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Yahoo
a day ago
- Business
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Only survivor of deadly Air India plane crash says survival was a 'miracle'
Viswashkumar Ramesh, the lone survivor from the flight that crashed shortly after taking off from the Indian city of Ahmedabad on Thursday, described his survival as a "miracle" while speaking to DD India. "I can't explain," he said. The Boeing 787-8 crash had been bound for London Gatwick Airport, Air India explained in a post on X, which noted that there were 242 people on the flight, but "241 confirmed fatalities." Air India Flight Bound For London Crashes, Airline Confirms 1 Survivor And 241 Fatalities Without naming him in the post, the airline noted that the individual who survived "is a British national of Indian origin." "When I got up, there were bodies all around me. I was scared," Ramesh told the Hindustan Times, according to the outlet. Read On The Fox News App Ramesh told DD News that he "saw people dying," reports indicate. Boeing Shares Slide After Air India Crash Indian Prime Minister Narenda Modi met with Ramesh after the tragic crash. "Air India offers its deepest condolences to the families of the deceased. Our efforts now are focused entirely on the needs of all those affected, their families and loved ones," the airline noted in its post on X. Reagan National Airport To Halt Flights For Trump-hosted Military Parade Next Week "Our deepest condolences go out to the loved ones of the passengers and crew on board Air India Flight 171, as well as everyone affected in Ahmedabad," Boeing President and CEO Kelly Ortberg said in a statement. "I have spoken with Air India Chairman N. Chandrasekaran to offer our full support, and a Boeing team stands ready to support the investigation led by India's Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau," he article source: Only survivor of deadly Air India plane crash says survival was a 'miracle'
Yahoo
a day ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
Heading to Trump's military parade? Here's everything you need to know
As the U.S. Army celebrates its 250th anniversary this Saturday, hundreds of thousands of Americans are expected to converge on the nation's capital to witness a massive Flag Day military parade commissioned by President Donald Trump. Speaking from the Oval Office on Tuesday, Trump hyped up the parade and accompanying festivities, saying, "We're going to celebrate our country for a change." So, here is everything you need to know to attend the historic parade. The 250th Anniversary of the U.S. Army Grand Military Parade will take place on Saturday, June 14 at 6:30 p.m. The parade is being held to mark the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army, which is one year older than the country. The festivities also coincide with Flag Day and Trump's 79th birthday. Fresh Wave Of Anti-ice Protests Threatens Uncertainty, Volatility Before Trump's Massive Military Parade Read On The Fox News App The parade begins at 6:30 p.m. and concludes at 9:30 p.m. Guest entry begins at 2 p.m. With hundreds of thousands expected to attend, guests will likely begin lining up early. Tickets are free to the public and can be obtained on the America250 website. Two tickets are allowed per phone number. According to the parade map published by the U.S. Army, the parade will take place by the National Mall on Constitution Avenue NW, between the Lincoln Memorial and Washington Monument (23rd and 15th streets). The parade will begin near the Lincoln Memorial at 23rd Street and end by the Washington Monument at 15th Street. Reagan National Airport To Halt Flights For Trump-hosted Military Parade Next Week Attendees will be able to view the parade along Constitution Avenue NW or from the Washington Monument grounds. Rain showers are expected Saturday morning, with thunderstorms possible in the afternoon. Expected temperatures are in the eighties. Approximately 6,600 U.S. Army soldiers wearing uniforms from all U.S. historic eras, as well as modern uniforms, will participate in the parade. The parade will also include 150 Army vehicles, including the Abrams tank and 50 aircraft, including the Black Hawk. There will also be a flyover and a parachute jump. Liberal Media Melts Down Over Trump's Military Parade Plan, Calling It 'Authoritarian' The District of Columbia's Metropolitan Police Department has a full list of prohibited items, which is available here. Several major roads in the city will be closed surrounding the National Mall, including Constitution Avenue NW, Virginia Avenue, Rock Creek Parkway, Independence Avenue and the Arlington Memorial Bridge. The U.S. Army released a detailed map of road closures, which is viewable here. The Smithsonian Metro Station's northwest entrance will be closed; however, the station's southwest entrance on Independence Avenue will be open. There will be an Army birthday festival on the National Mall between 7th and 14th streets. The festival entrance is on the National Mall at 7th Street. There will be a concert at the Ellipse in front of the White House after the parade. The celebration will also conclude with a fireworks show. Democrat Criticizes Defense Secretary Over Money For Military Parade Many protesters are anticipated to converge on Washington this weekend. In Washington, visitors and locals can expect the Refuse Fascism protest, an "Equity March" in downtown Washington, D.C., as well as a "Pro-Democracy Picnic" at Fort Reno Park, Fox Digital found. Nationwide, "No Kings" protesters are anticipated to flood cities to protest what they say is Trump leading the nation like a "king," according to its website. Trump has said that violent protesters "will be met with heavy force."Original article source: Heading to Trump's military parade? Here's everything you need to know
Telegraph
09-04-2025
- Business
- Telegraph
Not even Donald Trump can save LIV Golf from a ‘slow, costly death'
