Crooked Bough News Round-up

— At least 1 dead and 3 missing after tourist boat overturns on Italian lake

 

at 5/28/23 4:48pm

At least one person died and three remain missing after a boat was overturned by high winds on Italy's Lake Maggiore Sunday.

— Ukrainian adviser vows ‘consequences’ for Iran after drone strikes in Kyiv

 

at 5/28/23 1:52pm

Mykhailo Podolyak, adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, tweeted Sunday that a draft resolution is being submitted by the president to sanction Iran for 50 years.

— Protesters, opposition leaders decry Prime Minister Modi's inauguration of new parliament building

 

at 5/28/23 12:31pm

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the country's new parliament building on Sunday while protesters were met with violence.

— Erdogan wins tight race for presidency in Turkey's runoff election

 

at 5/28/23 12:03pm

Incumbent Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan won reelection Sunday over opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu in Turkey's runoff race.

— North Korea sentenced Christian toddler to life in a prison camp; regime praises Arab world

 

at 5/28/23 10:54am

North Korea once sentenced a toddler to life in a prison camp because the baby's family had been caught with a copy of the Bible, according to a new report from the U.S. State Department.

— Russian leaders push for ‘Soviet-style’ work ethic amid Ukraine war

 

at 5/28/23 8:52am

Russian leaders and businesses are pushing for a "Soviet-style" work ethic to bolster the nation's economy amid the war in Ukraine, according to British intelligence.

— China marks maiden commercial voyage of first domestically produced passenger jet

 

at 5/28/23 7:44am

China on Sunday celebrated the maiden commercial voyage of its first domestically produced passenger jet, a significant milestone for the country seeking to compete with the West.

— Russian gunmaker Kalashnikov upgrades AK-12 design to suit Ukraine war, state media reports

 

at 5/27/23 6:59pm

The Kalashnikov Group, the Russian gun-making giant best known for its Soviet-era AK-47 assault rifle, has unveiled upgrades to its AK-12 assault rifle to better suit Russia in its war on Ukraine.

— Twitter withdraws from EU’s disinformation code as bloc warns against hiding from liability

 

at 5/27/23 3:43pm

Twitter has withdrawn from the European Union's online disinformation code of practice, a voluntary agreement that most major social media platforms pledged to abide, prompting a warning from the bloc.

— Police: Man who opened door on Korean flight wanted to exit plane quickly

 

at 5/27/23 2:26pm

A man who opened the door of an Asiana Airlines plane just before it landed has claimed he felt suffocated and wanted to get off the plane quickly, South Korean officials said Saturday.

— Ukrainian official acknowledges attacks on Crimean Bridge, Russian Navy

 

at 5/27/23 1:27pm

A Ukrainian official confirmed Saturday the country's military played a role in last year's drone attack on a key Crimean bridge as well as on the Russian Black Sea Fleet.

— Iranian guards clash with Taliban along Afghanistan border

 

at 5/27/23 1:00pm

Iranian border guards exchanged gunfire with Taliban soldiers Saturday along a common border between Iran's Sistan and Baluchestan provinces and Afghanistan's Nimruz province, official media reported.

— NATO urges Kosovo authorities to reduce tensions after ethnic clashes

 

at 5/27/23 12:40pm

NATO and Western allies on Saturday condemned actions by security forces in Kosovo after a bout of ethnic clashes and urged authorities to de-escalate tensions in several Serbian majority towns.

— Electronic passport glitches cause long lines at busy British airports

 

at 5/27/23 7:56am

The failure of electronic passport gates at major British points of entry on Saturday resulted in long lines of passengers at London airports as travelers voiced their displeasure on social media.

— Pentagon: U.S. soldier deployed to Kuwait dies in non-combat-related incident

 

at 5/26/23 5:44pm

An Air Force officer stationed in Kuwait has died in a non-combat related incident, the Pentagon said.

— Chinese passenger jet to make inaugural commercial flight Sunday

 

at 5/26/23 9:34am

The first large passenger jet domestically-produced in China, is set to make its inaugural commercial flight this weekend.

— Russian missile strikes medical facility in Dnipro, Ukraine

 

at 5/26/23 9:25am

A Russia missile strike in Dnipro, eastern Ukraine has damaged a medical facility, killing at least two people, according to head of the local regional military administration Serhii Lysak.

— Pope Francis cancels meetings due to a fever

 

at 5/26/23 8:35am

Pope Francis has canceled some meetings Friday due to a fever, according to the Vatican. The pope also has no public events scheduled for Saturday, according to the Vatican calendar.

— 6.2-magnitude earthquake strikes Japan, no tsunami

 

at 5/26/23 8:21am

A 6.2-magnitude earthquake on Friday shook eastern Japan, including Tokyo, but officials said there were no threats of a tsunami.

— EU negotiates extended COVID-19 vaccine contract with Pfizer-BioNTech

 

at 5/26/23 8:19am

The European Union has renegotiated its COVID-19 vaccine contract with Pfizer-BioNTech to better address evolving needs for the vaccines, the European Commission announced Friday.

— Thousands of BA passengers hit by cancellations at start of holiday weekend

 

at 5/26/23 7:47am

British Airways canceled at least 42 short-haul flights Friday as issues with check-in caused by IT "technical problems" spilled over into a second day of travel chaos at the airline's London Heathrow Airport home.

As of 5/28/23 7:25pm. Last new 5/28/23 6:15pm.