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Frantic search underway for crew after Boeing 737 wreckage found by officials
Officials in Pakistan have launched an urgent search after a K2 Airways cargo plane carrying five crew members disappeared on Tuesday evening while flying towards Karachi. The Boeing 737 lost radar and radio contact at around 9:21 p.m. local time, roughly 155 nautical miles west of Karachi, having earlier departed from Sharjah in the United…
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UK must stop young people spending ‘endless hours in solitude, relentlessly online’ or risk another Southport massacre, inquiry hears
The second phase of the public inquiry into the 2024 Southport stabbing massacre has opened in London, warning that action must be taken to stop isolated young people spending “endless hours in solitude, relentlessly online” and being drawn towards imitating the killer, Axel Rudakubana. This stage matters because it moves beyond the individual failings that…
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Bolt of lightning struck house, traveled through wiring and shocked boy who was playing computer game, investigators say
A 13-year-old boy in Cypress, Texas, near Houston, was shocked while playing computer games when a bolt of lightning struck his home on Tuesday, according to investigators. Vlad Skuridin was at his bedroom desk when he was thrown backwards after the current reached him through a metal part of the desk that his skin was…
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Villagers’ fury as property developer is given permission for new build home to become holiday let as council lifts strict ‘no Airbnb’ rule
Residents of Langton Matravers, a coastal village on Dorset’s Isle of Purbeck, have reacted angrily after Dorset Council granted a property developer permission to convert one of the homes on a new estate into a holiday let, despite a condition that had barred second homes and holiday lets. The decision matters because the area is…
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Las Vegas prices squeeze everyday travelers as popular city embraces expensive makeover
Las Vegas, long regarded as an affordable playground for everyday travellers, is increasingly pricing out budget-conscious visitors as it repositions itself around luxury hotels, celebrity-chef restaurants, stadium events and costly attractions, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. The shift matters because it reflects a fundamental change in the city’s business model and appeal, with rising…
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Major airline roasts passengers who jump up right after landing, igniting fierce backlash
Southwest Airlines has reignited a long-running air travel etiquette debate after posting a tongue-in-cheek message on Threads mocking passengers who leap to their feet the moment a plane lands. The post — which used clapping emojis between each word to declare that travellers “won’t get off the plane faster by standing up .001 seconds after…
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Who is Rama-Tut? The Kang variant in X-Men ’97 explained
X-Men ’97 season 2 introduces Pharaoh Rama-Tut as the antagonist of its two-part “Rise of Apocalypse” story, set in Ancient Egypt. The episodes see the X-Men aid the first Mutant, En Sabah Nur, in a slave rebellion, while Magneto tries to steer Nur away from becoming the villain Apocalypse. Rama-Tut, revealed to be a variant…
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Are airline miles still worth it?
Dynamic pricing turned a 67,500-point business class seat into a 700,000-point nightmare. A travel rewards expert explains how to fight back.
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Summer holiday bookings bounce back amid fragile Middle East ceasefire, Jet2 says
The package holiday operator Jet2 has reported a strong rebound in summer holiday bookings following the fragile ceasefire in the Middle East, sending its London-listed shares up by around 10% in early trading on Wednesday. The company, which flies about 20 million passengers a year, said many customers had held off booking while they waited…
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Brits travelling to European airports face five-hour queues due to new border controls which could bring terminals to a ‘complete standstill’, aviation chiefs warn
British holidaymakers have been warned they could face queues of up to five hours at European airport border controls this summer, with aviation chiefs cautioning that terminals risk grinding to a “complete standstill”. The disruption is being blamed on the EU’s new Entry-Exit System (EES), which requires non-EU visitors to provide biometric data, and industry…