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Viswashkumar Ramesh
I'm the luckiest man alive, but also suffering, says Air India crash sole survivor
LEICESTER — The sole survivor of the Air India plane crash, which killed 241 people on board, has said he feels like the "luckiest man" alive, but is also suffering physically and mentally.Viswashkumar Ramesh walked away from the wreckage of the London-bound flight in Ahmedabad in extraordinary scenes that amazed the world.He said it was a "miracle" he escaped but told how he has lost everything, as his younger brother Ajay was a few seats away on the flight and died in the crash in June.Since returning to his home in Leicester, Ramesh has struggled with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), his advisers said, and has been unable to speak to his wife and four-year-old son.Flames engulfed the Boeing 787 flight when it went down shortly after take-off in western India.Shocking video...
November 03, 2025

I'm the luckiest man alive, but also suffering, says Air India crash sole survivor

An injured woman receives treatment at a hospital in the aftermath of an earthquake, that struck overnight in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan, on November 3, 2025
Deadly quake rocks Afghanistan leaving iconic Blue Mosque surrounded by rubble
MAZAR-I-SHARIF — A powerful earthquake has rattled northern Afghanistan, killing more than a dozen people, injuring hundreds and damaging one the country’s most beautiful mosques.Families were jolted awake in the early hours of Monday when the 6.3 magnitude quake struck near Mazar-i-Sharif, one of the most populated cities in the north of the country, at a shallow depth of 28 kilometers (17.4 miles), the United States Geological Survey said.A massive search and rescue operation is underway, with a child seen pulled alive from the rubble in the north of the country in video released by the Ministry of Defense on Monday morning. The girl was taken to hospital in a critical condition, a spokesperson for the 209 Al-Fath Army Corp told CNN.Mazar-i-Sharif’s iconic Blue Mosque was damaged...
November 03, 2025

Deadly quake rocks Afghanistan leaving iconic Blue Mosque surrounded by rubble

Namewee is known for his satirical songs and music videos
Popular Malaysian rapper charged with drug use
KUALA LUMPUR — Popular Malaysian rapper Namewee has been charged with illegal drug use and possession, local media reported on Monday, quoting Kuala Lumpur police.Namewee, who pleaded not guilty to both charges, has been released on bail after being arrested last month, authorities said.The 42-year-old is known for his satirical songs and music videos about taboo topics in Malaysia, from obscenity to religion to China's censorship.In an Instagram post on Sunday, Namewee denied using or carrying drugs."The truth will be out when the police report is released," he wrote.Kuala Lumpur police chief Fadil Marsus said that Namewee was arrested on 22 October in a hotel room, where they found pills believed to be ecstasy - also known as MDMA.Namewee later tested positive for illicit...
November 03, 2025

Popular Malaysian rapper charged with drug use

Locals and tourists say the glass lift destroys the area's natural beauty and accelerates erosion
Bali halts Chinese construction of glass lift on cliffside
JAKARTA — Bali authorities have suspended the construction of a 182m (597 ft) cliffside glass lift on one of the Indonesian province's most-photographed cliffs, after it sparked outrage over concerns of environmental harm.The lift on Kelingking Beach, to be built by Chinese developer China Kaishi Group, was supposed to make it easier for visitors to reach the beach.But photographs of the first lift shafts cutting through the iconic cliff - nicknamed the "T-Rex cliff" for its shape - have gone viral on social media, angering locals and tourists who say it destroys the area's natural beauty and accelerates erosion.Authorities have also found that the project did not obtain the necessary permits."It's a shame that the beautiful view of Kelingking Beach has been destroyed by...
November 03, 2025

Bali halts Chinese construction of glass lift on cliffside

Professor Laura Murphy says her academic freedom was traded for access to the Chinese student market
China intimidated UK university to ditch human rights research, documents show
LONDON — China waged a campaign of harassment and intimidation directed at a UK university to get it to shut down sensitive research into alleged human rights abuses, documents seen by the BBC show.Sheffield Hallam University staff in China were threatened by individuals described by them as being from China's National Security Service who demanded the research being done in Sheffield be halted.And access to the university's websites from China was blocked, impeding its ability to recruit Chinese students, in a campaign of threats and intimidation lasting more than two years.In an internal email from July 2024, university officials said "attempting to retain the business in China and publication of the research are now untenable bedfellows".When the UK government learned of the...
November 03, 2025