Even Donald Trump, with his pathological fixation on television ratings, appears incapable of reviving the hollowed-out husk that is LIV Golf. As the US president, escaping the maelstrom unleashed by his tariff war, pitched up at his Doral course last weekend in a motorcade of buggies, his audience appeared supremely indifferent to what he was trying to sell. For on the first occasion that LIV went head to head with the PGA Tour in the TV schedule, thanks to a prime window for the Trump-hosted Miami event on Fox Sports, the result was nothing short of humiliating. Just 484,000 viewers bothered to tune in, as against the 1.75 million who watched former Open champion Brian Harman's low-key triumph at the Texas Open. There can be no sugar-coating such a trouncing – not when the final-round contenders in Miami included eight Masters champions, while the San Antonio leaderboard featured only one top-10 player in Maverick McNealy. On its first chance to implant itself in the American consciousness, LIV flunked the moment spectacularly. In the end, fans are not easily fooled. For all the Saudi Arabian billions lavished on the LIV roster, there is no disguising that the rebel tour remains a soulless enterprise, a grotesque cash-grab whose only obvious distinctions are loud music and an entitlement to play in shorts. Denuded of any narrative beyond personal enrichment, it is a project without public connection. Jon Rahm, Brooks Koepka, Phil Mickelson have 13 majors between them, and yet their arrival at Augusta this week stirs merely ennui, with the majority of spectators oblivious to their activities since last summer's Open. Rahm, having defected in 2023 for an estimated £450 million, collected a further £27 million in on-course earnings last year. The sums are so ludicrous, so unmoored from true market value – Rahm could easily walk down Fifth Avenue without anyone recognising him – that many have ceased caring. LIV's supposed showpiece in Miami drew only fractionally more viewers on Fox, a mainstream channel, than it did for its 2024 season launch on The CW, a niche cable operation better known for its teen-centric soaps. To Brandel Chamblee, the former PGA Tour winner turned leading pundit, LIV's descent into obscurity is a fitting punishment for its lack of substance. 'LIV is dying a slow, costly death,' he says. 'The players have sellers' remorse. They want the meritocratic cachet that playing at the highest level confers, but they would rather have the money first and sue for the cachet, trying to blur the distinction between gift and reward. The audience sees right through them, and chooses to watch those who prefer to play for history and legacy.' While the mercenary aspect is off-putting, so too is the dismal lack of depth in the LIV field. The 'Majesticks' team, where Lee Westwood, Ian Poulter and Henrik Stenson have desperately sought to create a middle-aged buddy caper dynamic, posted a combined score in Miami of 50 over par for 54 holes. It was the type of total you might have expected from a monthly medal. But these were players competing in a £15.6 million tournament. Ian Poulter toiled to three rounds of 75 and still waltzed off with £115,000 in his pocket, his mediocrity amply remunerated because of the absence of a cut. Only 12 LIV players have qualified for Augusta this year, the lowest number since the breakaway began in 2022. The majority relied on lifetime exemptions as past winners to do so, while Chile's Joaquin Niemann received a special invitation, apparently to advance Augusta's efforts to 'develop interest in golf globally'. By degrees, you can see the faultlines emerging. Koepka, perhaps the straightest shooter among the LIV recruits, seems especially unhappy. Pressed directly on the state of LIV, he says: 'I think we all hoped it would have been a little bit further along, and that's no secret.' He sounds like a man who has been sold a pup. While he might be richer beyond his wildest imaginings, the wider LIV experiment is going nowhere. Its crushing in the ratings illustrates how people are tiring of its disingenuous rhetoric about growing the game. This is a scheme designed to achieve no such thing. Its sole purpose was to secure Saudi Arabia a seat at the top table. You could say this mission has been accomplished, given the colossal power of Yasir Al-Rumayyan, who manages to chair not only LIV but Newcastle United, Riyadh Air, state-owned oil giant Saudi Aramco and mining company Ma'aden, not to mention govern the Kingdom's £725 billion Public Investment Fund (PIF). With golf serving as his own passion project, few could doubt that he has fulfilled his aim of causing maximum disruption in the shortest possible time. Today, though, a tantalising question presents itself. For two years, the received wisdom has been that PIF and the PGA Tour would need to agree on a merger for the wider good of the game. But negotiations have stalled, with Rahm admitting: 'It's not happening any time soon.' The impasse is only likely to endure, now that we have the clearest illustration of where LIV sits in the sport's power structures, with the PGA Tour still by far the more potent TV draw. The more this pattern continues, the more confident the main tour will be of heading the renegades off at the pass. Far from bringing down the establishment, LIV is at risk of withering on the vine.
Yahoo
10-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Senate Dems demand Kennedy disclose details of Mar-a-Lago meetings with drug execs
Three Democratic senators want answers from Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. about his private meetings with drugmakers alongside President Trump at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Fla. In a letter to Kennedy sent Monday, Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) said he 'owes the public an explanation' for what happened during the meetings, why he took part, 'and whether they will affect your commitment to ensuring that Americans receive the relief they deserve from high drug prices.' Kennedy is a longtime critic of drug companies and their perceived influence in setting government policy. He has promised to root out conflicts of interest at agencies, and last week launched a website for the public to see conflicts of interest from members of a Food and Drug Administration vaccine advisory committee. According to a report in The Wall Street Journal, drug company CEOs and other health executives wrote checks for millions of dollars to attend at least six private dinners with President Trump in the 'gold-covered, chandeliered dining room' at Mar-a-Lago. Kennedy reportedly attended several of them. 'The dinners may have served as an opportunity for Big Pharma to gain insider access to both you and President Trump,' the senators wrote, calling the meetings 'PhRMA's influence-peddling events with President Trump.' The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) is the trade group representing the drug industry. The organization has been lobbying the administration to change or remove a law from the Biden administration that allows Medicare to negotiate prescription drug prices. 'Big Pharma stands to profit immensely from President Trump's abandonment of this and other policies that would bring drug prices down, such as patent reform,' the senators wrote. 'PhRMA officials have continued to lobby President Trump to weaken drug price negotiations in the months since the dinners.' In the letter, the senators asked for the specific dates of the meetings and whether drug company executives sought commitments on drug pricing and patent issues. They also asked Kennedy to disclose the amount of money that industry executives paid to attend each of the Trump-hosted dinners. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
