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American tourists face bans and restrictions across the world amid pandemic (Yahoo) The reputation and prestige once associated with a passport from the United States have suffered as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. For Americans right now, traveling is harder than ever before—they aren’t welcome in the majority of the world’s countries because of the U.S. response to the outbreak. As a result, the U.S. passport ranking has fallen 50% in the last year, down from the no. 3 spot to the no. 19 spot in the Passport Index. “The American passport was always in the top five passports over the last five years,” Armand Arton, founder of Passport Index, told Yahoo Money. Pre-pandemic, an American passport holder could access 70% of the world’s countries without a visa. Arton said the “only reason” for America’s sudden fall from grace was the coronavirus. “It is not foreign policy,” he said. “It is not the visa restrictions. It is really the temporary limitation of travel of U.S. citizens, based on the fact that the rest of the world doesn’t want U.S. citizens coming to their countries.”

Millennials and younger are new US majority (AP) Sorry, boomers. Millennials and their younger siblings and children now make up a majority of the U.S. population. A new analysis by the Brookings Institution shows that 50.7% of U.S. residents were under age 40, as of July 2019. The Brookings’ analysis of population estimates released this summer by the U.S. Census Bureau shows that the combined millennial, Generation Z and younger generations numbered 166 million people. The combined Generation X, baby boomer, and older cohorts represented 162 million U.S. residents. Millennials typically are defined as being born between 1981 and 1996. Baby boomers, long considered a primary driver of demographic and social change in the U.S. because of their large numbers, were born between the end of World War II and the arrival of the Beatles in the U.S. in 1964.

The Pandemic Workday Is 48 Minutes Longer and Has More Meetings (Bloomberg) We log longer hours. We attend more meetings with more people. And, we send more emails. From New York City to Tel Aviv, the telecommuting revolution has meant a lot more work, according to a study of 3.1 million people at more than 21,000 companies across 16 cities in North America, Europe and the Middle East. The researchers compared employee behavior over two 8 week periods before and after Covid-19 lockdowns. Looking at email and meeting meta-data, the group calculated the workday lasted 48.5 minutes longer, the number of meetings increased about 13% and people sent an average of 1.4 more emails per day to their colleagues. During the two month time frame, there was one part of working that did improve: Those additional meetings were shorter, according to the analysis by researchers at Harvard Business School and New York University.

Pandemic Is Changing the Military, From Boot Camp to Office Work (Bloomberg) The U.S. military is finding its footing and changing how it operates as cases of the coronavirus keep rising. The services have been forced to continue widespread use of quarantines and to rethink future training, deploying, and day-to-day work. The virus curve has shot up from 10,462 cumulative cases in early June to 37,824 total cases by late July, according to the Defense Department. The figure includes more than 14,300 current infections among active-duty troops, as well as total cases reported among civilian workers, dependents and contractors since the pandemic began.

Seeking refuge in US, children fleeing danger are expelled (AP) When officers led them out of a detention facility near the U.S.-Mexico border and onto a bus last month, the 12-year-old from Honduras and his 9-year-old sister believed they were going to a shelter so they could be reunited with their mother in the Midwest. They had been told to sign a paper they thought would tell the shelter they didn’t have the coronavirus, the boy said. The form was in English, a language he and his sister don’t speak. The only thing he recognized was the letters “COVID.” Instead, the bus drove five hours to an airport where the children were told to board a plane. “They lied to us,” he said. “They didn’t tell us we were going back to Honduras.” More than 2,000 unaccompanied children have been expelled since March under an emergency declaration enacted by the Trump administration, which has cited the coronavirus in refusing to provide them protections under federal anti-trafficking and asylum laws. Lawyers and advocates have sharply criticized the administration for using the global pandemic as a pretext to deport children to places of danger. No U.S. agents looked at the video the boy had saved on his cellphone showing a hooded man holding a rifle, saying his name, and threatening to kill him and his sister, weeks after the uncle caring for them was shot dead in June. And even though they were expelled under an emergency declaration citing the virus, they were never tested for COVID-19, the boy said.

