Forecast of unfavourable weather cited as reason Aircraft passed less than 50 feet above stadium The South African airline Airlink has cancelled a planned flypast before Saturday’s Springboks-All Blacks rugby Test as the country’s aviation regulator reviews a similar display conducted by the airline last week . Airlink said on Wednesday it had withdrawn its application for a formation flyby ahead of the Rugby C…
BBC News – World The civil aviation authority says it is also investigating last Saturday's aerial display.
BBC News – World The civil aviation authority says it is also investigating last Saturday's aerial display.
NYTimes – US The White House said Kimberly Guilfoyle was asked to resign as U.S. ambassador to Greece, and Guilfoyle said her time in the post is "coming to an end." President Trump had said a day earlier that he was "looking at" firing her. PBS reported that she resigned after allegations of improper conduct, which Guilfoyle said she would "vigorously defend."
NYTimes – US Federal agents searched the Washington, D.C. home of Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar as part of an ongoing federal investigation reportedly centred on immigration paperwork completed by her late father when she was a child. Omar called the search an attempt to "weaponise federal law enforcement" and said she would not be silenced. Democrats condemned the raid as a "rogue abuse of power" by the Trump administration; Donald Trump claimed he was not involved in ordering it.
NYTimes – US Newly released 911 recordings reveal confusion and delay after Tennessee prison officials called for emergency help during Christa Pike's botched lethal injection. The first call came at 8:40 p.m., but it took about 30 minutes for responders to verify the request was legitimate. Pike survived two doses and was ultimately taken to hospital.
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