes out at reporters for questioning authorities’ response to disaster US President Donald Trump spoke Friday of seeing devastation like he’d never before experienced as he toured parts of Texas hit by devastating flash floods that have left at least 120 people dead, including dozens of children. The Republican leader and First Lady…
US State Department says it’s sanctioning “key regime leaders… for their involvement in gross violations of human rights” WASHINGTON: The United States on Friday imposed its first sanctions on Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel, citing his role in what it described as the regime’s brutality against its own people. The move marks the latest in a…
Trump refers to demonstrators who attacked Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents as “slimeballs” CAMARILLO: A farm worker died on Friday following injuries sustained during a raid by US immigration agents at a legal cannabis farm in California, which led to the arrest of 200 undocumented migrants and confrontations with protesters. Meanwhile, President Donald Trump referred…
Second round of talks to take place tomorrow; successful dialogue might lead to speaker dropping reference LAHORE: Punjab government and the opposition have formed their respective negotiation committees to hold dialogue over the issue of speaker’s disqualification reference against the latter’s members in the Punjab Assembly, the sources familiar with the matter said on Saturday….
Bill Skarsgård to reprise the role of ‘Pennywise’ Bill Skarsgård’s Pennywise is returning to haunt viewers this time in a prequel drama series. Backed by HBO, It: Welcome to Derry is going to highlight the origin story of the hideous clown. Earlier, Bill played the role in two Stephen King movies in 2017 and 2019. He will…
Blake Lively requests private deposition location amid ongoing lawsuit Blake Lively has filed a motion to request a private deposition location for her forthcoming testimony in the ongoing lawsuit between her and Justin Baldoni. According to legal documents obtained by People magazine, Lively’s legal team is seeking a protective order to direct the defendants to take…
ISLAMABAD: In what could be a major setback to Pakistan hockey’s World Cup qualification ambitions, insiders in the corridors of power have revealed that the federal government is strongly leaning towards barring the national team from participating in the upcoming Asia Cup Hockey Championship scheduled to be held in Bihar, India, from August 29. Sources…
Centre-right government rejects long-established national policies focused on rehabilitation and reintegration Sweden is moving away from criminal rehabilitation in favour of US-style mass incarceration, experts have said, as the country prepares to rent places in Estonian jails to help house its rapidly expanding prison population. The move to outsource prison places is one of a…
UN human rights office says 615 of the deaths were in vicinity of sites run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation At least 798 people have been killed while seeking food at distribution points operated by the US- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation and other humanitarian convoys since the end of May, the UN human rights…
