November 21, 2024
International

As a Soviet-era fighter plane crashes in India, two pilots perish

The crash of a Soviet-era fighter plane in India that was on a training mission has claimed the lives of two pilots, raising new safety worries following a run of mishaps involving the aircraft. According to the defence ministry, the MiG-21 crashed on Thursday night in the western Rajasthani state’s desert close to the city […]

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Philippines airlifts aid to earthquake-hit regions that are cut off

Residents asked for food and temporary shelter as Philippine officials on Friday airlifted supplies to regions that have been shut off since a strong earthquake rocked the main island of Luzon this week.The military claimed to have sent people and helicopters to the Abra province’s seven remote communities to provide aid supplies. According to Romel […]

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Bridges above the Eastbay Expressway save Gwadar from sinking

Three bridges of the Eastbay Expressway, one of CPEC’s modern roadways, have prevented the eastern section of the coastal city from completely sinking in the middle of flash floods that threaten tragedy in many areas of Gwadar. They have avoided many casualties and the destruction of residential and commercial structures. The opening of the three bridges served as […]

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1,700 people died in Spain and Portugal from the heatwave

COPENHAGEN: The European branch of the World Health Organization announced on Friday that the heatwave engulfing Europe has resulted in over 1,700 fatalities just on the Iberian peninsula, and it is urging cooperation to combat climate change. Heat is fatal. Hans Kluge, the WHO’s regional director for Europe, stated that thousands of people had died in recent […]

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Museum of London is looking to record Covid dreams

The lives of inhabitants of the British capital have changed “not just in the day to day” because of the pandemic, but also “in relation to how we sleep and dream”, the museum said. The project, dubbed “Guardians of Sleep”, will look to collect the dreams in the form of oral histories. It will also […]

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