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Coast Guard plane stopped on runway for 40 seconds before collision

[ad_1] A Japan Coast Guard aircraft stopped on a runway at Haneda Airport for about 40 seconds before its collision with an incoming Japan Airlines jetliner earlier this week, informed sources said Friday.The coast guard aircraft proceeded onto the runway although it did not gain permission from an air traffic controller, according to the sources. The crew of the aircraft may not have been aware of the JAL passenger jet, which was in landing operations.The Japan Transport Safety Board and […]

todayJanuary 6, 2024

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Israel to launch more targeted assault on Hamas

[ad_1] Israeli soldiers take part in a drill at the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, on Thursday | REUTERS Israeli soldiers take part in a drill at the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on Thursday | REUTERS [ad_2] Source link

todayJanuary 5, 2024

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Huawei teardown shows 5nm laptop chip made in Taiwan, not China

[ad_1] Huawei's newest laptop runs on a chip made by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., a teardown of the device showed, quashing talk of another Chinese technological breakthrough.The Qingyun L540 notebook contains a 5-nanometer chip made by the Taiwanese company in 2020, around the time U.S. sanctions cut off Huawei’s access to the chipmaker, research firm TechInsights found after dismantling the device for Bloomberg News. That counters speculation that Huawei’s domestic chipmaking partner, Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp., may have achieved a […]

todayJanuary 5, 2024

Africa

Africa: Fairer Global Tax Won’t Be Enough to Cure Africa’s Chronic Capital Deficit

[ad_1] The UN has decided an intergovernmental authority should set international tax rules and curb illicit financial flows. On 22 November 2023, a coalition of 125 mostly developing countries led by Nigeria won an important United Nations (UN) General Assembly vote on drafting a convention on international rules on tax and combatting illicit financial flows. The UN vote was a victory for African tax activists who have long demanded that the international community wrest control of global tax reform from […]

todayJanuary 5, 2024

News

Kenya: First Batch of Foreigners Under Visa-Free Policy Land At JKIA

[ad_1] Nairobi — The first batch of foreigners on Electronic Travel Authorization under visa-free policy in Kenya have landed at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. According to Immigrations Principal Secretary Julius Bitok, over 5,000 ETA applications have been received. In the meantime, the government has made some amendments to the Citizen and Immigration Regulation, 2023, to support the implementation of a visa-free regime. In a special Gazette notice issued by Interior and National Administration Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki, the word […]

todayJanuary 5, 2024

Entertainment

Nigeria: I Pray Every Day to Win Grammy – Davido

[ad_1] Nigerian Afrobeat singer, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido has revealed that one of his daily prayer points is to win a Grammy Award. The 'OBO' crooner disclosed this in a recent interview with GQ. "Everybody knows what one of my prayer points is now. I have been nominated for three Grammys. So, everybody knows what I am praying for every day I wake up," he said. Daily Trust reports that Davido was nominated in three categories at the […]

todayJanuary 5, 2024

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Democracy in Asia will get a reckoning this year

[ad_1] A record number of people are heading to the polls around the world this year, including in Asia.This is particularly significant for the region because with the exception of Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan, Asia-Pacific is seeing a significant increase in populism and authoritarianism, harking back to an era when strongmen presidents ruled with an iron fist. Hundreds of millions of votes won’t necessarily mean more democracy.There are a few reasons for this. We have already seen the rise […]

todayJanuary 5, 2024

News

Angola: Okavango – Zambezi Project Registers Tourists Growth

[ad_1] Menongue — One hundred and seventy-five tourists of different nationalities visited, in 2023, the Okavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Project (KAZA), from the Cuando Cubango border posts, in the country's south-east. Compared to 2022, there is an increase of 49 tourists, motivated by Presidential Decree No. 189/2023 of September 19, exempting and simplifying the Tourist Visa. The "gateways" were the border posts of Katuitui, Cuangar, Calai, Mucusso (Dirico) and Rivungo, with the Republic of Namibia. In general, according to the annual […]

todayJanuary 5, 2024

Entertainment

Angola: Minister of Culture Highlights Ruy Mingas Contribution

[ad_1] Luanda — The minister of Culture and Tourism, Filipe Zau, highlighted the contribution of Angolan nationalist Ruy Alberto Vieira Dias Mingas, who died this Thursday in Lisbon, Portugal, aged 84, due to illness. In a note of condolence, which ANGOP had access to, the government official claims that, with deep pain and consternation, he learned of the nationalist's physical death. "In this hour of pain, the Minister of Culture and Tourism, Filipe Silvino de Pina Zau, extends his feelings […]

todayJanuary 5, 2024

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