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KOZHIKODE— An airplane carrying 190 people crashed while landing in the Kozhikode International airport (CCJ) in India on Friday, August 7.  The flight IX 1344 of Air India Express was repatriating Indians who had been stranded abroad due to COVID-19 from Dubai to Kozhikode, also known as Calicut, when the accident happened. According to the Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep S....

TOKYO, JAPAN—Revenge is a dish best served GOLD! Team USA Basketball earned their fourth consecutive Gold Medal by holding off France, 87-82 at Saitama Super Arena on Saturday afternoon in Tokyo Japan. Team USA was led by the dominance of Kevin Durant, scoring a game high 29 points as his spectacular play has notched him three Gold medals, in...

UNITED STATES—President Donald Trump selected "Choosing Greatness" as the theme of the State of the Union Address on Tuesday, February 5. “The agenda I will lay out this evening is not a Republican agenda or a Democratic agenda. It is the agenda of the American people” said Trump. The guest list for Trump included three World War II heroes, Private First...

UNITED STATES—One hundred troops from the Special Marine Corp Response Team were deployed on Tuesday, December 31, to the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad after angry Iraqi Shiite militiamen along with their supporters broke into the compound, smashed windows, vandalized and set fire to the roof of the reception area. U.S. military fired out warning shots and tear gas on Wednesday,...

AUSTRALIA—Anti-lockdown protest leader James Bartolo has been arrested by Victoria police in the morning on September 4, for running a conspiracy website called The Conscious Truth Network. 27-old bodybuilder James Bartolo posted a footage on Facebook in the morning on September 4, showing multiple police officers knocking on his door and calling him to letting them in. Bartolo yells from...

TAIWAN—On Wednesday, August 3, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi held a joint press conference with Taiwan President, Tsai Ing-wen. Pelosi’s visit was criticized after Chinese leaders forewarned Pelosi not to enter the sovereign territory. Pelosi stated her visit was, “A show of Solidarity between two Nations.” “On our visits as Congressional delegations, we have three purposes. One, is security. Security...

UNITED STATES—Attorney General William Barr released the findings of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report on Thursday, April 18. During a press conference on Thursday, Barr spoke about the release of the confidential report completed by Robert Mueller on March 22. A public version of the reported with redacted details was made available on the Department of Justice website after it...

UNITED STATES−New York Governor Andrew Cuomo banned the Food and Drug Administration approved drug, hydroxychloroquine, as a potential cure for COVID-19. According to News Day, Cuomo placed bans on the state of New York restricting doctors from prescribing chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine for treatment of COVID-19. The drug may only be used for patients in state-approved clinical trials and FDA-approved uses...

UNITED STATES—The U.S. Capitol was on lockdown after what appeared to be, supporters of President Donald Trump breached security and entered the building on Wednesday, January 6, shortly after  1 p.m. The U.S. Senate was in session, with Vice President Mike Pence presiding to handle the voting of the electoral votes for the U.S. Presidency. Pence had just begun to...

UNITED STATES—Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified for two consecutive days on Capitol Hill this week. He first testified for 5 hours before a joint session of two Senate committees on Tuesday, April 10. Wednesday’s hearing was in front of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. The hearings generated questions from privacy advocates and free speech protectors. Facebook was under a...