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World The recommendation follows the FAA’s grounding of 171 Boeing 737 Max 9 planes after the Jan. 5 mid-air cabin blowout of a door plug on an eight-week-old Alaska Airlines Max 9 jet. Airlines operating Boeing 737-900ER jets should inspect door plugs, says regulatorThomson Reuters · Posted: Jan 22, 2024 3:12 AM EST | Last Updated:Continue Reading

Politics and religion collide at India’s Ram temple openingPolitics and religion collided in India with Prime Minister Narendra Modi attending the opening of a Hindu temple. The Ram Mandir temple was built on the site of a 16th century mosque that was destroyed by a mob in 1992. The religiousContinue Reading

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday rejected conditions presented by Hamas to end the war and release hostages that would include Israel’s complete withdrawal and leaving Hamas in power in Gaza. As Israeli planes resumed bombing Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, senior Hamas official Sami Abu ZuhriContinue Reading

World The wife of a Russian soldier delivered an emotional appeal for his return from Ukraine on Saturday at the election headquarters of President Vladimir Putin, a defiant gesture in a country where open criticism of the war is banned. At Putin’s election headquarters in Moscow, Maria Andreyeva makes aContinue Reading

World Thousands of Indian labourers are hoping to land work in Israel as labourers, saying the wages they can earn there would be significantly higher their income prospects at home. Some workers have the potential to earn five times the salary they can make in IndiaThomson Reuters · Posted: JanContinue Reading

World Analysts say Belgorod lies on a part of the map that is within Ukraine’s reach and also where Russia has placed logistical and military elements that are worthy of disruption by Kyiv. Add that all up, and it becomes apparent why the bounds of the conflict have extended intoContinue Reading

World Japan became the fifth country to put a spacecraft on the moon but the probe was not generating solar power, its space agency said, during a mission to prove a “precision” landing technology and revitalize a space program that has suffered setbacks. U.S., Soviet Union, China and India theContinue Reading

World One of the most severe droughts to ever hit Panama has stirred chaos in the 80-kilometre route, causing a traffic jam of vessels. Shipping companies already dealing with attacks on vessels in Red SeaThe Associated Press · Posted: Jan 19, 2024 10:04 AM EST | Last Updated: January 19 AContinue Reading

World North Korea said Friday it has tested a nuclear-capable underwater attack drone in response to a combined naval exercise by South Korea, the United States and Japan this week, as it continues to blame its rivals for raising tensions in the region. Announcement comes days after dictatorship said itContinue Reading