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Cuba: Passenger aircraft crashes after taking off from Havana 0

Cuba: Passenger aircraft crashes after taking off from Havana

A plane carrying 104 passengers has crashed shortly after taking off from Jose Marti airport in Cuba’s capital, Havana, according to state media. A Boeing 737 crashed « near the international airport » on Friday, state agency Prensa Latina reported. The aircraft was heading from the capital to the eastern city of Holguin, it added. #LouUltimo Aeronave…

Every thing you wish to clutch about the royal marriage ceremony 0

Every thing you wish to clutch about the royal marriage ceremony

Put the kettle on and adjust your fascinators, Anglophiles, because the royal wedding is nearly upon us. The 24-hour countdown to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s big day has begun, and it promises to be a nuptial of monarchic proportions. You’ve got your viewing itinerary — now read on for all the details on how…

Jennifer Aniston And Tig Notaro Will Play The President And First Girl In A Netflix Comedy 0

Jennifer Aniston And Tig Notaro Will Play The President And First Girl In A Netflix Comedy

So…what exactly will it be about? Well, the the log line reads: « First Ladies is a political comedy about America’s first female President and her wife, The First Lady. When Beverly and Kasey Nicholson move into the White House, they’ll prove that behind every great woman… is another great woman. » Chris Henchy, co-creator of the…

Caroline Glick: Endgame for the U.S.-Turkey Relationship 0

Caroline Glick: Endgame for the U.S.-Turkey Relationship

On Monday, NATO ally Turkey withdrew its ambassador from Washington. The severe step is meant to punish the U.S. for opening an embassy in Jerusalem on Monday. Also Monday, Turkey expelled Israel’s ambassador to Turkey. It had already withdrawn its ambassador from Tel Aviv. In a speech at Chatham House on Monday, Turkish President Reçep…

Staunch-as-She-Goes Canadian Economic system Backs Cautious Rate Stance 0

Staunch-as-She-Goes Canadian Economic system Backs Cautious Rate Stance

Canada’s economy continues to show signs of strength, but not enough to fuel inflation and prompt aggressive rate hikes — a scenario that validates the Bank of Canada’s cautious stance on monetary policy. Inflation figures Friday by Statistics Canada showed few signs of any sharp pick-up in price pressures even as the economy operates near…

Multiple fatalities in Texas college shooting: US police 0

Multiple fatalities in Texas college shooting: US police

At least eight people have been killed in a shooting at a high school in the US state of Texas, according to local police. The incident took place on Friday morning at Santa Fe High School, located about 50km southeast of Houston. The suspected shooter, now in custody, was a student at the school, said…

UN votes to ship struggle crimes investigators to Gaza 0

UN votes to ship struggle crimes investigators to Gaza

The United Nations’ top human rights body has voted to send a team of international war crimes investigators to probe the deadly shootings of Gaza protesters by Israeli forces. A resolution calling on the UN Human Rights Council to « urgently dispatch an independent, international commission of inquiry » was backed on Friday by 29 members. The members – United…

Jim Gloomy 0

Jim Gloomy

I had the privilege of working with John Carmack as a technology evangelist at Apple when he ported Quake III Arena to Rhapsody, Apple’s internal name for the OpenStep/Mach kernel based MacOS X. I enjoyed John’s reminiscence about working with Steve and Apple and thought I would share a few of my own memories from…

First Things First 0

First Things First

Cris Carter and Nick Wright team up on First Things First, a discussion and opinion-based studio program that covers all the headlines weekdays on FS1.