Coronavirus surprise: Remittances to Mexico rise during pandemic (Washington Post) It was an intuitive prediction, supported by virtually every expert who had studied the subject: As the coronavirus pandemic caused the global economy to tumble, remittances to Mexico and Central America would crash. It turns out the forecast was wrong. Instead of collapsing, remittances to Mexico were up year-over-year in five of the first six months of 2020. In June, payments to El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Honduras also increased compared to the same period in 2019, after a dip earlier this year. In March, the month the World Health Organization declared a pandemic, remittances to Mexico topped $4 billion—a record. Across the United States, migrants and the children of migrants say they have prioritized sending money to family in Mexico and Central America during the pandemic.

Economy tanking, Cuba launches some long-delayed reforms (AP) With its airports closed to commercial flights and its economy tanking, Cuba has launched the first in a series of long-promised reforms meant to bolster the country’s struggling private sector. The island’s thousands of restaurants, bed-and-breakfasts, auto mechanics and dozens of other types of private businesses have operated for years without the ability to import, export or buy supplies in wholesale markets. While the communist government began allowing widespread private enterprise a decade ago, it maintained a state monopoly on imports, exports and wholesale transactions. As a result, the country’s roughly 613,000 private business owners have been forced to compete for scarce goods in Cuba’s understocked retail outlets or buy on the black market. That has limited the private sector’s growth and made entrepreneurs a constant target of criminal investigation. With the essential tourism business cut off by the novel coronavirus and the government running desperately low on hard currency, the government last month announced that it would allow private restaurants to buy wholesale for the first time. Ministers also announced that private businesspeople could sign contracts to import and export goods through dozens of state-run companies with import/export licenses.

Former Colombian president placed under house arrest (Economist) Colombia’s Supreme Court ordered that Álvaro Uribe, a conservative former president, be placed under house arrest. It is examining whether Mr Uribe had tried to tamper with witnesses in an investigation that he instigated against a left-wing senator. Mr Uribe, the mentor of Colombia’s current president, Iván Duque, is the first sitting or former president since the 1950s to be detained.

Emergency lockdown in Scotland (Foreign Policy) Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon moved quickly to impose a partial lockdown in the city of Aberdeen on Wednesday, after 54 new cases of COVID-19 were reported. The outbreak was linked to a bar, leading Sturgeon to close all pubs in the city and impose a ban on all non-essential travel. Sturgeon told reporters that the lockdown was a necessary measure. “We need to take decisive action now in order to prevent a larger outbreak and further harm later on,” she said.

Closed for vacation: France faces new virus testing troubles (AP) With virus cases rising anew, France is struggling to administer enough tests to keep up with demand. One reason: Many testing labs are closed so that their staff can take summer vacation, just as signs of a second wave are building. Testing troubles have plagued the U.S. and other countries too. But France’s August ritual of fleeing cities for weeks of holiday rest on seashores, mountainsides or grandma’s country house is an added tangle. “Closed for vacation” signs dangle from door after door across Paris this month, from bakeries to shoe shops and iconic cafes. Doctor’s offices and labs are no exception. Their staff need a rest more than ever this difficult year. But this August, socially distanced lines snake outside the scattered Paris labs that remain open, from the Left Bank to the city’s northern canals. Trying to get a test appointment can take a week or more. So can getting results.

Pakistan stands behind Kashmir (Foreign Policy) On the first anniversary of the Indian government’s decision to revoke Kashmir’s special autonomous status, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan heaped criticism on his Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, and reiterated his support for Kashmiri self-determination. In a statement, Khan called Indian activity in the region since the move a “crime against humanity,” and in a subsequent address to the legislative assembly, he said Modi has been “exposed in the world.” One year later, the region is still saturated with troops, communications are slow, and arrests are a routine part of daily life.

