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Prince William is planning to move forward with his father King Charles III’s plans to construct a sustainable “garden city” with 2,500 homes in southeastern England.The plan to build the sustainable eco village stretching across 320 acres of farmland in Kent, England, was previously heralded by King Charles III when he was the duke of Cornwall, a title that transferred to Prince William when his father ascended the throne in September. The Duchy of Cornwall, now under Prince William’s stewardship, is expected to submit a formal planning application next year.However, local environmentalists have repeatedly pushed back against the project, arguing…

Continued assistance to Russia in the form of drones and weapons could place Iran at risk of being considered an enemy combatant in Ukraine, a status that opens the country up to sharing responsibility for war crimes.”With the potential for missiles to be transferred by Iran to Ukraine, one has to begin to consider the Islamic Republic as a combatant on the side of Russia in the Ukraine war,” Foundation for Defense of Democracies senior fellow Behnam Ben Taleblu told Fox News Digital. “Indeed, if Iranian heavily armed suicide drones are striking Kyiv, then there’s no room left to entertain…

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MANILA: A Korean Air plane slid off the runway while landing at Cebu international airport in the Philippines, causing slight injuries and shutting down the country’s second busiest airport, authorities said Monday (Oct 24). All 173 passengers and crew of Korean Air flight KE631 from Incheon were evacuated safely after the Airbus A330 aircraft overshot the runway on Sunday, the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) said in a report. Minor injuries were treated at the airport clinic. Glenn Napuli, the airport’s assistant general manager, said the airport would be shut down until midnight, and authorities were working to…

CNN  —  Los Angeles officials are condemning the display of banners from a freeway overpass this weekend by a group of demonstrators seen in bystander photos showing support for antisemitic comments recently made by rapper Kanye West, also known as Ye. West has recently made a series of antisemitic outbursts, notably on October 8, when he tweeted he was “going death con 3 [sic] On JEWISH PEOPLE,” and also that, “You guys have toyed with me and tried to black ball anyone whoever opposes your agenda,” without specifying what group he was addressing, according to the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine…

A Queens judge let a man accused of assaulting three officers during a domestic violence call walk free Sunday. Haralabos Panagiotopoulos, 33, was released by Judge Ariel Chesler after he was arraigned on charges of assaulting an officer, harassment, assault with intent to cause injury, criminal obstruction of breathing and resisting arrest at Queens Criminal Court. Panagiotopoulos allegedly smashed up three NYPD cops who responded to an Astoria apartment at 4:20 a.m. Saturday for a domestic violence assault, police sources said. He sent all three police officers to an area hospital. One broke their finger, another was punched in the…

LOCAL INITIATIVES VITAL While the impact of hate speech online has already been documented in several Asian countries in recent years, analysts say that tech firms have not ramped up resources to improve content moderation, particularly in local languages. United Nations rights investigators said in 2018 that the use of Facebook had played a key role in spreading hate speech that fuelled the violence against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar in 2017, after a military crackdown on the minority community. Facebook said at the time it was tackling misinformation and investing in Burmese-language speakers and technology. In Indonesia, “significant hate speech”…

Two Australian men were charged after allegedly launching potatoes at e-scooter riders, leaving one person blind in one eye.Trent Phillip Green, 19, and Brandon John Nutu Micicoi, 20, both face multiple charges, including causing grievous bodily harm, news.com.au reported.The alleged attack happened in the city of Trigg in Perth at about 9.30 a.m. on May 20. The potatoes were allegedly fired or thrown at people from a passing car.According to the police, a 28-year-old man sustained multiple injuries, including a fractured arm and facial injuries, which required surgery to remove his eye.KNIFE-WIELDING MAN FIGHTS OFF CROCODILE THAT HAD HIS FRIEND’S…

Yankees fans gave a Bronx welcome to Sen. Ted Cruz during the team’s loss against the Houston Astros Sunday night. Several spectators flipped the bird at the Texas senator as he waved to a sea of fans in the bleachers of the Bronx stadium, according to a photo of the interaction posted to Twitter. Three fans raised their middle fingers in the direction of a waving Cruz and a fourth gave him a big thumbs down, the photo shows. Cruz was at Yankee Stadium to cheer on the Astros and posted a grinning selfie of himself in seats behind home…

Good morning and welcome to Europe Express.The dust has only just settled after the leaders’ agreement on bringing energy prices down, but myriad questions remain. One of the most important is the shape of the proposed emergency price cap — and whether it will take another emergency EU summit to get it through. We’ll also hear from the head of BusinessEurope, who is warning that more companies are looking at moving operations abroad, where energy costs are lower. In London, former PM Boris Johnson dropped out of the leadership race last night, leaving his ex-chancellor Rishi Sunak as the clear…