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For nearly 17 years, an Air Canada captain flew hundreds of passenger flights without holding the licence required for the job, according to Canadian police.Investigators say the case resembles the plot of a Hollywood film, reports CNN.Geoffrey Wall is a ex-Air Canada pilot and has been charged after he piloted more than 900 domestic and…

On a late-summer flight over northern Alaska’s Brooks Range, stretches of river that should look like glass suddenly appear stained the colour of iron oxide. From above, they resemble rust spreading through a cracked engine block. On the ground, the change is even more unsettling: clear tributaries turning opaque orange within a few bends, with…

For decades, scientists believed that an average life expectancy of 90 years was a distant milestone that no country would reach anytime soon. Then a landmark study published in The Lancet challenged that assumption. Researchers projected that South Korean women born in 2030 could live an average of 90.8 years, making them the first population…

For just a fleeting moment under the pristine water of Swaraj Dweep, a group of divers converted months of hard work into a world record. Together, they managed to set up the tallest human pyramid under the water, breaking a record and earning themselves a place in the Guinness World Records. This was a difficult…

In northwest China’s Shaanxi province, a 13-kilometre stretch of the Qin Straight Road is forcing archaeologists to redraw parts of one of antiquity’s most ambitious transport systems. The corridor, built more than 2,200 years ago under the Qin dynasty, is often described as a “four-lane highway,” a comparison that captures its width but not its…

At least 12 people were killed and nine others injured after gunmen opened fire at an informal settlement in Cleveland, east of Johannesburg, South Africa.The South African Police Service said officers responded to reports of a shooting in progress late on Tuesday evening at around 11.10 pm at the Jumpers informal settlement, where they found…

Every summer, millions of people head towards America’s beaches expecting sunshine, surf, and warm coastal waters. Yet beneath those same waves lives one of the ocean’s most misunderstood predators. Shark attacks remain exceptionally rare, but they are not evenly distributed. Some areas of coastlines in the United States have more incidents of shark attacks than…

Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) administration launched a search operation for four protesters and announced a bounty of Rs 1 crore for information leading to the arrest of leaders linked to the Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) after massive protests in region, according to a report by Dawn.PoK authorities have also ordered sedition proceedings against two JAAC…

Donald Trump on Wednesday launched retaliatory strikes against Iran after Tehran shot down a US Apache helicopter near the troubled Strait of Hormuz. The escalation came amid months of tensions in the Middle East following the launch of the US mega military campaign against Iran – Operation Epic Fury.The US military’s Central Command (CENTCOM) said…

Villagers examine damages due to overnight cross border fighting between Pakistan and Afghan forces, at a village in Bajaur, a district of Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering with Afghanistan, Friday, Feb. 27, 2026. (AP Photo) Afghanistan on Wednesday accused Pakistan of carrying out new airstrikes on its territory, saying the attacks killed at least 13…