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Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX Faces Emergency as Door Blows Open Mid-Air

06 Jan 2024 12:48 PM IST

Passengers aboard an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-9 MAX experienced a harrowing incident as one of the aircraft’s doors blew open mid-air shortly after takeoff. Videos captured by passengers reveal the mid-cabin exit door completely separating from the plane during the emergency. ?#BREAKING: Alaska Airlines Forced to Make an Emergency Landing

“Alleging that Trump prioritizes his power over American democracy” US President Biden opens 2024 poll campaign

06 Jan 2024 11:52 AM IST

During his inaugural 2024 campaign speech in Pennsylvania for the presidential elections, President Joe Biden, as reported by CNN, criticized his adversary, Donald Trump, alleging that Trump prioritizes his power over American democracy. Biden asserted that Trump’s campaign fixates on the past instead of focusing on the future, issuing a

Motions filed to exclude Trump from 2024 ballot in Illinois, Massachusetts

06 Jan 2024 05:24 AM IST

Groups of voters from Illinois and Massachusetts filed motions to remove former US President Donald Trump from the 2024 ballot, the news channel reported. The two states have been added to the list of states where Trump faces a challenge to his candidature under the 14th Amendment’s insurrectionist ban. In

Russia limits UN access to Ukraine Nuclear plant, citing safety concerns

06 Jan 2024 05:20 AM IST

Russia acknowledged blocking the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) from accessing certain areas of Ukraine’s power plant, attributing it to safety concerns. The IAEA officials have been monitoring the plant since September 2022, six months after it was seized by Moscow’s forces. Responding to the IAEA’s statement about being denied

Iowa community mourns sixth-grader’s death, questions bullying impact

06 Jan 2024 05:15 AM IST

A 17-year-old student, Dylan Butler, fatally shot a fellow sixth-grade student and injured five others before taking his own life. Butler was armed with a pump-action shotgun and a small-calibre handgun, and investigators found a “rudimentary” explosive device at the school. Reports suggest that Butler had planned to harm more

B-1 bomber crashes at South Dakota Air Force base, crew ejects safely

06 Jan 2024 05:13 AM IST

A B-1 Lancer bomber from Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, crashed during a training mission around 5:50 p.m. while attempting to land. All four crew members ejected safely, and no injuries were reported, as confirmed by the 28th Bomb Wing at Ellsworth. The incident is currently under investigation to

Biden warns of democratic threats on January 6 anniversary

06 Jan 2024 05:09 AM IST

President Joe Biden will commemorate the three-year anniversary of the January 6 attacks on the US Capitol by cautioning voters about the perceived threat Republican Donald Trump poses to the country’s status as a free democracy. Trump, who served as president from 2017 to 2021 and is once again vying

White House confirms Russia utilised North Kaorean missiles in Ukraine strikes

06 Jan 2024 05:07 AM IST

The White House recently disclosed that Russia deployed short-range ballistic missiles (SRBMs) sourced from North Korea in multiple attacks against Ukraine, based on newly declassified intelligence. John Kirby, a spokesperson for national security, stated that the United States intends to bring this matter before the United Nations Security Council. Kirby

Beijing lodges protest to Myanmar as 5 people injured after artillery shells land in China

06 Jan 2024 05:03 AM IST

China has lodged protests to Myanmar after five people were injured by artillery shells fired during battles between its ruling junta and rebel groups that landed in its small town near their border, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Thursday, CNN reported. While addressing a press conference on Thursday,

Pakistan is headed in the opposite direction, election could be a farce, says Imran Khan

06 Jan 2024 05:01 AM IST

Raising serious doubts over whether the scheduled February 8 polls in Pakistan will be held, jailed former prime minister Imran Khan has reiterated his “engineered” removal from power in 2022 by the establishment “under pressure from America” and the lack of “level playing field” in the elections. The charge in

Pyongyang fires 200 artillery shells into South Korea’s western coast waters: Report

06 Jan 2024 04:59 AM IST

South Korea’s military said North Korea fired some 200 artillery shells into waters off its western coast on Friday morning, Yonhap News Agency reported. After North Korea’s move, an emergency evacuation order for civilians on the South Korea’s border islands of Yeonpyeong and Baengnyeong was issued. Furthermore, the South Korean

ISRAELI FORCES ELIMINATE terrorists, DESTROY rocket launchers in Gaza

06 Jan 2024 04:56 AM IST

During the last day, IDF (Israel Defense Forces) forces operating from the air, sea and land attacked more than 100 terrorist targets in the Gaza Strip in the areas of Al Buraij and Khan Yunis, including military headquarters and rocket launching positions and buildings where terrorist infrastructure was stored alongside