A reception centre for those whose relatives were on the Air India Flight AI171 is being set up at Gatwick Airport, as Ahmedabad’s city police commissioner says there are ‘no survivors’ 14:01, 12 Jun 2025Updated 14:02, 12 Jun 2025 Rescuers searching the crash site today(Image: AP) London’s Gatwick Airport is setting up a reception centre … Read more
By Staff The Associated Press Posted June 12, 2025 7:59 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The U.N. refugee agency says the number of people forcibly displaced by violence and persecution around the world has risen to more than 122 million, up by about two million from last year … Read more
The United Nations General Assembly will vote on Thursday on a draft resolution that demands an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire in the war in Gaza after the United States vetoed a similar effort in the Security Council last week. The 193-member General Assembly is likely to adopt the text with overwhelming support, diplomats say, … Read more
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg departs E. Barrett Prettyman United States Court House on April 14, 2025 in Washington, DC. Andrew Harnik | Getty Images Meta is suing a company that ran ads on its services to promote an app that lets people create nonconsensual, sexualized images of others using AI technology, the social media company … Read more
McALESTER, Okla. — Oklahoma prepared to execute a man Thursday whose transfer to state custody was expedited by the Trump administration. John Fitzgerald Hanson, 61, is set to receive a lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester. Hanson was sentenced to die after he was convicted of carjacking, kidnapping and killing a Tulsa … Read more
On June 10, the French Senate nearly unanimously passed a bill that seeks to regulate ‘ultra’ fast fashion giants Shein and Temu with strict sanctions and ad bans The amended bill targets Chinese e-commerce companies, with leniency for European fashion brands (Image: AFP via Getty Images) The French Senate has overwhelmingly approved legislation to regulate … Read more
An Air India passenger plane bound for London with more than 240 people on board including one Canadian crashed Thursday in India’s northwestern city of Ahmedabad, the airline said. Visuals on local television channels showed smoke billowing from the crash site in what appeared to be a populated area near the airport in Ahmedabad, a … Read more
The Latest: Boeing Dreamliner crashed 5 minutes after takeoff in India Thursday afternoon. Flight was scheduled to arrive at London’s Gatwick Airport Thursday evening. 242 passengers and crew aboard. At least one Canadian citizen, 53 U.K. citizens on plane. Modi, Starmer, Air India express condolences to affected families. Air India says its London-bound flight that crashed shortly after … Read more
An Air India Boeing Dreamliner plane with 242 passengers and crew aboard crashed shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad in western India, local officials and the carrier said Thursday. “The injured are being taken to the nearest hospitals,” Air India said in a post on X. “With profound sorrow I confirm that Air India flight, AI … Read more
Renting is taking off in the suburbs as homeownership remains out of reach for many would-be buyers. Between 2018 and 2023, rentership surged by at least 5 percentage points in 11 out of 20 suburbs surrounding the largest U.S. metro areas, according to a recent analysis by Point2Homes, a rental market research company. During the … Read more