US aviation regulator calls for inspections of older Boeing 737 planes | News

US aviation regulator calls for inspections of older Boeing 737 planes | News

Federal Aviation Administration recommends checks on Boeing 737-900ER planes. The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has recommended that airlines inspect door plugs on Boeing 737-900ER jets after a blowout this month on another type of aircraft with a similar mid-cabin exit. In a statement late on Sunday, the aviation regulator…

Trump may testify in E Jean Carroll defamation case: Here’s what’s to know | Donald Trump News

Trump may testify in E Jean Carroll defamation case: Here’s what’s to know | Donald Trump News

Former United States President Donald Trump may testify on Monday in a defamation trial over his 2019 comments branding writer E Jean Carroll a liar who faked a sexual attack to sell a memoir. He plans to be in court as the New York trial resumes after a weekend break….

Ron DeSantis drops out of US presidential race, endorses Trump | Elections News

Ron DeSantis drops out of US presidential race, endorses Trump | Elections News

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has suspended his Republican US presidential campaign just before the New Hampshire primary and endorsed Donald Trump, ending a White House bid that failed to meet expectations that he would emerge as a serious challenger to the former president. “It’s clear to me that a majority…

The US plan to revamp the Palestinian Authority is doomed to fail | Opinions

The US plan to revamp the Palestinian Authority is doomed to fail | Opinions

For two months now, the United States and other Western countries, backing Israel, have been talking about “the day after” in Gaza. They have rejected Israeli assertions that the Israeli army will remain in control of the Strip and pointed to the Palestinian Authority (PA) as their preferred political actor…

War on Gaza: What impact will the ICJ case have? | Show Types

War on Gaza: What impact will the ICJ case have? | Show Types

The ICJ hearings have drawn scorn as well as shock from Israel’s media punditry. In the West, however, the case has emboldened journalists to ask tougher questions of the Israeli narrative. Lead contributors:Oren Ziv – Reporter, +972 MagazineMouin Rabbani – Co-editor, JadaliyyaSelma Carmey – Human rights lawyerGideon Levy – Columnist,…

US Senator Tim Scott endorses Trump for president in blow to Nikki Haley | Politics News

US Senator Tim Scott endorses Trump for president in blow to Nikki Haley | Politics News

Trump holds commanding lead in polls ahead of key New Hampshire primary on Tuesday. United States Senator Tim Scott has endorsed his former rival Donald Trump for the Republican nomination for president, in a setback for Trump’s closest challenger and fellow South Carolinian Nikki Haley. Tim Scott, who dropped out…

Purges in China’s military allow Taiwan some respite – for now | Politics News

Purges in China’s military allow Taiwan some respite – for now | Politics News

Danny Jia was walking down a street outside Taiwan’s Taoyuan city in late December when he suddenly heard automatic gunfire. Not far from Jia’s location that morning, the 249th mechanised infantry brigade of the Taiwanese armed forces was conducting military drills at Guanyin beach on the island’s northwest coast. “I…

Actor Alec Baldwin charged again over fatal film-set shooting | Courts News

Actor Alec Baldwin charged again over fatal film-set shooting | Courts News

Grand jury indicted Baldwin for involuntary manslaughter over 2021 shooting on set of, Rust, that killed Halyna Hutchins. A grand jury has indicted American actor Alec Baldwin on an involuntary manslaughter charge after a 2021 shooting during a rehearsal on a movie set killed the cinematographer. Special prosecutors brought the case…

New Hampshire primary: Haley and the anti-Trump movement’s last best hope | Elections News

New Hampshire primary: Haley and the anti-Trump movement’s last best hope | Elections News

New Hampshire — the next stop in the Republican primary calendar — is known as the Granite State, named for the rock that gave rise to some of its mightiest peaks and mountains. For former United Nations envoy Nikki Haley, however, the Granite State could be the cliff off which…

Palestine, the alchemy of big lies and future of the university | Israel War on Gaza

Palestine, the alchemy of big lies and future of the university | Israel War on Gaza

In September 1944, as the genocide of European Jews was ongoing and the violence of World War II was at its peak, Max Horkheimer, co-founder of the Institute for Social Research – aka the Frankfurt School – and the methodology of “critical theory” it developed, declared that “wittingly or unwittingly,…