He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named (Foreign Policy) Anti-government protests took place in Thailand earlier this week as demands for limits on the power of the monarchy grow. Due to strict laws forbidding criticism of royals, the demonstrations featured a happy twist. Many of the 200 activists showed up dressed as Harry Potter and other characters from the popular book and film series in an effort to draw parallels between their fight against the government and Harry Potter’s battle against the totalitarianism of Lord Voldemort.

Survivors mark 75th anniversary of world’s 1st atomic attack (AP) HIROSHIMA, Japan—Survivors of the world’s first atomic bombing gathered in diminished numbers near an iconic, blasted dome Thursday to mark the attack’s 75th anniversary, many of them urging the world, and their own government, to do more to ban nuclear weapons. An upsurge of coronavirus cases in Japan meant a much smaller than normal turnout, but the bombing survivors’ message was more urgent than ever. As their numbers dwindle—their average age is about 83—many nations have bolstered or maintained their nuclear arsenals, and their own government refuses to sign a nuclear weapons ban treaty. The United States dropped the world’s first atomic bomb on Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945, destroying the city and killing 140,000 people. The United States dropped a second bomb three days later on Nagasaki, killing another 70,000. Japan surrendered Aug. 15, ending World War II and its nearly half-century of aggression in Asia. But the decades since have seen the weapons stockpiling of the Cold War and a nuclear standoff among nations that continues to this day.

As Smoke Clears in Beirut, Shock Turns to Anger (NYT) Since an orphaned shipment of highly explosive chemicals arrived at the port of Beirut in 2013, Lebanese officials treated it the way they have dealt with the country’s lack of electricity, poisonous tap water and overflowing garbage: by bickering and hoping the problem might solve itself. But the 2,750 tons of high-density ammonium nitrate combusted Tuesday, officials said, unleashing a shock wave on the Lebanese capital that gutted landmark buildings, killed 135 people, wounded at least 5,000 and rendered hundreds of thousands of residents homeless. Beirut’s governor said the damage extended over half of the city, estimating it at $3 billion. The government has vowed to investigate the blast and hold those responsible to account. But as residents waded through the warlike destruction on Wednesday to salvage what they could from their homes and businesses, many saw the explosion as the culmination of years of mismanagement and neglect by the country’s politicians. And with the country already deep in the throes of a major economic crisis, residents had no idea how they would afford to rebuild. Because of the financial crisis, banks have placed strict limits on cash withdrawals to prevent runs.

U.S. eyes Saudi nuclear program (NYT) American intelligence agencies are scrutinizing efforts by Saudi Arabia, working with China, to build up its ability to produce nuclear fuel. A classified analysis has raised alarms that doing so could be a cover to process uranium and move toward development of a weapon, U.S. officials told The Times. American officials have searched for decades for evidence that the Saudis are moving toward a nuclear weapon, and the kingdom has made no secret of its determination to keep pace with Iran. But the spy agencies have been reluctant to warn of progress, for fear of repeating the colossal intelligence mistake that led to the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003.

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The Shocking Events of 2020

Many believe that 2020 has been the worst or the cursed year, the most terrible in the history of human civilization. Natural disasters continued in various parts of the globe, further leading to an increase in the bloodbath. The COVID-19 pandemic, that shook the world with the sudden fall of the economy, major industries shut down, loss of jobs, and much more. However, some shocking events took place in the year 2020.

This blog takes you all to have a quick glance at those never-expected incidents of 2020.

Bushfire in Australia

The year 2020 began with a horrible bushfire in Australia that killed or dislodged 300 crore animals. NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian called out the third state of emergency on 2nd January after months of continuous blazing. The deadly fire had made cities evacuate and burned millions of acres. Almost, one billion animals are believed to have died and more than 100 species needed “emergency intervention” to survive.

Covid-19 pandemic

Then came the Covid-19 pandemic that tainted about 30 million individuals and slaughtered almost 10 lakhs overall, according to India Today. The Chinese branch of the World Health Organisation was notified of the novel coronavirus and the symptoms, although the cases were being reported as early as November 2019, who then referred as nCoV on January 7. The pandemic is believed to have begun spreading from the city of Wuhan, located in the Hubei province of China. The nation reported its first death on January 11 from the novel corona virus. One of the most shocking events of 2020 that almost traumatised us.

