Новости за 06.04.2024

SEATTLE, Washington: This week, Alaska Airlines said it was paid US$160 million in "initial compensation" by Boeing due to a panel that blew out of a 737 Max 9 plane in mid-flight in January.

Demonstrators have accused the prime minister of slow-walking a ceasefire deal to please hardliners in his cabinet

A new survey has found that half of US homeowners and renters are struggling to afford their housing payments

Another levee has ruptured in the city of Orsk, rapidly flooding in its northeastern suburb

BUDAPEST, Hungary - A rising challenger to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban mobilized tens of thousands of supporters in Hungary's capital Saturday, outlining a plan to unite the country and bring an end to the populist leader's 14-year hold on power.

Moscow [Russia], April 6 (ANI): Three people have been killed following the flooding after an embankment dam broke in the southern region of Orenburg, near Kazakhstan, CNN reported citing Russian news agency, TASS on Saturday. Thousands of Russians have been evacuated as the dam in the city of Orsk could not contain the flow of water from the Ural River and broke in two places, local authorities told TASS. Authorities hav

BUDAPEST, April 6 (Xinhua) -- Hungary's newcomer opposition figure Peter Magyar organized a massive demonstration against the government here on Saturday.

Manila [Philippines], April 6 (ANI): The Philippines has raised concerns over alleged harassment by Chinese vessels targeting Filipino fishing boats within its exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the contentious South China Sea, just ahead of planned joint military exercises with its allies, Al Jazeera reported. According to Jay Tarriela, spokesperson for the Philippine Coast Guard, two Chinese coastguard ships engaged in wh

American officials claim that Chinese firms are selling tools and equipment to the Russian military

New Delhi [India], April 6 (ANI): The Chief Executive Officer of Vistara, Vinod Kannan, said on Saturday that the airline hopes to stabilise operations for the rest of April 2024 by this weekend, as 98 per cent of pilots have signed the new pay contract. The airline said it has been reaching out to all customers affected by the delays and cancellations to offer relevant refunds and compensation. "With reference to concern

Katra (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], April 6 (ANI): To provide good and easily accessible health care services to the pilgrims visiting the holy shrine, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board on Saturday inked a Memorandum of Understanding for the installation of nine numbers cloud-enabled state-of-the-art Health ATMs along the revered Vaishno Devi pilgrimage track and one number Telemedicine Studio at KatraShri Mata Vaishno D

DAMASCUS, April 6 (Xinhua) -- Seven children were killed and two others, including a woman, were injured on Saturday in an explosion of an improvised explosive device "planted by terrorists" in the southern Syrian province of Daraa, state news agency SANA reported.

New Delhi [India], April 6 (ANI): The Chief Executive Officer of Vistara, Vinod Kannan, on Saturday that the airline hopes to stabilise operations for the rest of April 2024 by this weekend, as 98 per cent of pilots have signed the new pay contract. The airline said it has been reaching out to all customers affected by the delays and cancellations to offer relevant refunds and compensation. "With reference to concerns bei

New Delhi [India], April 6 (ANI): As the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) maintained the status quo in repo rate for the seventh time this week, SBI Research now expects the rate cut cycle to begin from October 2024. The repo rate is the rate of interest at which RBI lends to other banks. Along anticipated lines, RBI kept the policy repo rate unchanged at 6.50 per cent, the seventh time in a row. The central bank also decided

Pune (Maharashtra)[India], April 6 (ANI): South United Football Club (SUFC), which competes in Karnataka's top division and recently launched three training centres in Pune, is set to host a first-of-its-kind football league for kids in Pune, also known as the SUFC Blue Cubs League. The League, which will see a total of 42 teams from 16 city-based academies across three age categories (Under-7/Under-9/Under-11), is schedu

Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], April 6 (ANI): Calling the Congress 'Nyay Patra' for the Lok Sabha elections a "people's manifesto," former Chief Minister of Rajasthan Ashok Gehlot on Saturday said that many of the Gehlot government's schemes have found a place in the party's Lok Sabha election manifesto. Speaking to ANI, Ashok Gehlot said that the manifesto is the people's manifesto and there are 5 Nyay schemes and guarantee

TAIPEI, TAIWAN - The United States and China have agreed to hold talks and create two economic groups focused on a wide range of issues - including addressing American complaints about China's economic model, growth in domestic and global economies and efforts against money laundering - according to a statement released Saturday by the U.S. Treasury Department.

When Poland recently hosted NATO military exercises, disinformation operatives sprang to action in Bulgaria, especially fertile ground for Kremlin-friendly narratives.

California [US], April 6 (ANI): Meta will begin labeling a wider range of video, audio and image content as "Made with AI" on its platforms, including Facebook and Instagram starting in May to counter manipulated media, according to its official statement. Meta's new policy is a response to feedback from its independent Oversight Board, which urged an update to the current policy. "We are making changes to the way we hand

Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh) [India], April 6 (ANI): Police arrested four people in connection with arms smuggling and confiscated 10 pistols in Madhya Pradesh's Gwalior district, a police official said on Saturday. The action was taken based on input from the informant, and the accused were held near Sikroda crossing in the city on Friday. According to the police, the arrested accused have been identified as Ramveer Singh Gu

Ajmer (Rajasthan) [India], April 6 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched an attack on Congress and said that the party's manifesto is a "bundle of lies" and every page of the document reeks of attempts to "tear India apart."Congress manifesto was released at the party headquarters by party leaders Mallikarjun Kharge, Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi on Friday. Addressing a rally in Rajasthan's Ajmer, the P

Kozhikode (Kerala) [India], April 6 (ANI): Palakkad MLA and UDF Vadakara Loksabha constituency candidate Shafi Parambil, alleged on Saturday that a CPI (M) worker was killed while manufacturing a country-made bomb in Panoor and urged people not to vote for any party that is indulged in destroying the peace in society. He also staged a peace march and asked about the intention of making bomb by a Communist Party worker was

Glasgow [Scotland], April 6 (ANI): In a stark warning, prominent human rights activist Amjad Ayub Mirza has expressed concern about Pakistan's escalating crisis, painting a bleak picture of the nation's future. Mirza asserts that Pakistan is hurtling towards a complete meltdown, citing widespread discontent and unrest across various regions. Mirza highlighted the plight of Gilgit-Baltistan and said that people in the regi

HARARE, April 6 (Xinhua) -- Major retail shops were on Saturday trading largely in United States dollars after financial institutions suspended the use of the outgoing Zimbabwean dollar (ZWL) while adjusting to the new Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) currency which was introduced Friday.

JERUSALEM - Israeli F-35 warplanes this week bombed Iran's embassy compound in the Syrian capital, Damascus, killing seven people. While Israel has been staging frequent airstrikes on targets in Syria for more than a decade, this week's destruction of buildings in an embassy have taken matters to a new stage.