South Korean investigators probing a Jeju Air crash which killed 179 people in the worst aviation disaster on its soil said Wednesday they will send one of the retrieved black boxes to the United States for analysis.The plane was carrying 181 people from Thailand on Sunday when it issued a mayday call and belly-landed before …
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From “A Farewell to Arms” to the cartoon character Popeye the Sailor, thousands of artistic works will enter the public domain in the United States on Wednesday. US copyright law expires after 95 years for books, films and other works of art, while sound recordings from 1924 will also be copyright-free.By entering the public domain, the …
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Finnish police said Tuesday that seven sailors from the Eagle S tanker suspected of last week cutting an undersea power cable between Finland and Estonia are targets of a sabotage investigation and have been banned from leaving the country.”Seven members of the Eagle S crew have the status of suspect in this criminal investigation and …
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Smokers in Italy’s financial and fashion capital of Milan risk being fined for lighting up on city streets or crowded public areas, after the country’s toughest ban comes into effect Wednesday.Those who defy the new prohibition in the polluted northern Italian city could be fined between 40 to 240 euros ($41 to $249), a punishment …
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The FBI uncovered more than 150 homemade bombs on a farm in Virginia in what is thought to be the largest such seizure in the agency’s history, according to court documents filed this week.Agents found the explosives while searching the family home of 36-year-old Brad Spafford after being tipped off by a neighbor that he …
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Thousands of students marched in Belgrade and two other Serbian cities during a New Year’s Eve protest that went into Wednesday, demanding accountability over the fatal collapse of a train station roof in November.The accident in the city of Novi Sad occurred on November 1 at a newly renovated train facility, killing 14 people — …
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Umayyad Square in Damascus hummed to the throngs of people brandishing “revolution” flags as Syria saw in the new year with hope following 13 years of civil war.Gunshots rang out from Mount Qasioun overlooking the capital where hundreds of people gazed up at fireworks, an AFP reporter at the square saw.It was the first new …
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Elon Musk adopted the moniker “Kekius Maximus” on X Tuesday, sparking speculation among his 210 million followers about his mysterious new handle that is a mash-up of an alt-right symbol, a memecoin, and the lead character of the movie “Gladiator.”Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX and a confidant of US President-elect Donald Trump, also replaced …
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The BBC on Wednesday celebrates 100 years of a weather forecast for sailors in British waters that has inspired musicians and poets and become an immovable fixture on UK radio.The Shipping Forecast, providing predictions by the Met Office on expected wind speeds, sea state, weather and visibility, began as a vital service to sailors and …
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Ukraine’s decision to turn off the taps keeping Russian gas flowing via its territory to Europe has already sown trouble in the continent’s east, with Moldova declaring a state of emergency and Slovakia threatening Kyiv with retaliation.Under a five-year deal signed in 2019 Ukraine had allowed Russia to pipe gas to Europe via its territory. But …
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