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The F-35B has been at Thiruvananthapuram airport in the southern state of Kerala since it landed on 14 June
Stranded UK F-35 jet becomes unexpected star in Indian tourism campaign
DELHI — A state-of-the-art British fighter jet stuck at an airport in India for nearly three weeks now has sparked curiosity and raised questions about how such a modern aircraft could get stranded for days in a foreign country.The F-35B landed at Thiruvananthapuram airport in the southern state of Kerala on 14 June.The aircraft was diverted there after it ran into bad weather during a sortie in the Indian ocean and was unable to return to HMS Prince of Wales, the Royal Navy's flagship carrier.It landed safely but it has since developed a technical snag and is unable to return to the carrier.Since the jet's landing, engineers from HMS Prince of Wales have assessed the aircraft, but the visiting teams have been unable to fix it so far.On Thursday, the British High Commission said...
July 04, 2025

Stranded UK F-35 jet becomes unexpected star in Indian tourism campaign

The Potala Palace in Lhasa, seen here in 2020, was the winter home of the Dalai Lama until he went into exile in 1959
At 90, the Dalai Lama braces for final showdown with Beijing
HONG KONG — For much of the past century, the Dalai Lama has been the living embodiment of Tibet’s struggle for greater freedoms under Chinese Communist Party rule, sustaining the cause from exile even as an increasingly powerful Beijing has become ever more assertive in suppressing it.As his 90th birthday approaches this Sunday, the spiritual leader for millions of followers of Tibetan Buddhism worldwide is bracing for a final showdown with Beijing: the battle over who will control his reincarnation.On Wednesday, the Dalai Lama announced that he will have a successor after his death, and that his office will have the sole authority to identify his reincarnation.“I am affirming that the institution of the Dalai Lama will continue,” the Nobel Peace laureate said in a video message...
July 04, 2025

At 90, the Dalai Lama braces for final showdown with Beijing

The woman allegedly duped a 77-year-old woman out of cash and jewelry.
Two arrested over ‘Chinese blessing scams’ targeting elderly Asian women in Australia
BRISBANE — Two alleged fraudsters accused of swindling an elderly woman out of tens of thousands of dollars in cash have been arrested by Australian police investigating a spate of “Chinese blessing scams.”Chinese blessing scams have been reported worldwide for the last 25 years or so, including in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada and New Zealand.Offenders typically target elderly Asian women and convince them that a member of their family is cursed or in danger. Victims are told the only way to ward off negative spirits is to have their wealth blessed.“It’s a robbery by stealth. These offenders swarm these vulnerable victims, usually Asian, older females. They swarm like a pack of hyenas,” said New South Wales Police Detective Superintendent Guy Magee.A...
July 04, 2025

Two arrested over ‘Chinese blessing scams’ targeting elderly Asian women in Australia

Several religious groups in Kerala have opposed the government's decision to introduce Zumba classes in schools
Indian state defends Zumba lessons for students amid protests
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM — The southern Indian state of Kerala has defended its decision to introduce Zumba classes in public schools, after the move sparked protests from religious groups earlier this week.Some 14,000 state-run schools in Kerala have been asked to organise daily Zumba sessions as part of an anti-drug campaign launched by the government last month.The decision has been bitterly opposed by some Hindu and Muslim organizations in the state, who say the dance is a form of "cultural invasion".They are urging parents and teachers to boycott the program, saying it goes against their religious beliefs and moral values. While the protests have died down, the groups are continuing to oppose the policy.The Kerala government however has said it will not roll back the program,...
July 03, 2025

Indian state defends Zumba lessons for students amid protests

Relatives of those missing have been anxiously waiting for updates
Four dead, dozens missing after ferry sinks off Bali
JAKARTA — At least four people have died and dozens are missing after a ferry sank off Indonesia's tourist island of Bali, rescuers said.The boat was carrying 53 passengers and 12 crew members when it sank at 23:20 local time (15:35 GMT) on Wednesday while on its way to Bali from Banyuwangi on the eastern coast of Java island, the Surabaya office of the National Search and Rescue Agency said.Thirty-one survivors have been rescued, the agency says, as the search continues.Authorities are investigating the cause of the sinking. The ferry operator had reported engine trouble shortly before it sank, while an official said the cause was "bad weather", according to local media.Many of the survivors are residents of the coastal town of Banyuwangi while others came from more inland...
July 03, 2025

