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  • US magazine casts doubts over South Korea plane crash

    Date: 2024-12-29 21:48:24 GMT - USA - World - SN:59 - ID:11009360

    NEW YORK, Dec 29 (MENA) - Experts have raised doubts that a bird strike alone could have caused the fatal plane crash that happened in South Korea on Sunday, the US Newsweek magazine reached out to the South Korean embassy in Washington, D.C., via ....

  • Biden offers assistance to South Korea following tragic plane crash

    Date: 2024-12-29 20:50:24 GMT - USA - World - SN:56 - ID:11009356

    WASHINGTON, Dec 29 (MENA) – US President Joe Biden expressed his country’s readiness to provide any necessary assistance to South Korea following a tragic plane crash, as reported by Alhurra News. The aircraft, operated by South Korea’s Jeju Air, ....

  • Russia not satisfied with Trump team’s proposals on Ukraine — Lavrov

    Date: 2024-12-29 17:04:50 GMT - Russia - World - SN:39 - ID:11009184

    MOSCOW, Dec 29 (MENA) - Russia is not satisfied with the proposals of US President-elect Donald Trump's team to postpone Ukraine's membership in NATO for 20 years and to deploy a contingent of EU and UK peacekeepers there, Russian Foreign Minister ....

  • South Korea secures flight data, voice recorders from crashed passenger jet

    Date: 2024-12-29 10:33:45 GMT - south korea - World - SN:18 - ID:11008534

    SEOUL, Dec 29 (MENA) - South Korea's transport ministry said on Sunday that its investigation unit secured the cockpit voice recorder from a crashed passenger jet that has killed at least 167 people onboard, according to The BBC. An official ....

  • Jeju Air CEO apologizes for plane crash

    Date: 2024-12-29 07:30:49 GMT - south korea - World - SN:8 - ID:11008343

    SEOUL, Dec 29 (MENA) - The Chief Executive Officer of Jeju Air , Kim E-bae, has issued official apology through the company website after the Muan crash. “First, we bow our heads in apology to everyone who has trusted Jeju Air. At approximately ....

  • Plane carrying 181 people crashes in South Korea, more than 120 dead

    Date: 2024-12-29 07:17:10 GMT - south korea - World - SN:6 - ID:11008325

    SEOUL, Dec 29 (MENA) - At least 120 people were killed when an airliner landed without wheels, veering off the runway and erupting in a fireball as it slammed into a wall at South Korea's Muan International Airport on Sunday, the national fire ....

  • 2024 ‘one of the worst years in history for children in conflict’, UN says

    Date: 2024-12-28 15:53:04 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:34 - ID:11007960

    NEW YORK, Dec 28 (MENA) – ‎ The impact of armed conflicts on children around the world reached devastating and likely record levels in 2024, according to an assessment by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF). The study finds that the rights of a ....

  • EU urges 'swift, independent' probe into Azerbaijan Airlines crash

    Date: 2024-12-28 15:51:33 GMT - Belgium - World - SN:33 - ID:11007999

    BRUSSELS, Dec 28 (MENA) - A European Union's top diplomat on Saturday called for a "swift, independent" probe into the Azerbaijan Airlines crash, Barron's reported2. The jet came down near the Kazakh city of Aktau on Wednesday, killing 38 of the ....

  • 8 people killed in collision between bus, truck on Mexico's Gulf coast

    Date: 2024-12-28 08:39:42 GMT - Mexico - World - SN:7 - ID:11007479

    MEXICO CITY, Dec 28 (MENA) - A collision between a bus and a truck on Mexico’s Gulf coast Friday left eight people dead and 27 others injured, ABC News said. Prosecutors in Veracruz state said the accident happened before dawn on a stretch of ....

  • Russia's war casualty toll in Ukraine rises by 1,690 in past day

    Date: 2024-12-28 07:10:47 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:1 - ID:11007405

    KIEV, Dec 28 (MENA) - As of December 28, 2024, Russia has suffered approximately 784,200 casualties in Ukraine since the invasion began on February 24, 2022, with 1,690 soldiers killed or wounded in the past 24 hours. The General Staff of the ....

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