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Teen pilot sets age record for solo flight around world

A Belgian-British teenager became the youngest person to fly around the world solo in a small aircraft after he landed on Wednesday in Bulgaria, where his global journey kicked off five months ago. Mack Rutherford, who turned 17 during the trip, landed on an airstrip west of Bulgaria’s capital, Sofia, to complete his task and to claim two Guinness World Records. Along with becoming the youngest person to fly around the world by himself, Rutherford is the youngest person to circumnavigate the globe in a microlight plane. His sister, Zara, who finished her own trip global flight in January at...

Islamabad High Court issues show-cause notice to Imran Khan

Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday issued a show-cause notice to PTI chairman Imran Khan after taking up contempt of court proceedings against him for threatening Additional Sessions Judge Zeba Chaudhry during a public rally. The IHC bench comprised Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani, Justice Babar Sattar and Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb, Geo tv reported. Meanwhile, the court summoned Imran Khan in personal capacity on August 31 and forwarded the case to the Chief Justice of Pakistan, seeking inclusion of more judges in the bench. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman was booked for thr...

Police file terrorism charge against Pakistan's Imran Khan

Pakistani police have filed terrorism charges against former Prime Minister Imran Khan, authorities said Monday, escalating political tensions in the country as he holds mass rallies seeking to return to office. The terrorism charges come over a speech Khan gave in Islamabad in which he vowed to sue police officers and a female judge and alleged that a close aide had been tortured after his arrest. Khan himself appeared to still be free and had not immediately addressed the police charge sheet being lodged against him. Pakistan's opposition Tehreek-e-Insaf party, Khan's political party, publis...

Finnish PM defends dancing, takes drug test to clear herself

Finland's Prime Minister Sanna Marin has taken a drug test ``for her own legal protection'' after a video was leaked of her at her private party dancing and lip-syncing. She defended her actions, saying she drank alcohol at a par...

Fatalities reported after 2 planes collide in California

Multiple fatalities have been reported after two planes collided in Northern California while trying to land at a local airport. The collision occurred at Watsonville Municipal Airport shortly before 3 p.m.,according to a tweet from the city of Watsonville. There were two people aboard a twin-engine Cessna 340 and only the pilot aboard a single-engine Cessna 152 during the crash, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. It was not immediately clear whether any of them survived. The pilots were on their final approaches to the airport when the collision occurred, the FAA said in a stat...

Ukraine's Zelenskyy hosts talks with UN chief, Turkey leader

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is meeting the U.N. chief and Turkey's leader in Lviv near Ukraine's border with Poland. Thursday's talks will focus on the recent deal to resume Ukraine's grain exports, the volatile situation at a Russian-occupied nuclear power plant and efforts to help end the war. Turkey and the United Nations helped broker an agreement last month clearing the way for Ukraine to export 22 million tons of grain stuck in its ports since Moscow invaded Feb. 24. The U.N. chief will focus on containing the volatile situation at a Russian-occupied nuclear power plant, wh...

Over 35,000 cases of monkeypox detected globally: WHO

More than 35,000 cases of monkeypox have now been reported from 92 countries and territories, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Wednesday. Speaking at the media briefing on monkeypox, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom ...

Gurdeep Singh Randhawa elected as 1st representative of Indian community in Germany

Gurdeep Singh Randhawa has been elected as the first representative of the Indian community in Germany on Wednesday. Randhawa is the first Indian representative of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU) Thuringia. CDU is...

China's youth jobless rate hits a record high of 19.9 pc

Youth jobless rate in China has hit a record high of 19.9 percent, media reports said citing the country's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). Chinese local media portal Global Times while citing the Ministry of Education noted that the number of college graduates in 2022 is expected to reach 10.76 million, exceeding 10 million for the first time, which is 1.67 million more than 2021. The surveyed urban unemployment in July was 5.4 percent, down 0.1 percentage points compared with the previous month, Fu Linghui, a spokesperson from the NBS, said during a press conference. Meanwhile, Urban un...

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Former Liberal cabinet minister John Rustad acclaimed leader of B.C. Conservatives

A former Liberal cabinet minister who has been sitting in British Columbia's legislature as an Independent is the new leader of the provincial Conservatives.John Rustad, the member of the legislature for Nechako Lakes, was acclaim...

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