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Dec 25 2023
News
Dramatic human trafficking investigation at French airport ends with 276 Indian citizens returning home
Five days after French authorities grounded a plane carrying 303 people after a tip about human trafficking, the plane departed Monday for India with 276 Indians on board. French police stopped the plane Thursday when it landed to refuel at Paris-Vatry Airport. They had received an anonymous tip about the flight being used for human smuggling. The aircraft was operated by Legend Airlines, a
New York Daily NewsDec 25 2023
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Plane OK to leave French airport
PARIS -- A charter plane sequestered while carrying 303 Indians to Nicaragua was authorized Sunday to leave the French airport where it has been grounded for four days for a human trafficking investigation. A lawyer for the airline said the plane would take many of the stranded passengers back to India today. Local authorities were working through Christmas Eve on formalities to allow some
Arkansas Democrat-GazetteDec 24 2023
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Plane carrying Indian passengers to leave France after trafficking probe
Airbus A340 is expected to leave airport on Monday after French Civil Aviation Authority secures approval. A plane carrying more than 300 Indian passengers that has been detained at an airport in France since Thursday has been cleared to leave after a probe into human trafficking claims, French authorities have said. French prosecutors on Sunday gave the green light for the plane to leave
Al JazeeraDec 24 2023
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France grounds plane carrying more than 300 passengers over human trafficking concerns
French authorities grounded a passenger plane carrying 303 Indian citizens on Thursday over suspicions of human trafficking. The flight was on its way from the United Arab Emirates to Nicaragua when it stopped at Paris-Vatry Airport in France's Champagne country to refuel. Officials received an anonymous tip that passengers on the flight were being trafficked. There were 11 unaccompanied
"USA Today" ContributorDec 12 2023
Opinion
There Is No 1.5°C Climate Cliff
Dubai, United Arab Emirates—"The North Star of the COP28 Presidency is to keep 1.5°C within reach," has been the frequent refrain of Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, the COP28 president overseeing the current U.N. climate change negotiations in Dubai. Al Jaber is reflecting the oft-chanted activist slogan "Keep 1.5 Alive!" The idea is that humanity must reduce its emissions of globe-warming greenhouse
ReasonDec 14 2023
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What comes next after the COP28 climate agreement
The historic climate agreement reached at COP28 in Dubai will have ripple effects throughout the global economy, but they are unlikely to play out quickly, or be immediately obvious. The big picture: The non-binding climate deal is part of the broader 2015 Paris Agreement. It exists in a zone of international law where its obligations are enforced via peer pressure, national laws and political
AxiosDec 13 2023
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Back to reality: COP28 calls for getting fossil fuels out of energy
On Wednesday, the UN's COP28 meeting wrapped up with a major success: Despite a bruising fight with OPEC nations, the closing agreement included a call for a transition away from fossil fuels. There's still plenty here for various parties to dislike, but this is the first agreement that makes the implications of the Paris Treaty explicit: We can't limit climate change and continue to burn
Ars TechnicaDec 12 2023
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Dassault Falcon Jet to bring 800 more jobs to Little Rock with its expansion
Dassault Falcon Jet, a company with thousands of employees has decided to expand its presence in the capital city and will be creating 800 more jobs. Example video title will go here for this video LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — After they met with Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders alongside other senior Arkansas leaders at the Paris Air Show in June, Dassault Falcon Jet, a company with over 12,700
THV11Dec 03 2023
Headline Roundup
Man Known to Authorities as Radical Islamist Kills One, Injures Two in Paris Knife Attack
A 26-year-old French national named Armand Rajabpour-Miyandoab, who was known to authorities as a radical Islamist, was detained after killing one and injuring two in a knife attack near the Eiffel Tower on Saturday.
The Details: France’s interior minister, Gérald Darmanin, said the man killed was a German national, whose wife was saved by an intervening taxi driver. The suspect, who
The Telegraph - UK BBC News The GuardianNov 08 2023
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Halt sought to Seminole Tribe's online sports betting
TALLAHASSEE - After the Seminole Tribe relaunched a sports-betting app, attorneys for two pari-mutuel companies Tuesday asked the Florida Supreme Court to halt the online wagering as a legal battle continues to play out. The attorneys for West Flagler Associates and Bonita-Fort Myers Corp. filed a motion at the Supreme Court hours after the tribe quietly began allowing some gamblers to place
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