A Ukrainian flight crash in Tehran

Soon after Iran launched an attack on US troops stationed at Iraqi military bases, on January 8; Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 was crashed in Tehran, Iran, on the same day; killing more than 176 people on board. Iran later asserted the obligation regarding the incident, saying in a statement that the plane was shot down after it was mistaken for a threat.

Death of Kobe Bryant

NBA legend Kobe Bryant with his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven other passengers were killed when the helicopter crashed in Calabasas, California, on January 26. They were on their way to a game at Bryant’s sporting facility Mamba Academy via private helicopter. The report says that the helicopter flew in extreme foggy weather, even when the Los Angeles Police Department grounded its flights.

The UK withdraws from the EU

After more than 3 years of deliberation and political tumult, the UK finally left the EU at the end of January. The move received mixed response as there were celebrations and protest across the country, this news itself was one of the most shocking events of 2020 that not only bizarre the citizen of the UK or the EU but also the world. But British Prime Minister Boris Johnson sent a video message at that time, “The most important thing to say tonight is that this is not an end but a beginning, it is a moment of real national renewal and change”

Italy: 1st country to implement nationwide lockdown

Italy’s Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte declared a nationwide lockdown in the country. The announcement came after Italy had become the second-worst hit country by the virus besides China, while other countries like Japan, the US, South Korea, Taiwan ranked below China. While the US declared a national emergency on March 13.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a national lockdown on 25th March for 21 days initially and then got extended for 2 months with the rise in the number of corona-affected cases.

Tokyo Olympics postponed

One of the highly expected sporting events of the year-the 2020 Summer Olympics-that was to take place at the end of July, 2020 in Tokyo, Japan, postponed on March 24 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The International Olympic Committee later ann0unced, that the event will be happening post-July, 2021.

US alone has highest number of corona affected patients

The US, especially New York state alone had more coronavirus cases than any other country worldwide on 9th April with over 160,000 infected people, out of which 7,000 people were dead.

Skirmishes between India and China

Since 5 May 2020, Chinese and Indian soldiers have engaged with forceful scuffle, face-offs, and skirmishes. In late May, Chinese forces had a problem with Indian street development in the Galwan River valley. As indicated by Indian sources, melee fighting on 15/16 June 2020 brought about the passing of 20 Indian warriors including an official.

India bans Chinese mobile app

The government of India banned almost all the Chinese app slowing, starting from June under section 69A of the Information Technology Act. This action was taken based on the inputs regarding these apps for engaging in activities that are prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India, defense of India, the security of the state, and public order.

Worldwide Chaos due to Pandemic

The global corona virus case began increasing and the lockdown or curfew yet continued in some nations. Few industries saw a major fall in the market. They had to shut down their permanently settled business. Economies around the globe disintegrated, job losses, and people had to shift their business or think of another medium to earn their bread. Some organization shifted WFH (Work From Home) with a little bit of cut down on the wages. The world is yet in shock with the pandemic and still waiting for a day to become corona-free.

Beirut Explosion

While the world battled with various organic and natural disasters, human-blunder led a lethal blast that shook Beirut’s port. A large amount of ammonium nitrate, that was stored at Beirut port, the capital of Lebanon, exploded. This led to the death of 204; injuring 7,500 and causing property damage of US$15 billion; leaving approx. 300,000 homeless people. As per Wikipedia, the devastating explosion is considered one of the most powerful non-nuclear explosions in history and also the shocking events of 2020.

COVID-19’s Third Wave

Since the pandemic was in waves, the third wave of Covid-19 escalated in November, when the cases began to surge. By the end of November, worldwide cases took off to 60 million. Since then, cases have moved upward, driving the governments worldwide to enforce social distancing prerequisites for the winter holiday season. When would we get freedom from this shocking event?

