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Air India is facing a London lawsuit from the estates and relatives of some of the deceased over the June 2025 crash of a passenger jet which killed 260 people.A personal injury lawsuit was filed at the high court by 11 claimants on December 18, according to court records. No further details were immediately available. A Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner with 242 people on board, bound for London’s Gatwick Airport, lost height seconds after taking off from the western city of Ahmedabad on June 12 and erupted in a fireball as it hit a medical college hostel. There was one survivor among those on the plane, and the crash also killed 19 people on ground.Air India and lawyers representing the claimants did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Separately, the families of four passengers killed in the crash are suing Boeing in the US, alleging that the accident resulted from allegedly faulty fuel switches. – AFP Source link
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said that over 100 children have been killed in the Gaza Strip since the October ceasefire, including victims of Israeli drone and helicopter attacks. UNICEF spokesperson James Elder said in a UN media briefing via video from Gaza that “more than 100 children have been killed in Gaza since the ceasefire of early October. That is roughly one girl or boy killed every day during a ceasefire”. Referring to the ongoing Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, he added that “life in Gaza remains suffocating. Survival is still conditional. Whilst the bombings and shooting have slowed during the ceasefire, they have not stopped”. Elder said that nearly all the deaths of the 60 boys and 40 girls resulted from Israeli military attacks; including airstrikes, drone attacks, tank shelling, gunfire, and quadcopter drone attacks, with a few being the result of exploding war remnants. This figure is likely an underestimate, since it is based only on deaths for which sufficient information was available, he noted. According to the latest official statistics, the death toll from the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7, 2023, has risen to 71,424 martyrs and 171,324 injured. ( Source link
Just days after the conclusion of the first tournament in the Qatar International Table Tennis Series, the WTT Star Contender Doha 2026 Championship kicked off with a bang yesterday. The WTT Star Contender Doha 2026, the second tournament in the 31st edition of the Qatar International Table Tennis Series, began at the Lusail Sports Hall. The Star Contender tournament is being held from January 13-18 with 170 players from around the world competing for a prize purse of $300,000. This tournament is part of a comprehensive series being hosted by Doha until the end of the month. It will be followed by the Junior Contender tournament from January 19-22, then the Junior Star Contender tournament from January 23-25 and will conclude with the Federer tournament from January 27-31. The preliminary rounds of the tournament witnessed fierce competition from the very first day, as players vied for a place in the main draw amidst a highly competitive atmosphere. In the men’s singles competition, Saudi Arabia’s Ali al-Khadrawi lost to South Korea’s Lim Jong-hoon 3-1 in a fierce battle match that went to extra time before the Korean player ultimately prevailed.In another match, Iran’s Navid Shams secured a thrilling 3-2 victory over Norway’s Borgar Haug after a five-game marathon. Romania’s Rares Sipos also triumphed, defeating Qatar’s Nawaf al-Malki in straight sets. Egypt’s Mohamed El Beiali achieved a significant 3-2 win against Abdullah Abdulwahab, despite a strong performance from the Qatari against a formidable and experienced opponent.In other matches, Czech Republic’s Lubomir Jancarik defeated Hong Kong’s Lam Siu-hang 3-1, and China’s Yuan Licen overcame Hong Kong’s Ho Kwan Kit 3-2 in a marathon fourth set that ended 18-16. China’s Xu Yingbin continued his impressive run with a decisive 3-0 victory over France’s Florian Bourrassaud, while India’s Ankur Bhattacharjee secured a comfortable 3-0 win against Singapore’s Pang Yew En Koen. Qatar’s Yousif Abdalla suffered a 3-0 defeat to China’s Hsu Hsien-Chia. In a thrilling encounter, Saudi Arabia’s Abdulaziz Bushlaibi lost to India’s Akash Pal 3-2, while the USA’s Jinbao Ma triumphed over Lebanon’s Michel Abi Nader 3-0. In the women’s singles, Qatar’s promising young player, Alia al-Baz, was defeated 3-0 by India’s Swastika Ghosh, while India’s Yashaswini Ghorpade secured a 3-0 victory over Hong Kong’s Lee Hui Man. The Star Contender tournament features a large number of top-tier players who shone in the Champions tournament, most notably Taiwan’s Lin Yun-ju, the defending men’s singles champion, along with world number one Lin Shidong, Japan’s Tomokazu Harimoto and Brazil’s Hugo Calderano. In the women’s singles draw, Zhu Yuling, who had a phenomenal WTT Champions Doha that culminated in her lifting the title, steps in as the event’s No 2 seed. A lot has been said of Zhu’s success over the last year, but adding a WTT Star Contender title to a trophy cabinet that already boasts one from the United States Smash and WTT Champions Doha 2026 would be something else. Also hanging around in Doha from last week are defending champion and Top Seed Kuai Man, Korea Republic’s Shin Yubin and Adriana Diaz. One player inside the Top 10, Chen Yi, is set to make her 2026 Doha debut.What makes the Star Contender event different to Champions is the Men’s, Women’s and Mixed Doubles events. The Women’s discipline is headed by another pair from Korea Republic in Ryu Hanna and Kim Nayeong. Their toughest challengers will come in the form of defending champions Satsuki Odo and Sakura Yokoi. Source link
A crane at a China-backed high-speed rail project in Thailand collapsed onto a passenger train, causing it toآ derail on Wednesday, killing at least 22 people and injuring 30, local authorities said. One police official said the death toll is expected to rise due to the high number of critical injuries.Transport Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn said 195 people were on board the train and authorities were rushing to identify the deceased. The incident happened when the train was passing by a work site where a crane in the location collapsed and hit the passing train. It caused the train to derail and briefly catch fire, causing a number of losses. Emergency responders and disaster response units were rushed to the scene to carry out rescue and relief operations. Amid concerns over the rising number of deaths, Ratchakitprakarn ordered a “thorough and comprehensive investigation†into the cause of the accident. The collapsed crane was part of a high-speed rail project valued at approximately $5.4 billion. Source link
