राज्य की राजधानी Austin से 40 मील दक्षिण-पश्चिम में स्थित एक शहर में देर रात दुर्घटना के बाद Cessna 421C पर सवार सभी लोगों की मौत हो गई। अधिकारियों ने शुक्रवार को बताया कि Texas Hill Country में पेड़ों के बीच एक छोटा विमान दुर्घटनाग्रस्त हो गया, जिससे उसमें सवार सभी पांच लोगों की मौत हो गई। Hays county judge, Ruben Becerra ने Facebook पर एक पोस्ट में कहा कि यह दुर्घटना गुरुवार देर रात Wimberley में अंधेरे में हुई, जो राज्य की राजधानी Austin से लगभग 40 मील दक्षिण-पश्चिम में स्थित एक शहर है। पढ़ना जारी रखें...
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• Donald Trump ने Germany के चांसलर Friedrich Merz पर फिर से निशाना साधा है, और कहा है कि उन्हें अपना "टूटा हुआ देश ठीक करने" और Russia-Ukraine युद्ध को समाप्त करने की कोशिश करने पर ध्यान देना चाहिए - और Iran में "हस्तक्षेप" करने में कम समय बिताना चाहिए।
यह संगीतकार मजदूर वर्ग के गीत Take This Job and Shove It के साथ-साथ The Ride जैसे हिट गानों और अन्य के लिए जाने जाते थे। डेविड एलन को (David Allan Coe), वह कंट्री गायक-गीतकार जिन्होंने मजदूर वर्ग के गीत Take This Job and Shove It को लिखा था और जिनके You Never Even Called Me By My Name और The Ride जैसे कई हिट गाने थे, का निधन हो गया है। वह 86 वर्ष के थे। कोह की पत्नी, किम्बर्ली हेस्टिंग्स कोह (Kimberly Hastings Coe), ने बुधवार को Rolling Stone को उनकी मृत्यु की पुष्टि की। पढ़ना जारी रखें...
• Gavin Adcock ने मंगलवार को सोशल मीडिया पर एक फोटो पोस्ट करके Zach Bryan के साथ अपने विवाद को फिर से भड़का दिया, जिसमें पिछले साल ओक्लाहोमा के Born & Raised Festival में उनके बीच हुई हाथापाई की स्थिति का संदर्भ दिया गया है।
• इस तस्वीर में Bryan, Adcock से लड़ने के लिए एक बाड़ चढ़ने की कोशिश करते दिख रहे हैं, जिसे Adcock ने अपने नए सिंगल 'Wannabe' को प्रमोट करने के लिए 'यह गाना शुक्रवार को रिलीज होने के लिए कितना बेताब है' (How bad this song wants to come out on Friday) कैप्शन दिया है।
• सितंबर में, बाड़ चढ़ने के बाद सुरक्षाकर्मियों के बीच-बचाव करने से पहले Bryan चिल्लाए थे, 'क्या तुम एक मर्द की तरह लड़ना चाहते हो? गेट खोलो' (You want to fight like a man? Open the gate)।
Claim by environment minister opens new report into profound ecological damage allegedly done by IDF forces Lebanon’s minister for the environment has accused Israel’s military of committing “an act of ecocide” in the foreword to a report detailing the harm done to the country’s natural resources during the invasion of 2023 to 2024.Israeli military aggression “reshaped both the physical and ecological landscape” of southern Lebanon, according to the report, which does not consider the impacts of Israel’s latest barrage of attacks this spring.Damaged 5,000 hectares (12,350 acres) of forest cover, including broadleaf, pine and stone pine stands, destroying habitats, disregulating local climates and causing soil erosion.Destroyed $118m (£87m) of physical agriculture assets, including crops, livestock facilities, forestry resources, fisheries and aquaculture infrastructure.Caused further losses of $586m (£433m) in lost agricultural production as a result of disrupted harvests and reduced yields.Destroyed 2,154 hectares (5,320 acres) of orchards, including 814 hectares of olive groves and 637 hectares of citrus plantations, and caused extensive damage to banana plantations.Contaminated soils with phosphorus concentrations up to 1,858 parts a million, with particular contamination hotspots in south Lebanon and Bekaa valley in the east.Caused widespread air pollution episodes extending well beyond immediate strike zones and releasing particulates; sulphur and nitrogen oxides; and toxic compounds such as dioxins and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Continue reading...
Club chief says ‘anodyne acknowledgements’ can be ‘overworked’. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGood morning and welcome to our live news blog. I’m Martin Farrer with the top overnight stories and then it will be Nick Visser with the main action.The RSL has announced it will review its guidance on welcome to country addresses at Anzac Day services after Indigenous leaders were booed at three dawn services on Saturday. Continue reading...
Booing by right-wing groups of Indigenous leaders giving speeches marred Anzac Day ceremonies for a second year runningGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAn anti-immigration group asked followers how loud they would be booing welcome to country ceremonies at Anzac Day dawn services before multiple events were disrupted on Saturday. But the group has denied orchestrating a campaign, despite doubling down on its criticism of what it called “woke rituals”.Booing by right-wing groups of Indigenous elders giving welcome to country speeches marred Anzac Day ceremonies for a second year running, and sparked another public debate about their role at public events. Uncle Ray Minniecon, who served in the armed forces nd was booed while giving a welcome at Sydney’s dawn service, said the mocking was “unexpected and unnecessary, but it happens”. Continue reading...
Savitha Prakash, a first-generation immigrant running in local elections in Harrow, says Reform UK aims to ‘put Britain first’Savitha Prakash, an NHS doctor living in the London borough of Harrow, believes there are similarities between the Reform UK leader, Nigel Farage, and India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi. “He’s [Modi] one of those people, like Nigel, he walks the talk. He made [a] difference to the country,” said Prakash, who chairs Reform UK’s branch in Harrow.In particular, the 47-year-old said Farage and Modi – who have each been accused by their critics of scapegoating marginalised communities – were focused on putting the needs of the majority first. Continue reading...
Rising temperatures and extreme drought are driving more destructive spring fires across the American Great Plains. This year, forces aligned to create the perfect storm in NebraskaIn a normal year, the vast grasslands that roll across the American Great Plains would be starting to green. But at the center of the US, where most of the nation’s beef producers graze their herds, this spring brought fire instead of moisture, leaving more than a million acres black and barren.Multiple blazes raged across Nebraska, where the records for the annual acreage burned were obliterated in a single month. The state logged the largest blaze ever recorded when the Morrill fire cascaded across more than 642,000 acres before it was contained in March. Continue reading...