Worldwide Vaccination Effort Kicks Off

In the recent news, Pfizer made waves when it declared that it was rolling out a 95% successful COVID-19 vaccination. Followed by Moderna, at 94.5% in mid-November. As the worldwide global race escalates, the challenges still exist. People’s perception towards safety vaccine has dropped significantly, which may yet complicate the global economy.

With such a devastating ride in 2020, many people are wondering what will 2021 have in store. The economy will be the focus for the coming year with the vaccination taking the center stage. CoVID-19 has certainly changed the course of human life, some of the physical businesses will slowly resume back with the travel and tourism industry taking the initial stand. Even though there was a spike in unemployment, the emergence of new businesses saw an opportunity.

How fair will 2021 be?

Will things get back to normal?

Still, a question that hangs around with many twists and turns.

Originally Article Published : The Shocking Events of 2020

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🇮🇳 UPDATES - At least 16 dead, dozens injured in Air India Express plane ACCIDENT at Calicut airport ! At least 16 people have been killed and 123 others injured when an Air India Express plane skidded off the runway while landing at an airport in the southern state of Kerala. Police said one of the pilots died when the two-year-old Boeing 737-800, which was flying from Dubai to Calicut, skidded off the runway and crashed into a valley. There were 191 people aboard the aircraft, including 10 infants. At least 15 of the injured are in a critical condition. The aircraft lay split into at least two pieces after the plane's fuselage sheared apart upon plunging into the valley, authorities said. Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep S. Puri said in a statement that the flight "overshot the runway in rainy conditions and went down 10.6 metres into a slope before breaking up into two pieces". An inquiry will be conducted by the ministry's Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau, he said. Local TV news channels showed passengers, some of them lying motionless on stretchers, brought into a hospital surrounded by health workers wearing masks because of the COVID-19 pandemic. "Pained by the plane accident in Kozhikode," Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted, referring to Calicut's new name. "My thoughts are with those who lost their loved ones. May the injured recover at the earliest," he said. Officials said it was a repatriation flight carrying Indian citizens back to the country, as regular commercial flights had been halted because of the coronavirus outbreak. Amitabh Kant, who heads the Government's planning commission, said the runway is on a hilltop with deep gorges on either side, making it difficult to land. The worst air disaster in India was on November 12, 1996, when a Saudi Arabian Airlines flight collided mid-air with a Kazakhstan Airlines Flight near Charki Dadri in Haryana state, killing all 349 on board the two planes. https://www.instagram.com/p/CDnXVhqhUGw/?igshid=1morgt7gmyryr

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Air India Plane Crash Update: PM मोदी ने दिए सख्त निर्देश, गृहमंत्री अमित शाह रवाना, एयरपोर्ट बंद, बचाव कार्य तेज

Air India Plane Crash Update:अहमदाबाद में गुरुवार को एयर इंडिया की फ्लाइट AI-171 लंदन के लिए उड़ान भरने के तुरंत बाद क्रैश हो गई. हादसे के बाद प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी ने नागरिक उड्डयन मंत्री राम मोहन नायडू और गृहमंत्री अमित शाह से बात की और अहमदाबाद जाकर राहत कार्यों की निगरानी के निर्देश दिए. पीएम ने कहा कि सभी प्रभावित लोगों को हर संभव सहायता दी जाए और स्थिति की नियमित रिपोर्टिंग की…

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Pakistan says 2 Indian warplanes downed, 1 pilot captured

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MUZAFARABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan’s military said Wednesday it shot down two Indian warplanes in the disputed region of Kashmir and captured a pilot, raising tensions between the nuclear-armed rivals to a level unseen in the last two decades.

India acknowledged one of its air force planes was “lost” in skirmishes with Pakistan and that its pilot was “missing in action” on a chaotic day, which also saw mortar shells fired by Indian troops from across the frontier dividing the two sectors of Kashmir kill six civilians and wound several others. A helicopter crash in the region also killed six Indian air force officials and a civilian on the ground.

