The London-bound Boeing Dreamliner went down moments after takeoff in Ahmedabad, India, with 242 people aboard. India’s home minister said he had met with a survivor. The victims included students at a medical college where the plane crashed.
A defense official said the man, 21, was turned down for military service after failing a psychological test. Investigators are asking how he passed another such test to obtain a gun permit.
The 2021 pact, meant to help counter China’s ambitions in the Asia Pacific, will be examined to ensure that it meets “America First criteria,” a U.S. official said.
Experts who study protest movements say the scenes unfolding in California broadly follow a script that has played out many times in other countries — sometimes with deadly consequences.
Some of the Israeli prime minister’s coalition partners backed an opposition motion over rules that exempt most religious students from serving in the military.
The Tibetan spiritual leader has vowed to reveal a succession plan when his birthday is celebrated on July 6. He may get creative to thwart Chinese interference.
The board of the prestigious program told the State Department it had no right to cancel scholarships for nearly 200 American professors and researchers.