Four dead, dozens missing after ferry sinks off Bali

Bangladesh's former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina speaking at the annual Munich Security Conference in Germany while still in office in February 2024.
Bangladesh ex-PM Sheikh Hasina gets six-month prison sentence in absentia
DHAKA — Bangladesh’s ousted and self-exiled Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was sentenced to six months in prison by the country’s International Crimes Tribunal on Wednesday in a contempt of court case.Hasina has been facing multiple cases since she fled to India after deadly student-led protests in August, but it was the first time the former leader was sentenced in one of them.Shakil Akand Bulbul, a leader of the Awami League party’s banned student wing Chhatra League, was also sentenced to two months in prison in the same case, Chief Prosecutor Muhammad Tajul Islam told reporters. The party had been led by Hasina for years.A three-member ICT tribunal, led by Justice Golam Mortuza Mozumder, delivered the verdict in their absence, noting that the sentences will take effect upon...
July 03, 2025

Bangladesh ex-PM Sheikh Hasina gets six-month prison sentence in absentia

Seven of the 12 Tokara islands are inhabited by about 700 residents
Japan islanders sleepless after 900 earthquakes in two weeks
SINGAPORE — More than 900 earthquakes have shaken a remote and sparsely populated island chain in southern Japan over two weeks, keeping residents anxious and awake all night.Seismic activity has been "very active" in the seas around the Tokara islands since 21 June, authorities said after a magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck on Wednesday.There have been no reports of damage and no tsunami warning has been raised but authorities have advised residents to prepare to evacuate if needed."It's very scary to even fall asleep," one resident told the regional broadcaster MBC. "It feels like it's always shaking."The Tokara area has experienced clusters of earthquakes in the past but the frequency of the most recent tremors has been unusual, according to local...
July 03, 2025

Japan islanders sleepless after 900 earthquakes in two weeks

Qantas planes sit at Sydney Airport's domestic terminal on July 2, 2025.
Qantas cyber hack could have stolen ‘significant’ amount of data from six million customers
SYDNEY — Australian airline Qantas says a data hack on Monday exposed the personal information of six million customers and it expects the amount stolen to be “significant.”The hack penetrated a third-party customer service platform used by a Qantas contact center, the airline said in a statement on Wednesday. Six million customers have service records on the platform – with data including some of their names, email addresses, phone numbers, birth dates and frequent flyer numbers.However, the platform does not contain any customer credit card details, financial information or passport details, Qantas said.After Qantas detected “unusual activity” on the platform, it took action and “contained” the system, it said. The statement said all Qantas systems are now secure, and...
July 02, 2025

Qantas cyber hack could have stolen ‘significant’ amount of data from six million customers

Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama speaks in a previously-recorded video message at the start of the 15th Tibetan Religious Conference in Dharamshala, India on July 2, 2025
Dalai Lama vows he won’t be the last leader of Tibetan Buddhism
HONG KONG — The Dalai Lama has announced that he will have a successor after his death, continuing a centuries-old tradition that has become a flashpoint in the struggle with China’s Communist Party over Tibet’s future.Tibetan Buddhism’s spiritual leader made the declaration on Wednesday in a video message to religious elders gathering in Dharamshala, India, where the Nobel Peace laureate has lived since fleeing Tibet after a failed uprising against Chinese communist rule in 1959.“I am affirming that the institution of the Dalai Lama will continue,” the Dalai Lama said in the pre-recorded video, citing requests he received over the years from Tibetans and Tibetan Buddhists urging him to do so.“The Gaden Phodrang Trust has sole authority to recognize the future reincarnation;...
July 02, 2025

Dalai Lama vows he won’t be the last leader of Tibetan Buddhism

The inquiry found Victoria's Indigenous population dropped dramatically after colonisation
Inquiry finds British committed genocide on Indigenous Australians
SYDNEY — British colonists committed genocide against Australia's Indigenous population in Victoria, a landmark Aboriginal-led inquiry has found.The Yoorrook Justice Commission found violence and disease reduced the local Indigenous population by three quarters in the 20 years after the state was colonised, in the early 1830s.Its report included 100 recommendations to "redress" harm caused by "invasion and occupation" - though several of the authors disagreed with unspecified "key findings".The Commission was set up in 2021 as Australia's first formal "truth-telling" inquiry, and tasked with examining past and ongoing "systemic injustices" suffered by the Indigenous people in the state.It is part of a wider national push for...
July 02, 2025

Inquiry finds British committed genocide on Indigenous Australians

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