Pakistan responded by shutting down its civilian airspace as Prime Minister Imran Khan called for negotiations with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi, to ensure “better sense can prevail.”

“Let’s sit together to talk to find a solution,” Khan said. There was no immediate reaction from Modi.

The aircraft went down Wednesday morning in Kashmir, a mountainous region claimed by both India and Pakistan since almost immediately after their creation in 1947. One of the downed planes crashed in Pakistan’s part of Kashmir while the other went down in Indian-controlled section of the Himalayan region, Pakistan’s army spokesman Maj. Gen. Asif Ghafoor said.

Kashmiri villagers and Indian soldiers gather near the wreckage of an Indian aircraft after it crashed in Budgam area, outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, Feb.27, 2019. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)

Pakistani troops on the ground captured an Indian pilot, he later said, after earlier saying it captured two. He did not explain what caused the confusion.

The pilot was injured and was being treated at a military hospital, Ghafoor said. He did not elaborate beyond saying the pilots were being “treated well” and made no mention of them being returned to India.

“We have no intention of escalation, but are fully prepared to do so if forced into that paradigm,” he added.

India’s External Affairs Ministry spokesman Raveesh Kumar said one of its MiG-21 fighter aircraft was missing. He said India was still “ascertaining” whether its pilot was in Pakistan’s custody. He said one Pakistani aircraft was shot down, something Pakistan denied.

Meanwhile, Indian police said officials recovered seven bodies from the wreckage of an Indian Air Force chopper that crashed in Indian-controlled sector of Kashmir, which included six Indian airmen and a civilian on the ground. They gave no cause for the crash.

Senior police officer Munir Ahmed Khan said the chopper crashed close to an airport on Wednesday in Budgam area, in the outskirts of the region’s main city of Srinagar. The Srinagar airport, which has been shut along with two other airports for civilian flights in the region, is also an air force station.

Eyewitnesses said soldiers fired in air to keep residents away from the crash site.

Hours later, Pakistan’s Civil Aviation Authority said it shut Pakistani airspace to all commercial flights on Wednesday, without elaborating or indicating when the flights might resume. It was not clear if the shutdown applied to commercial overflights, though aviation authorities in Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates stopped all flights to Pakistan.

Meanwhile, the Foreign Ministry in Islamabad said the country’s air force was carrying out airstrikes Wednesday from within Pakistani airspace across the disputed Kashmir boundary but that this was not in “retaliation to continued Indian belligerence.”

Ghafoor, the Pakistani military spokesman, said the strikes were aimed at “avoiding human loss and collateral damage.”

The shelling earlier Wednesday by India hit the village of Kotli in Pakistani-controlled Kashmir, killing six people, including children, local police official Mohammad Altaf said.

Kashmir is split between Pakistan and India and claimed by both in its entirety. Though Pakistani and Indian troops in Kashmir often trade fire, the latest casualties came a day after tensions escalated sharply following a pre-dawn airstrike and incursion by India that New Delhi said targeted a terrorist training camp in northwestern Pakistan.

Tuesday’s pre-dawn strike by India was its first inside of Pakistan since the two nations’ 1971 war over territory that later became Bangladesh. Pakistan had said that Indian warplanes dropped bombs near the Pakistani town of Balakot but there were no casualties.

The violence Wednesday marked the most-serious escalation of the long-simmering conflict since 1999, when Pakistan’s military sent a ground force into Indian-controlled Kashmir at Kargil. That year also saw an Indian fighter jet shoot down a Pakistani naval aircraft, killing all 16 on board.

Residents on both sides of the de-facto frontier, the so-called Line of Control, said there were exchanges of fire between the two sides through the night into Wednesday morning. Hundreds of villagers fled border towns in both India and Pakistan.

In New Delhi, Indian officials said Wednesday at least five of their soldiers were wounded in firing by Pakistani troops along the volatile frontier.

Lt. Col. Devender Anand, an Indian army spokesman, said Pakistani soldiers targeted dozens of Indian military positions across the Line of Control throughout the night. An Indian military statement said that “out of anger and frustration,” Pakistan “initiated unprovoked cease-fire violation.”

