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The incident prompted an evacuation of the 109-storey CITIC Tower in the Chinese capital’s business district A light aircraft has crashed into the 109-storey CITIC Tower in Beijing, forcing the evacuation of the city’s tallest skyscraper, according to media reports.The 528-meter (1,732-foot) tower, also known as China Zun, dominates the skyline of the Chinese capital’s central business district.Videos circulating on social media appear to show debris from a light sport aircraft falling to the ground after it struck the upper section of the building at around 5:40 PM local time on Friday.Reuters reported that two glass panels on one of…

The United States launched strikes on Iran on Friday as a “powerful response” to the country’s Thursday attack on a cargo ship trying to exit the Strait of Hormuz, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) officials said. While the memorandum of understanding (MOU) to put a ceasefire agreement in place was signed just last week, the Iranians shot “at least four” one-way attack drones at ships traversing the highly contested strait, President Donald Trump said on Truth Social.  While the U.S. managed to strike out three of the drones, one of them hit the upper deck of the Ever Lovely, a commercial…

Texas Democrat U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico said many white churches do not reflect the Jesus described in the Gospels and argued that black churches have a “deeper and more accurate” understanding of what it means to follow Jesus. Speaking on the September 2024 podcast titled “Holy Conversation: Faith and Politics,” Talarico said too many white churches focus on the afterlife instead of on “freeing the oppressed and healing the sick and feeding the hungry.” “Too many white churches are focused on the afterlife and not really much on this life,” Talarico said. “In my opinion, a lot of white churches…

Saudi national Taleb al-Abdulmohsen rammed a car into a crowd in Magdeburg in 2024, killing six people, including a child A German court has sentenced Taleb al-Abdulmohsen, a Saudi immigrant, to life in prison for driving a car into a crowded Christmas market in Magdeburg in December 2024, killing six people, including a nine-year-old boy, and injuring more than 200.The Magdeburg Regional Court handed down the sentence on Friday, convicting al-Abdulmohsen of six counts of murder and more than 200 counts of attempted murder. Judges ruled that he acted out of personal grievances rather than religious or ideological motives.The court…

The South Korean Defense Ministry on Friday announced an ambitious plan to train 500,000 “drone warriors” who would integrate unmanned vehicles more fully into the armed forces, in a counter to North Korea’s increasing use of drones. South Korean Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back initially said the drone warriors would be equipped with 110,000 new drones over the next three years, but the Defense Ministry later announced a more modest target of 11,000 drones next year, and 60,000 by 2029. “Drones should no longer be equipment used by a limited ​number of units, but a universal combat tool. All troops should…

Israel and Lebanon on Friday signed a landmark U.S.-brokered security framework that officials described as a “first step” toward peace, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hailing the deal as “a major achievement” for Israel and “a major blow to Iran.” Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the agreement at the State Department alongside Israeli Ambassador to the United States Yechiel Leiter and Lebanese Ambassador to the United States Nada Hamadeh Mouawad following several days of negotiations in Washington, cautioning that “there is a lot of work ahead” and calling the accord “the beginning of the beginning.” The framework establishes two…

The British government wants to scrap jury trials in order to clear the outstanding caseload Record numbers of victims are waiting more than a year for their cases to be heard in the UK, and clearing the backlog “could take nearly 300 years,” Courts minister Sarah Sackman has said.According to Ministry of Justice figures, there is currently a backlog of 80,061 cases in Britain’s crown courts, and 370,722 cases in lower magistrates’ courts, an increase of 5% and 11% on last year, respectively. Some 6,000 crown court cases have been waiting for more than two years, with 2,000 rape cases…

A Utah judge has denied assassination suspect Tyler Robinson’s request to remove the death penalty from the Charlie Kirk murder case. While Judge Tony Graf found prosecutor Christopher Ballard in civil contempt for violating a gag order, he denied the defense’s request to remove the death penalty, making it so capital punishment remains on the table as a possible sentence if Robinson is convicted. “Having found Mr. Ballard in civil contempt, the court turns to the imposition of sanctions,” Graf said during a Friday hearing. “The defendant argues that the appropriate sanction to remedy this prejudice is to strike the state’s…

A motorist in Los Cabos plowed through a crowd of revelers that had blocked the streets and were shaking his vehicle on Wednesday night following Mexico’s victory over the Czech Republic. The incident took place in the tourist area of Los Cabos when a motorist with his family was trying to get through the crowd. Dozens of people surrounded the vehicle and began throwing drinks and other items at the automobile. The situation escalated when the crowd surrounded the vehicle and began violently shaking it. Videos of the incident captured the moment when the motorist accelerated his vehicle and plowed…

Former Sen. Sherrod Brown, a Democrat running for U.S. Senate in Ohio against Republican Sen. Jon Husted, criticized the Supreme Court after it allowed President Donald Trump’s administration to move forward with ending Temporary Protected Status for Haitians, arguing the decision would hurt families and undermine economic opportunity for Ohioans. Brown posted on X Thursday: “TODAY’S RULING IS WRONG and a devastating blow to thousands of families who have built their lives here, working, paying taxes, and contributing to Ohio’s communities. I agree with Governor DeWine and the majority of Ohioans who recognize that the Haitian community plays a key…