China intimidated UK university to ditch human rights research, documents show

The countries say the agreement will enhance coordination, information sharing and tech cooperation
India and US sign 10-year defense pact amid tariff turmoil
MUMBAI — India and the US have signed a framework agreement to expand defense cooperation over the next 10 years.The pact was announced after a meeting between US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and his Indian counterpart Rajnath Singh in Kuala Lumpur.The agreement will enhance "coordination, information sharing and tech cooperation" and advance "regional stability and deterrence", Hegseth said on X.It comes as the two countries are trying to close a trade deal and tide over tense ties after US President Donald Trump slapped 50% tariffs on India, including a 25% penalty for buying Russian oil and arms.The agreement is expected to provide policy direction to the entire spectrum of the India-US defense relationship."It is a signal of our growing strategic convergence and will herald a new...
October 31, 2025

India and US sign 10-year defense pact amid tariff turmoil

A yellow sign propped on a road that read: Beware of bears
Japan plans to hire hunters as bear attacks rise
TOKYO — The Japanese government plans to recruit hunters to cull bears, as anxiety grows in the country over the rise a sharp rise in bear attacks.The environment ministry said on Thursday that it would set aside funds to hire licenced hunters and other personnel to tackle bears that have been wandering into residential areas and attacking people.The move is among measures proposed on Thursday, after the country held a high-level meeting to address the country's growing bear problem.Twelve people have died in bear attacks this year - the highest the country has recorded since it started tracking cases in the 2000s.They include a man who had been delivering newspapers in Hokkaido and a 67-year-old man found dead in his garden in Iwate.The government, which have described bears as a...
October 31, 2025

Japan plans to hire hunters as bear attacks rise

Many women in the relief camps are crocheting and selling dolls to earn a little extra income to support their families
Families in violence-hit Indian state fear resettlement deadline
GUWAHATI — Thousands of people displaced by ethnic clashes in India's north-eastern state of Manipur two years ago now face an uncertain future, as the government plans to shut down all temporary relief camps by December.The violence, which erupted in May 2023 between the majority Meitei and the indigenous Kuki communities, was the worst the region had witnessed in decades.It started after protests by the largely Christian Kuki community against the Meiteis, mostly Hindus, who were demanding official tribal status that would grant them access to the same government benefits and job quotas as other tribes, including Kukis.At least 260 people were killed in the clashes and around 60,000 displaced people have since been living in temporary shelters.Over the past two years, the...
October 31, 2025

Families in violence-hit Indian state fear resettlement deadline

Gareth Ward
Former Australian politician jailed for sex crimes
SYDNEY — A former Australian politician convicted of sexually abusing two young men he met through work has been sentenced to five years and nine months in jail.Gareth Ward, 44, has been in prison since July after a jury found him guilty of raping one man and indecently assaulting another, in separate incidents in 2013 and 2015.Ward represented the coastal town of Kiama in the New South Wales (NSW) parliament from 2011. He resigned as a Liberal Party minister when the claims emerged in 2021 but refused to quit parliament and was re-elected in 2023.Judge Kara Shead SC considered Ward's disability of legal blindness in her sentence and found "no other penalty other than imprisonment is appropriate".Ward, who appeared via video-link at Parramatta District Court, will serve at least...
October 31, 2025

Former Australian politician jailed for sex crimes

Ben Austin, 17, died after being struck by a cricket ball during training
Teenage cricketer dies in Melbourne after being hit by ball
SYDNEY — An Australian teenager has died after he was hit by a cricket ball during a practice session in Melbourne.Ben Austin, 17, was training - with a helmet but no neck guard - in cricket nets in Ferntree Gully on Tuesday when he was hit in the neck by a ball thrown using a handheld ball launcher.Emergency workers attended the scene around 17:00 local time (06:00 GMT) before Ben was rushed to hospital in critical condition. He was put on life support but died on Thursday.Ben's dad Jace Austin said the family was "utterly devastated" by the death of "our beautiful Ben" while Cricket Victoria said the cricketing community across the country would be mourning the teenager's death.In a statement, Jace Austin shared details of his family's loss."For Tracey and I, Ben was an...
October 30, 2025

Teenage cricketer dies in Melbourne after being hit by ball

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