The statement said Indian troops “retaliated for effect” and claimed to have destroyed five Pakistani posts. It accused Pakistani soldiers of firing mortars and missiles “from civilian houses, using villagers as human shields.”

On Wednesday, Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi told state-run Pakistan Television he was in touch with his counterparts across the world about the “Indian aggression,” adding that New Delhi had endangered peace in the region by Tuesday’s airstrike on Pakistan.

India’s External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said Wednesday her country does not wish to see further escalation of the situation with Pakistan and that it will continue to act with responsibility and restraint.

She said the limited objective of India’s pre-emptive strike inside Pakistan on a terrorist training camp Tuesday was to act decisively against the terrorist infrastructure of Jaish-e-Mohammad group, to pre-empt another terror attack in India.

The latest wave of tensions between Pakistan and India first erupted after the militant group Jaish-e-Mohammad claimed responsibility for the Feb. 14 suicide bombing of a convoy of India’s paramilitary forces in the Indian portion of Kashmir that killed over 40 Indian troops.

Pakistan has said it was not involved in the attack and was ready to help New Delhi in the investigations. India long has accused Pakistan of cultivating such militant groups to attack it.

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Trump Missile Defense Review Calls North Korea ‘Extraordinary Threat’ (Reuters) President Donald Trump unveiled a revamped U.S. missile defense strategy on Thursday that called North Korea an ongoing and “extraordinary threat,” seven months after he declared the threat posed by Pyongyang had been eliminated.

Watchdog: Thousands more children may have been separated (AP) Thousands more migrant children may have been split from their families than the Trump administration previously reported, in part because officials were stepping up family separations long before the border policy that prompted international outrage last spring, a government watchdog has learned.

Microsoft pledges $500M to tackle Seattle housing crisis SEATTLE (AP) Microsoft says it will devote $500 million to address a problem its own success helped create: the severe need for affordable housing in the Seattle area.

Trump Cancels U.S. Delegation to Davos Forum (Reuters) President Donald Trump has cancelled his delegation’s trip to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, next week due to the partial U.S. government shutdown, according to a statement released by Press Secretary Sarah Sanders on Thursday.

Nearly 1,000 Central American Migrants in New Caravans Enter Mexico (Reuters) Almost 1,000 Central American migrants entered southern Mexico on Thursday in a test of the new government’s pledge to manage an ongoing exodus fueled by violence and poverty that has strained relations with the Trump administration.

Venezuela to Receive 2,000 Cuban Doctors Pulled From Brazil: Maduro (Reuters) Venezuela will receive 2,000 Cuban doctors who left Brazil following a dispute between the Communist-run island and the government of far-right Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who ordered an end to their stay after taking office this year.

Deadly Car Bombing in Colombia Underscores Lingering Threats (AP) Colombian authorities were scrambling to identify who was behind a brazen car bombing at a police academy in Bogota that has rattled residents and raised tough questions about lingering security threats in the wake of a peace deal with the nation’s largest rebel group.

Swedish Social Democrat Leader Lofven Confirmed as PM (Reuters) Sweden’s parliament voted on Friday to give Social Democrat leader Stefan Lofven a second term in office, ending more than four months of deadlock after an inconclusive election.

‘We Will Miss You’: Germany Pleads With the British to Stay in EU (Reuters) German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s protege appealed to the British on Friday to stay in the European Union, saying her compatriots had not forgotten how Britain welcomed Germany back as a sovereign nation after World War Two.

Airports, customs, trade: Europe preps for a chaotic Brexit PARIS (AP) One by one, European Union nations are spending millions, hiring thousands of workers and issuing emergency decrees to cope with the increasingly likely possibility that Britain will leave the bloc on March 29 without a plan.

Avalanche in Kashmir Himalayas Kills 3, Leaves 7 Missing (AP) An avalanche at a Himalayan mountain pass in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Friday killed three people and left another seven missing, officials said.

