Pilot and dog swim to safety after plane crashes off California coast A small plane made an emergency landing into the ocean off the coast of Southern California over the weekend. The plane went down near the Trump National Golf Club in Rancho Palos Verdes, about 30 ... 04/16/2024 - 4:06 am | View Link
Pilot and dog swam to shore after miraculously surviving plane crash off California coast A pilot and his dog miraculously survived after their small plane crashed into the Pacific Ocean off California and were able to swim to shore Sunday. The unidentified man was flying a single-engine ... 04/15/2024 - 6:40 pm | View Link
Pilot and dog swim to shore as plane sinks into ocean off California coast, cops say A pilot and his dog swam to shore as their crashed plane sank into the ocean, California officials say. Witnesses called 911 about a plane landing in the ocean off Rancho Palos Verdes shortly before 5 ... 04/15/2024 - 5:31 am | View Link
Pilot & Dog Swim to Shore, Plane Crashes off California Coast A man and his dog fought death and survived together after a small aircraft landed in the waters off Rancho Palos Verdes in California on Sunday, April 14. Luckily, the pilot and his dog were able to ... 04/15/2024 - 4:23 am | View Link
Pilot, dog escape plane that hit the water and sank off Rancho Palos Verdes coast A pilot and a dog escaped with minor injuries after a small plane landed or crashed in the waters off the coast of Rancho Palos Verdes on Sunday, April 14, with crews later working to recover the ... 04/14/2024 - 3:01 pm | View Link
Decorated Chinese athlete He Jie had been stripped of his Beijing half-marathon win Friday after an investigation found that the three African runners who competed alongside him had “actively slowed down” to let him cross the finish line first during the race on Sunday, April 14.
He won the 21 km.
ISLAMABAD — An important ally of Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif demanded the government lift a two-month-old ban on the social media platform X, saying on Friday that it violates citizens’ right to speech and expression.
The ban on X has been in place since February, when the party of imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan announced a nationwide protest against alleged election rigging ahead of the Feb.
BEIJING — San Francisco is the latest U. S. city preparing to receive a pair of pandas from China, in a continuation of Beijing’s famed “panda diplomacy.”
San Francisco Mayor London Breed announced the panda loan in Beijing on Friday, alongside officials from China Wildlife Conservation Association, or CWCA. It will be San Francisco’s first time hosting the beloved animals long-term—the result of a yearlong advocacy campaign, Breed said.
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San Diego previously announced it was receiving two pandas back in February.
China is home to the only natural habitat for pandas and owns most of the black-and-white bears in the world.
Earlier this month, two Indian writers published an ode to their Prime Minister, Narendra Modi. Written in lyric form and titled “Forever In Our Hearts,” it recounts his achievements while singing his praises in highly effusive language. “With courage and wisdom/you show citizens the way,” it gushes. “Oh Modi, oh Modi/their hopes never sway/A people’s beacon, in whom they see light/Oh Modi, oh Modi, guiding day and night.”
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Such reverence captures the essence of Modi’s popularity.
The U. S. blocked on Thursday a draft resolution that would have allowed the United Nations General Assembly to vote on allowing a Palestinian state to become a full member state of the U. N. The move has triggered backlash from other states and pro-Palestinian groups, as global divisions continue to sharpen over Israel’s war on Gaza.
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Apple Inc. said that it removed Meta Platforms Inc.’s WhatsApp and Threads from its China apps store after an order from the country’s internet regulator, which said the services pose risks to the country’s security.
The order comes on the heels of a cleanup program Chinese regulators initiated in 2023 that was expected to remove many defunct or unregistered apps from domestic iOS and Android stores.