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    IOC says it was tricked by Russian prank callers amid tension ahead of Paris Olympics

    The International Olympic Committee believes its president Thomas Bach fell prey to a prank telephone call amid rising tensions with Russia over restrictions on its athletes competing at the Paris Games.

  • Russian and Belarusian athletes won’t take part in the Paris Olympics opening ceremony, IOC says

    The International Olympic Committee said athletes from Russia and Belarus who are approved to compete at the Olympics as neutrals will have a chance only “to experience the event” — likely watching from near the river.

  • IOC says no need to panic over Brisbane 2032 progress

    A controversial Brisbane 2032 venue plan may not be finalised for another 12 months but Olympic powerbrokers insist there is “no reason to start panicking”. Almost three years after Brisbane was named 2032 Olympic host, the Queensland government has released a divisive infrastructure plan. International Olympic Committee’s Kirsty Coventry said it may take a “few […]

  • Boeing Has Been Prioritizing Production Over Safety, FAA Chief Says

    Boeing Has Been Prioritizing Production Over Safety, FAA Chief Says Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) chief Michael Whitaker said on March 19 that his impression from a recent visit to Boeing’s facilities suggests that there are issues within the aerospace giant’s safety culture. Federal Aviation Administration Administrator Michael Whitaker testifies before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee in...

  • Queensland government looked into cancelling 2032 Brisbane Olympics

    Concerns were raised by Queensland government officials about the building of new stadiums ‘that are only needed for four weeks’

  • New Boeing chief says company faces 'pivotal moment'

    rewrite this content and keep HTML tags The new head of Boeing’s troubled commercial airplane unit said the planemaker faces a “pivotal moment” as it works to boost quality

  • Joint Chiefs Chairman Says Israel Has Not Received Everything They Have Asked For

    The Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Charles Brown, told attendees at a Thursday event sponsored by the Defense Writers Group that Israel has not received everything it has asked for to assist it in fighting the Hamas terrorist organization. Brown explained to the gathering that the despite the $3.8 billion in

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    Myanmar's next election may not be nationwide, junta chief says

    Myanmar plans to have an election if there is peace and stability, but may not be able to hold the vote nationwide, its ruling military general said, according to Monday's state media. In a transcript of an interview with Russia's Tass news agency carried by Myanmar's state media, Min Aung Hlaing said the military, which took power in a 2021 coup, still planned to hold an election to return to democratic rule. The military is fighting rebellions in several parts of the country. (Reporting by...

  • Myanmar's next election may not be nationwide, junta chief says

    The military, which has been in power since a coup three years ago, still planned to return the country to democratic rule, junta chief Min Aung Hlaing told Russia's Tass news agency, according to a transcript of an interview carried by Myanmar's state media. The military has been fighting a resurgence of some of its oldest battles with ethnic minority armies in northern and eastern Myanmar and has been accused by opponents of committing systematic atrocities, which it denies. "If the state is...

  • China faces economic 'fork in the road', IMF chief says

    China needs to “reinvent itself” with economic policies to speed resolution of its property market crisis and boost domestic consumption and productivity, the International Monetary Fund’s managing director Kristalina Georgieva says. “China faces a fork in the road – rely on the policies that have worked in the past, or reinvent itself for a new […]

  • Homeland Security chief Mayorkas says Texas law is unconstitutional

    A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments on the Texas law Wednesday, but did not rule. The law is on hold for now.

  • ‘Support us this time around,’ police chief says of levy

    In light of recent news of the township’s fiscal problems, Vienna Township police say the levy is needed now more than ever.