Modi’s Pre-election Handouts to Cost India Billions, Breach Fiscal Targets (Reuters) A series of vote-catching measures planned by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he braces for a difficult general election may cost more than 1 trillion rupees ($14 billion), two sources with direct knowledge of the matter said.

Russian Fighter Jets Collide Over Sea of Japan; Crews Eject (AP) Two Russian fighter jets collided in midair in the Far East of the country Friday, the Defense Ministry said. One plane crashed after its crew ejected safely, but there is no information on the fate of the other plane or its crew.

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Desperate wait while bodies retrieved from Myanmar plane wreck

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Hundreds of people gathered on a beach in southern Myanmar on Thursday desperately waiting for news of their loved ones as the first bodies arrived from the wreck of a military plane that crashed with more than 120 people on board.

Navy ships and air force planes have been scouring the waves since Wednesday afternoon, when the aircraft disappeared en route from the southern city of Myeik to the commercial hub of Yangon.

By mid-afternoon the commander-in-chief's office said 29 corpses -- 20 women, one man and eight children -- had been retrieved from the sea after a navy vessel discovered wreckage from the plane off the coastline near Dawei town. Hundreds of locals, relatives and NGO workers clasping umbrellas watched as a fishing boat laden with the dead pulled up to San Hlan beach, where they were unloaded by NGO workers and uniformed soliders wearing masks and gloves.

People watching Myanmar military members carrying dead bodies at Sanhlan village (AFP)

An AFP reporter counted 29 corpses of different sizes, wrapped in black and white plastic bags, being brought onshore from the boat.

"My cousin's sister's family was in the plane crash -- her husband, her child and herself," said Kyaw Swar Myint, 44, from Dawei. "We heard news that the helicopter was now transporting about 20 dead bodies to the beach, so we are waiting here."

A military officer said strong currents has made it hard for boats to reach the shore, so many of the bodies may have to be airlifted to land. The Chinese-made Shaanxi Y8 plane was carrying a total of 122 people when it disappeared on Wednesday afternoon during a routine flight, according to the army chief.

More than half of the passengers were from military families, including 15 children, 35 soldiers and 14 crew members, the army chief's office said in a statement. Some were travelling for medical check-ups or to study in Yangon. It is monsoon season in Myanmar, but there were no major storms reported along the aircraft's flight path on Wednesday afternoon.

The office of State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi posted a statement expressing condolences to the victims.

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi offered to help in recovery efforts, while the US embassy sent sympathies to the families of those lost in the 'tragedy'.

Poor safety record

The military said the plane was flying at over 18,000 feet (5,486 metres) when it lost contact with air traffic control at 1:35 pm (07:05 GMT) on Wednesday, about half an hour after takeoff. Gerry Soejatman, an independent aviation expert based in Jakarta, said the information indicated something went wrong "not long after or just before reaching cruising altitude".

The military named the captain as "seasoned" pilot Lieutenant Colonel Nyein Chan, who it said had more than 3,000 hours of flying experience. He was flying the Chinese-made, four-engine Y8 turboprop -- a medium-range transport plane based on the Soviet Antonov An-12, which has had numerous crashes over the decades.

Myanmar's former junta bought several Y8s during their 50 years of isolated rule, when they were squeezed by Western sanctions. The plane's maker, China National Aero-Technology Import & Export Corporation, in a statement pledged to assist with investigations into the crash.

The military said the plane that crashed was delivered in March 2016 and had a total of 809 flying hours.

The debris -- including two tires presumed to be from the plane were brought to shore before search efforts wrapped for the day -- was found in the Andaman Sea, north of the last known location of Malaysia Airlines flight 370. That plane went missing in March 2014 en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people on board, but no wreckage has ever been found.

Myanmar's military fleet has a chequered recent history of plane crashes. A five-strong crew died when an air force plane burst into flames soon after taking off from the capital Naypyidaw in February last year. Three army officers were also killed in June when their Mi-2 helicopter crashed into a hillside and burst into flames in south-central Bago.

(AFP)

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