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'Was Conscious, Communicating': flydubai Passenger Recalls Saving Indian Pilot
Speaking to NDTV, Zvika Manes, who is the CEO of Bank Leumi's underwriting company, said he and others managed to restrain the co-pilot using cables from the multimedia headphones handed out during the flight.
flydubai Incident Live Updates: Hero Pilot Recovering Well, Says Indian Envoy To UAE
flydubai Incident Live Updates: Flight-tracking information showed the aircraft first transmitted squawk code 7700, the internationally recognised code for a general emergency.
flydubai Co-Pilot Who Stabbed Indian Captain May Be Linked To Iran: Trump
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was asked about the same issue in an interview with Fox News on Thursday. He said it was not yet possible to link the co-pilot to Iran or anyone else.
From H-1B To Local Hiring: How Indian IT Presence Is Changing In America
For Indian IT firms, the message is clear. Rising visa costs and tougher oversight have made the H-1B route less attractive than it once was.
Putin Warns About Using "All Types Of Weapons" If Kaliningrad Is Attacked
In recent months, NATO countries have conducted several military exercises along the borders of Kaliningrad. That prompted Moscow to issue a statement condemning what it called "provocative statements and actions of the North Atlantic Alliance's leadership and NATO member states".
Trump Pushes For Calling AI 'Super Intelligence', Domain Buyers Smell Money
.si is the internet domain suffix originally designated for Slovenia, just as .in is for India.
Hitting the sweet spot: bear treats itself to baked goods at Colorado farmers’ market
Shoppers and vendors in Aspen surprised by unusual customer as it stretched to sample stall offeringsFarmers’ market shoppers might not usually pay much attention to the local resident devouring fresh bread and pastries at one of the stalls with extra gusto – but some certainly did last weekend when they realized it was a hungry bear.Onlookers on Saturday reached for their phones to take photos and videos of the bear in downtown Aspen, Colorado, after it wandered through the stalls and got up on to its hind legs to dig into the baked goods. Continue reading...
Kimberly Guilfoyle 'unfit' to serve after her overseas antics were exposed: lawmakers
President Donald Trump's ambassador to Greece, Kimberly Guilfoyle, faces calls for her removal after reportedly pulling a lobbyist into meetings with foreign officials.Guilfoyle, a former Fox News host who was once engaged to Donald Trump Jr., was confirmed to the post last year. The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that top lawmakers on the House and Senate foreign affairs panels have pressed Secretary of State Marco Rubio to examine her conduct. They cited a recent Journal investigation into her campaign to promote natural gas deals involving a Greek company across southeastern Europe."If these reports are accurate, Ambassador Guilfoyle is unfit to represent the United States abroad and should be removed from her position," Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY) wrote in a Wednesday letter to Rubio.Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), who supported Guilfoyle's confirmation, sent her own letter Thursday. "Such actions do not serve U.S. credibility overseas and risk undermining U.S. diplomacy," she wrote.The lawmakers want records of every meeting attended by Christos Marafatsos, a registered lobbyist for Aktor Group. Aktor's joint venture with a Greek state-backed energy firm signed a 20-year agreement last fall to buy American liquefied natural gas from Venture Global. They also asked about Guilfoyle's financial interests and her travel on private jets, including one flight covered by Aktor's chief executive. Former embassy staffers told The Journal that ambassadors rarely fly private and need explicit approval to do so.The Journal previously reported that Guilfoyle clashed with Greece's energy minister at a March dinner in Athens. Referring to Romania's government, which was then nearing collapse, she allegedly said, "We can do that to any country we want. We can do that here." Her lawyer disputed that account, per The Journal. Romania's government fell in a no-confidence vote in May.A U.S. Embassy official in Greece said Guilfoyle "continues to follow all State Department ethical guidelines" and that "any insinuation that she was operating outside of ethical guidelines are categorically false."A lawyer for Aktor told The Journal, "The Ambassador has been consistently promoting U.S. interests."
Judge denies defense motion to declare Lindsay Clancy not guilty of murder
Request for Clancy, 36, to be acquitted turned down nearly a month after first trial ended with deadlocked juryThe judge in the Lindsay Clancy murder case on Thursday refused to declare her not guilty, turning down a defense motion that had argued there was not enough evidence to prove she was responsible for killing her three children.On Tuesday, Clancy’s attorney Kevin Reddington tried to persuade Judge William Sullivan that prosecutors had not offered any proof that Clancy had killed her three children. Prosecutors argued there was plenty of evidence, calling Reddington’s claim “laughable”. Continue reading...
Supreme court to hear case challenging Trump’s immigration detention policy
Court will review practice of indefinite detention for undocumented immigrants living in the US The US supreme court agreed on Thursday to take up a case challenging the Trump administration’s practice of indefinite detention for undocumented immigrants living in the US and awaiting deportation proceedings.At the center of the immigration case is a dispute over Donald Trump’s reinterpretation of a longstanding policy that has led to a huge surge in the number of migrants held in detention centers. Continue reading...
No More Child Brides In California, Governor Newsom Ends Practice Still Legal In 32 States
A state bill banning child marriage was signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom on Wednesday.
Hero flydubai Pilot Smit Machchhar Airlifted From Saudi Arabia To Abu Dhabi
Indian pilot captain Smit Machchhar was stabbed by his co-pilot inside the cockpit aboard flydubai flight FZ1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv. The co-pilot apparently wanted to crash the plane.
