National guard pilots return to duty after 4 July low-level beach flyover in South Carolina pred 1 dnevom, 19 urami in 51 minutami Helicopter pilots were suspended from duty after a low-level stunt over beachgoers during holiday aviation showSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailEight South Carolina national guard helicopter pilots have been returned to flying duties following a suspension over a low-flying sweep over beachgoers as part of a Fourth of July event honoring service members.“Effective immediately, the suspension of all involved South Carolina pilots has been lifted,” the Pentagon spokesperson, Sean Parnell, wrote on Friday morning on social media. “Carry on Patriots.” Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Protests engulf Indian state after rape and murder of 11-year-old girl pred 1 dnevom, 20 urami in 4 minutami Innocent man lynched by mob in West Bengal as police killing of suspect further escalates tensionsProtests have engulfed the Indian state of West Bengal after the rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl, the subsequent lynching of an innocent man and the police killing of one of the accused.Outrage erupted on Sunday after the body of a missing girl was recovered from a pond in a town just outside the state capital, Kolkata. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Hot weather advisory extended in Ireland pred 1 dnevom, 20 urami in 5 minutami Highest temperatures during the day will ‘widely exceed’ 25C and into the 30s in places, Met Éireann said.(London News)
Pacific gray whales facing ‘catastrophic’ die-off as climate crisis hits food supply pred 1 dnevom, 20 urami in 47 minutami Trump administration urged to relist a species in ‘very, very serious trouble’ under Endangered Species ActClimate change is driving a gray whale “catastrophic mortality event” in the Pacific Ocean as melting sea ice depletes food sources and the animals starve, environmental groups warn.Meanwhile, a range of other issues, like ship strikes, oil spills, microplastic pollution, algal blooms and Russian harvesting are also probably contributing to the die-off that has nearly halved the whales’ estimated population. It fell from 20,000 in 2019 to fewer than 13,000 this year, and the deaths appear to be accelerating. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Ryanair passenger almost sucked out of shattered window during flight pred 1 dnevom, 20 urami in 58 minutami Serbian man reportedly saved by wife hanging on to his legs after window shattered on journey from GreeceA passenger on a Ryanair flight was reportedly almost sucked out of a window after it shattered in mid-air during a journey from Greece.The man was said to have been sucked out of his seat into the plane’s slipstream and hung headfirst out of the window after an engine failure resulted in parts smashing the acrylic window, according to local reports. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
