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At least 39 dead in Spain after two high-speed trains collide
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ADAMUZ, Spain, Jan 19 (Reuters) – At least 39 people died in southern Spain after a high-speed train derailed and collided with an oncoming one on Sunday night in one of the worst railway accidents in Europe in the past 80 years. The accident near Adamuz in the province of Cordoba, about 360 km (223 miles)…
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11 Feared Missing After Indonesian Surveillance Plane Vanishes
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Indonesian rescuers are searching for an ATR 42-500 fisheries surveillance aircraft that went missing on Saturday with 11 people on board, officials said. The Indonesia Air Transport plane lost contact with air traffic control around 1:30 p.m. local time (0530 GMT) near the Maros region in South Sulawesi province, Andi Sultan, an official at…
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U.S. Lawmakers Fly to Denmark to Cool Trump’s Greenland Acquisition Threats
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A bipartisan delegation of U.S. lawmakers visited Denmark and Greenland this week to ease tensions following President Donald Trump’s repeated threats to seize the Arctic island. The trip, led by Democratic Senator Chris Coons, aimed to “lower the temperature” and assure European leaders of Congress’s role in any decisions affecting Greenland. Trump has described…
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U.S. Held Secret Talks With Venezuela’s Cabello Months Before Maduro Raid
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Officials from the Trump administration had been in contact with Venezuela’s powerful interior minister, Diosdado Cabello, for months prior to the U.S. operation that captured President Nicolas Maduro, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. Communication with Cabello, 62, has continued in the weeks since the raid. U.S. officials warned Cabello not to use…
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Musk’s Starlink faces high-profile security test in Iran crackdown
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WASHINGTON, Jan 16 (Reuters) – Iran’s crackdown on dissidents is shaping up as one of the toughest security tests yet for Elon Musk’s Starlink, which has served as a lifeline against state-imposed internet blackouts since its deployment during the war in Ukraine. SpaceX, which owns Starlink, made the satellite service free for Iranians earlier this week, placing Musk’s space company…
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X down for tens of thousands of users globally
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(Reuters) – X was down for tens of thousands of users worldwide on Friday, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com.There were more than 41,000 reports of issues with the social media platform as of 10:35 a.m. ET in the United States, according to Downdetector, which tracks outages by collating status reports from a number…
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CIA director met new Venezuelan leader
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According to BBC CIA director John Ratcliffe met Venezuela’s Interim President Delcy Rodríguez in Caracas on Thursday “at President Trump’s direction,” a US official has said. The two-hour meeting was aimed at building trust and communication following the US seizure of Venezuela’s former president Nicolás Maduro almost two weeks ago. Ratcliffe and Rodríguez discussed…
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Due to invalid registrations, the FAA grounds 800 aircraft.
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The U.S. government stated last week that about 800 aircraft, including 52 turboprops, business jets, and turbine helicopters, registered with the FAA under trustee Southern Aircraft Consultancy Inc. (SACI) are now grounded since their registrations are no longer valid. The FAA claims that all of SACI’s aircraft registration certificates are void as of right…
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Justice Department Opens Criminal Inquiry Into Fed Chair Jerome Powell
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The US justice department has initiated a criminal inquiry involving Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, according to remarks he made on Sunday. In a recorded statement, Powell said federal prosecutors had issued subpoenas to the central bank and warned of potential criminal charges linked to his testimony before a Senate panel. That testimony related…
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Cambodia Extradites Suspected Crypto Scam Boss to China
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Cambodian authorities have extradited a Chinese-born tycoon accused of running a vast online fraud operation to China, Chinese officials confirmed on Thursday. The suspect, Chen Zhi, is the chairman of Prince Holding Group, one of Cambodia’s largest conglomerates. U.S. authorities have alleged that the company served as a front for what they described as…