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A pilot has been arrested and is being questioned after another pilot was stabbed, officials say.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel said one of the pilots may have been attempting to crash the flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv. The plane landed in Saudi Arabia and all passengers were safe.
Leo SandsIsraelSaudi Arabia
A routine flight turned terrifying when a violent altercation broke out inside the cockpit and the aircraft dropped 17,000 feet in two minutes. Passengers subdued a knife-wielding attacker.
Karla Adam, Aaron Boxerman, Natan Odenheimer and Zane IrwinAviation Accidents, Safety and DisastersAirlines and Airplanes
President Trump’s plan to let A.I. companies police themselves comes amid mounting examples that they are failing to put safeguards on the technology.
David E. SangerUnited States Politics and GovernmentArtificial Intelligence
Guardiola’s success at Manchester City was underpinned by financial cheating. Now he can only double down on his adherence to the owners“Do you know the question that you are asking me? Today, do you honestly think it is my job to make this kind of question happen …” Cut to the long, painful pause. Chuck in a deep, shaming stare, eyes that have suddenly become death rays of betrayal and disgust and Pep Guardiola himself transformed from a man cheerfully toasting his own FA Cup final victory to a grizzled chief detective addressing a room full of convicted perverts.Guardiola had the wind entirely at his back at this point, sitting in the Wembley press room an hour after Manchester City’s 6-0 defeat of Watford in May 2019. Success drowns out every other noise in football. To be good is also to be good, noble, virtuous. History is written by the domestic treble winners. Right up until the m
Barney RonayManchester CityPep Guardiola
The world order is changing. So is the United States’ place in it.
Nadja Spiegelman, Euny Hong, W. David Marx and Vishakha Darbhaaudio-neutral-informativePop and Rock Music
Greg Powers taken off duties during investigationMatthew Mayich unlikely to recover, says lawyerArizona State have placed hockey coach Greg Powers on administrative leave as the school investigates the collapse of a player during an outdoor workout.Arizona State’s Matthew Mayich collapsed during an outdoor workout in August. He suffered from external heat stroke that reduced flow of oxygen to his brain and is unlikely to recover, according to family attorney Rob Carey. Carey said the 21-year-old Mayich had shown signs of distress before his collapse at the workout, which took place in 89F heat. Carey also said there was no cold water tub available, which is often used to treat overheating. The Green Beret in charge of the practice, Tim Ziesel, did not have a contract with the university. Continue reading...
AgenciesCollege sportsIce hockey
Jackson Duke, Luke Etheridge and Zara Shaw died when the car they were in ended up in the River Wear.
PM also defends decision to release suspects on bail and expresses ‘complete confidence’ in security servicesThere are “strong indications” that Iran played a role in events in which five men were arrested near RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire as part of a terror investigation, Andy Burnham has said.Speaking to the media at the end of the Labour party conference in Liverpool, Burnham said he could not give any more details amid a police investigation, but that Iran was believed to be involved. Continue reading...
Peter Walker Senior political correspondentUK news
Bogong moths have been in decline since the 1980s, but this spring the insects have been sighted in the thousands across southeastern Australia, delighting scientists.
Laura ChungButterflies and MothsAnimal Migration
The social messaging app will let parents decide on privacy settings for their child's account.
John Swinney had referred to Andy Burnham as the "last prime minister".
Kenjiro Tsuda wins case against TikTok account in landmark Japanese verdict to protect publicity rightsA court in Japan has ruled that the human voice has legal protection after a landmark case involving a well-known actor and a TikTok account that he claimed had cloned his “lustrous” baritone voice in its AI-generated videos.Tokyo district court said on Wednesday that voices should enjoy the same protection as publicity rights, at the end of a closely watched legal action brought against TikTok by Kenjiro Tsuda – best known for voicing the character Kento Nanami in the anime Jujutsu Kaisen. Continue reading...
Justin McCurry in TokyoAI (artificial intelligence)Japan
Emergency workers have to move fast after Russian attacks in eastern Ukraine. Another could come at any moment.
Tyler Hicks and Marc SantoraRussian Invasion of Ukraine (2022)Rescues
This blog is now closedGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWho is potential Greens deputy leader candidate Steph Hodgins-May?So who is the first-term senator expected to announce a leadership ticket tilt with David Shoebridge?Get your dirty hands off our kids, that is our message to the fossil fuel industry, who have no place in early-learning centres, in schools, or in our cultural institutions in this country.Children should go to school to get evidence-based education, not to be brainwashed by fossil fuel corporations seeking to build social licence. Continue reading...
Achol Arok and Nick VisserAustralia newsAustralian politics
A bad breakup had made me afraid I would be mired in anger for ever. But on that family hike, in our fear and horror as we awaited the air ambulance, my old hurts took on a different hueTo steal a well-known line, 2023 is not a year on which I shall look back with undiluted pleasure. My annus horribilis began when a long-term relationship broke up in January, only six months after we had bought our first home together. I was about to turn 38 and the future I thought was mine – marriage, children – all fell apart. What followed was blow after blow: my sister announced her engagement, I was told by a fertility doctor that I was “not a suitable candidate” for egg freezing, and I soon began having multiple panic attacks a day.Ordinarily, my work would have been my solace; when I wrote, it was as if time was suspended. But now, my words abandoned me. They would not come, no matter how much I
Louise O'NeillLife and styleWalking
Blasts in the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) injured three South Korean personnel earlier this month.
Social anxiety is more common than many think. Here's what you need to know about the condition.
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