Month: May 2019

The recent deadly crash-landing of a Sukhoi Superjet-100 was a result of the poor state of Russia’s aviation industry, with pilots lacking qualification and outdated “550 commercial pilots suspended amid ‘serious problems’ in Russian aviation – Prosecutor General”

An Arsenal side shorn of Henrikh Mkhitaryan suffered defeat to Chelsea in the Europa League Final but the Armenian’s omission from the game for political “‘I’m with you will all my heart’: Mkhitaryan thanks Arsenal fans for support in face of UEL loss”

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said that every synagogue in Germany should have police protection, as the country tackles a rise in anti-Semitism. Is the “Is German anti-Semitism a problem of the past, or a consequence of mass immigration?”

British comedy icon John Cleese’s claim that London is no longer an “English city” has unleashed a flood of reaction on Twitter as Brits latch “‘London isn’t an English city anymore’: John Cleese hot take sparks Twitter firestorm”

Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis said on Tuesday that four Eastern European countries had not agreed to propose outgoing European Commission deputy head Maros Sefcovic “Eastern European countries want to secure one of top EU positions – Prague”

People in India are going wild for JCBs, sharing thousands of memes of the diggers that have trended across the country. The inexplicable trend has “Twitter explodes with JCB memes as Indians share appreciation for viral video of digger”

Bidding on a laptop packed with some of the world’s most dangerous malware closed at $1.345 million on Tuesday. The laptop is running 6 viruses “WannaCry? Laptop infected with world’s most dangerous computer viruses sold for $1.35 million”

In an attempt to bring some balance to China’s growing domination across the Indian Ocean region, Delhi and Tokyo agreed to jointly develop Sri Lanka’s “India & Japan look to stem China’s growing regional influence with Sri Lanka port deal”

Turkish pilots might be excluded from participating in the F-35 training program, in yet another attempt by Washington to force its NATO ally out of “US may suspend Turkish pilots from F-35 training program over S-400 deal”

Critics of US President Donald Trump were enraged after American Navy airmen appeared in photos wearing ‘morale patches’ featuring a spinoff of Trump’s campaign slogan, “#Resistance in meltdown after Navy airmen seen wearing ‘MAGA’- themed patches”