Donald Trump weighed in Saturday in a bitter debate dividing his traditional supporters and tech barons like Elon Musk, saying that he backs a special visa program that helps highly skilled workers enter the country.”I’ve always liked the (H1-B) visas, I have always been in favor of the visas, that’s why we have them” at …
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A Jeju Air plane carrying 181 people from Bangkok to South Korea crashed on arrival Sunday, killing at least 85, emergency services said, with a bird strike and adverse weather conditions cited as likely causes. Two survivors — one crew and one passenger — were plucked from the wreckage as part of an ongoing rescue operation, …
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A Jeju Air plane carrying 181 people from Bangkok to South Korea crashed on arrival Sunday, emergency services told AFP, with 47 confirmed dead and dramatic video showing the aircraft bursting into flames.Two people — one crew and one passenger — were rescued from the wreckage as part of an ongoing rescue operation, the national …
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Salome Zurabishvili was a French diplomat before entering the turbulent politics of her ancestral homeland, where she was elected Georgia’s first woman leader in 2018 and became the beacon of Tbilisi’s EU aspirations.The Georgian president, 72, has been embroiled in a fierce feud with the ruling Georgian Dream party and has backed massive anti-government protests. Born …
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Georgia is set to inaugurate on Sunday a ruling party loyalist as president, after his election was declared “illegitimate” by the outgoing leader and the pro-Western opposition.Former footballer Mikheil Kavelashvili’s inauguration is expected to further escalate the political crisis which has seen mass pro-EU demonstrations.The Black Sea nation has been in turmoil since October’s disputed …
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A Jeju Air plane carrying 181 people from Bangkok to South Korea crashed on arrival Sunday, authorities told AFP, with 29 confirmed dead and dramatic video showing the aircraft bursting into flames.Two people — one crew and one passenger — were rescued from the wreckage as part of an ongoing rescue operation, the national fire …
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Rising sick leave rates may be bad news for German companies at a time the economy is already ailing — but for private eye Marcus Lentz, it has been a boon for his business.He is seeing a record number of requests from firms for his agency to check up on employees suspected of calling in …
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Suriname’s government announced Saturday that the small South American nation will not hold a state funeral for its ex-president Desi Bouterse, who this week died a fugitive from justice aged 79.Current President Chan Santokhi “has decided, based on his powers and advice received, that there will be no state funeral… No period of national mourning,” …
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Russian President Vladimir Putin apologised on Saturday over the crash of an Azerbaijani Airlines plane, though he stopped short of accepting that it might have been hit by Russian fire. Putin did admit that Russian air defences were at work when the passenger plane tried to land in Grozny before crashing, and the Kremlin said Putin …
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Israel’s military on Saturday said a hospital director is being held as a suspected Hamas militant after a north Gaza raid the World Health Organization said left the area’s last major health facility emptied of patients and staff.The military said the director of Kamal Adwan Hospital, Hossam Abu Safiyeh, is being held for questioning, on …
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