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A retired pilot condemned president Donald Trump's comments about the midair collision between an American Airlines passenger jet and U.S. Army helicopter.

The president opened his White House briefing Thursday with a moment of silence and a brief prayer before launching an attack against diversity hiring and Democratic officials. Then he baselessly speculated that the soldier flying the Black Hawk helicopter or air traffic controllers were at fault, and a retired American Airlines captain told CNN that he was appalled by the spectacle.

by Andréa BAMBINO

Two longstanding US city newspapers, including one immortalized in "The Sopranos," will vanish from newsstands leaving Jersey City without printed news as the media struggles against headwinds nationwide.

Former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard's appearance before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday did nothing to convince the editorial board of the conservative Wall Street Journal that she is a suitable nominee to be Donald Trump's Director of National Intelligence (DNI).

In fact, as they wrote in a scathing editorial, her answers on key questions not only contradicted two other Trump Cabinet nominees, but led them to believe she would be a danger to the U.S.

Gabbard, a former Democrat, struggled to assuage concerns by senators on both sides of the aisle, putting her nomination at risk.

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According to the WSJ editorial board, her objections over Section 702, part of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, put her at odds with intelligence officials –– as well as Trump appointees Kash Patel (FBI) and John Ratcliffe (CIA) –– because it would handcuff intelligence gathering overseas.

The editors wrote, "Given a chance to walk back her opposition to Section 702 surveillance policy, she reinforced why she would be dangerous as White House director of national intelligence," before adding, "Surveillance is one of the few tools the U.S. has to detect and prevent such attacks before they happen, including overseas communications with people in the U.S. who may intend harm. Given Ms. Gabbard’s views on 702, it’s no surprise that she sounds badly uninformed on the subject."

by Frank Zeller and Jastinder Khera

Germany's conservative opposition leader was set Friday to again seek far-right support in parliament on the flashpoint issue of immigration, after his first effort sparked widespread condemnation and street protests.

by Marie HEUCLIN

Behind a blue door in a narrow London passage lies a little-known network of tunnels deep underground, once home to British spies and a secret long-distance telephone exchange.

Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Manila on Friday, urging the Philippine House of Representatives to impeach Vice President Sara Duterte.

Duterte faces three impeachment complaints over alleged misconduct and misuse of millions of dollars in government funds, but legislators have yet to tackle them just days before Congress adjourns next week ahead of the May midterm elections.

Emergency workers in Japan began building a ramp Friday to try and reach a 74-year-old truck driver who has not been heard from since his vehicle was swallowed by a sinkhole this week.

The cavity has expanded to 40 meters (130 feet) across, almost the length of an Olympic swimming pool, since opening up in a city just north of Tokyo on Tuesday morning, officials said.

by Beiyi SEOW

With less than 24 hours before President Donald Trump's deadline to impose sweeping tariffs on the three biggest US trading partners -- Canada, Mexico and China -- the global economy is bracing for impact.

As President Donald Trump threatens to slap blanket tariffs on all products from Canada and Mexico, Politico reports that Sen. John Thune (R-SD) and fellow Republicans from agricultural states are getting "heartburn" as their states are most likely to suffer from such actions.

As background, Politico notes that "retaliatory tariffs during Trump's 2018 trade war crippled South Dakota's agriculture-dependent economy -- which relies on billions of dollars worth of soybeans, corn, beef and other agricultural products it exports abroad every year."

Deforestation in Indonesia rose in 2024 for a third year running, a local environmental NGO said Friday based on satellite image analysis and fieldwork.

Indonesia has one of the world's highest rates of deforestation, with key drivers including timber plantations, palm oil cultivation and, increasingly, the mining of critical minerals.

Data watchdogs in South Korea and Ireland said Friday they would ask Chinese AI startup DeepSeek to clarify how it manages users' personal information, as governments from around the world turned a spotlight on the service.

DeepSeek launched its R1 chatbot this month, claiming it matches the capacity of artificial intelligence pace-setters in the United States for a fraction of the investment.

A national park in Thailand has not one but three reasons to celebrate after confirming a rare Bengal tiger is raising a trio of cubs in the protected area.

Park rangers first spotted a single cub with its mother on a camera trap last year in Kaeng Krachan National Park, around 130 kilometres (80 miles) southwest of Bangkok.

New York Times columnist David Brooks sharply criticized President Donald Trump and his new administration’s actions over the last few days in a blistering takedown that he said only one word can accurately describe: “stupid.”

Brooks, a longtime conservative commentator turned well-known MAGA critic, slammed Trump’s deluge of orders in his latest opinion column Thursday – emphasizing one particular new order.