Russian military plane crashes in Black Sea with 92 on board
A defence force Tu-154 aircraft carrying musicians from the famous Alexandrov military choir disappeared after leaving the resort of Sochi
A Russian defence force Tu-154 aircraft carrying 92 people has crashed into the Black Sea, according to reports.
The Russian defence ministry said that the plane carrying musicians from the famous Alexandrov military choir to a New Year concert for troops in Syria went missing soon after taking off from the resort of Sochi on Sunday.
A total of 84 passengers and eight crew were on board when the plane dropped off radar shortly after take-off at 5:40am local time (0240 GMT).
Hundreds of thousands face starvation and death in Africa in the growing crisis no one is talking about
'As we enter 2017, over 37 million people across Africa are without food,' warns International Development Secretary Priti Patel
During the drought that devastated the Horn of Africa in 2010 and 2011, women bound their waists with rope to deaden the pangs of hunger as they gave what little food they had to their children.
In stark contrast to such selfless acts, the international community stood back and watched until it was too late for the 260,000 people who starved to death.
Now aid workers are increasingly concerned that 2017 could see a tragedy on a similar scale with droughts – and floods – meaning some parts of southern and east Africa have not had a significant harvest for three years.
How the Attack Has Changed the Country
Terror attacks bring people together. That, at least, is what used to happen. But the attack in Berlin has followed a different script, with the gap between those content to wait for the facts and those eager to score political points now wider than ever before. A look back at 48 hours that changed the country. By SPIEGEL Staff
In the hours of uncertainty following the attack on the Christmas market at Berlin's Breitscheidplatz square on the evening of Dec. 19, two methods of viewing the incident quickly became apparent. There was the reflexive, impetuous reaction and the reflective, circumspect approach.
The impetuous took to their computers almost before the truck driver had finished cutting his deadly swath through the Christmas market stalls.
Christmas reborn in Iraqi town freed from ISIS
Updated 0356 GMT (1156 HKT) December 25, 2016
In the ancient Iraqi Christian town of Bartella -- recently liberated from ISIS -- Christmas was celebrated for the first time in more than two years on Saturday.
It was an emotional return for members of Bartella's displaced Christian community, who had been forced to flee when their hometown was overrun by the Islamist terror group. It was taken back from ISIS in late October.
Hundreds of Christians made the pilgrimage in buses on a gray, rainy Christmas Eve. They came mostly from camps for the displaced that have been set up in the city of Irbil.
Bartella is just 20 kilometers (12.5 miles) east of the ISIS stronghold of Mosul -- where coalition forces still are battling thousands of militants.
One year on, mother of Dentsu 'karoshi' victim urges Japan to change work culture
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One year after a young woman committed “karoshi” suicide after working excessive hours at Japan’s top ad agency Dentsu Inc, her mother is urging fellow Japanese to change how they deal with work.
The death of Matsuri Takahashi, officially recognized in September as death from overwork and widely reported in the media, has prodded regulators to launch an investigation into the company and sparked intense debate over the country’s notoriously long working hours.
In a memo disclosed to the media ahead of Sunday’s first anniversary of her 24-year-old daughter’s suicide, Yukimi Takahashi took some solace from the fact that her daughter’s death has helped build momentum for curbing long working hours.China's aircraft carrier to drill in Western Pacific
Reuters
China's first aircraft carrier will carry out drills in the Western Pacific, in what the navy called part of routine exercises, amid renewed tension over self-ruled Taiwan that Beijing claims as its own.
The navy said in a statement late on Saturday the Liaoning, along with its accompanying fleet, would conduct "exercises far out at sea", without giving details of the location or route, in what is likely its first blue-water drill far from home waters.
"This exercise is being carried out in accordance with annual exercise plans," the navy said in a statement also carried on the front page of the official People's Liberation Army Daily.
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