MAYVILLE, N.Y. — Salman Rushdie’s plans to publish a book about a 2022 attempt on his life may delay the trial of his alleged attacker, which is scheduled to begin next week, attorneys said Tuesday. Hadi Matar, the man charged with repeatedly stabbing Rushdie as the author was being introduced for a lecture, is entitled … Read more
Twelve Australians who were on board a Japan Airlines flight that collided with a coast guard aircraft and burst into flames are safe and accounted for. All 379 people on board the flight escaped the burning airliner after the collision at Tokyo’s Haneda airport on Tuesday. Five of the six crew on the smaller coast … Read more
A powerful earthquake that hit Japan on New Year’s Day killed at least 55 people, with rescue teams struggling in freezing temperatures to reach coastal areas where many are feared trapped under possibly thousands of destroyed homes. In Suzu, a town of about 5000 households near the quake’s epicentre, 90 per cent of houses may … Read more
LOS ANGELES — When Gustavo Zerbino watched “La Sociedad de la Nieve,” the 1972 plane crash survivor felt as if he was being submerged “into boiling water,” reliving the roughly 70 days he and his teammates were stranded in the snow-covered Andes mountains. Zerbino praised J.A. Bayona’s raw and unfiltered film, which is being released … Read more
LOS ANGELES — When Gustavo Zerbino watched “La Sociedad de la Nieve,” the 1972 plane crash survivor felt as if he was being submerged “into boiling water,” reliving the roughly 70 days he and his teammates were stranded in the snow-covered Andes mountains. Zerbino praised J.A. Bayona’s raw and unfiltered film, which is being released … Read more
All 379 passengers and crew of a Japan Airlines plane have escaped from a fire following a collision with a Coast Guard aircraft at Tokyo’s Haneda airport but five of the six crew of the coast guard plane were killed. The Coast Guard said the collision involved one of its planes that was headed to … Read more
The leader of Hamas says a truce agreement with Israel is close and Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he hopes for good news soon about hostages — the most optimistic signals so far of a deal to pause fighting and free captives. It comes as the war in Gaza nears day 50, with at … Read more
BANGKOK — Thailand and China will soon implement visa-free entry for each other’s citizens, Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said Tuesday. Chinese nationals will be granted visa-free entry on a permanent basis beginning March 1, Srettha said after his Cabinet’s weekly meeting. Chinese visitors have been allowed visa-free entry since September last year, but the … Read more
Israel’s government has voted to back a deal for Palestinian Hamas militants to free 50 women and children held as hostages in Gaza in exchange for a four-day pause in fighting, the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced. Officials from Qatar, which has been mediating negotiations, as well as the US, Israel … Read more
An Australian man has been killed in Gaza after invading the territory with the Israeli army, according to reports. Reserves tank commander Captain Lior Sivan died while serving in an Israeli armoured brigade in the southern part of the Gaza Strip on December 19, ABC News has reported. His death was reported by Israeli news … Read more
