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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A pilot and passenger swam through the frigid waters of the Hudson River and reached shore safely after their Cessna 172 made an emergency landing Monday night, officials said.The aircraft had taken off from Long Island when the pilot was forced to land in the river just after 8 p.m., the Middle Hope Fire Department said in a Facebook post.The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the incident.Middle Hope Fire Department responders, along with personnel from other agencies, were dispatched to the scene. After a brief search, first responders located the plane within…

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A wind energy company in Nova Scotia with the backing of local First Nations has secured $240 million in financing to construct onshore wind farms and an associated green hydrogen project that aims to be the first of its kind in Atlantic Canada. Trent Vichie, CEO of EverWind Fuels, said the financing from New York-based investment manager Nuveen Infrastructure Credit will be used to advance work on the first phase of wind turbines that will eventually power a hydrogen and ammonia plant in Richmond County, Cape Breton. Vichie says EverWind has not yet signed up a customer for the hydrogen, but Germany has…

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UN “ALARMED”Islamabad’s confirmation that its aircraft flew over the Afghan capital came hours after AFP journalists in the city heard multiple explosions.The blasts were heard alongside anti-aircraft weapons and gunfire from across the city.An AFP journalist in Jalalabad city, between Kabul and the frontier, reported hearing explosions and various weapons being fired.At the nearest border crossing, around 50km from Jalalabad, residents in Torkham told AFP the days-long fighting was ongoing.The latest casualties include three children killed in a “crime committed by the Pakistani military regime” in Kunar province, Fitrat said Monday.At least 39 civilians have been killed since Thursday, the…

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Moscow for decades has been Iran’s main international backer, shielding it from United Nations resolutions while trying to soften Western sanctions and selling weaponry worth billions of dollars to Tehran.Russian President Vladimir Putin lambasted the killing on Saturday of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei as a “cynical violation of all norms of human morals and the international law”.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listPutin’s former prime minister and one-time successor Dmitry Medvedev sardonically called United States President Donald Trump a “peacekeeper who showed his real face”.Vyacheslav Volodin, chairman of the State Duma, the lower house of Russia’s Federal Assembly, compared…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! New satellite images offer a stark look at the devastation inside Iran after U.S.-Israeli strikes, while also revealing the damage left behind by Tehran’s retaliatory attacks across the region.According to U.S. Central Command, which oversees American military operations across the Middle East, U.S. forces struck more than 1,250 targets during the first two days of Operation Epic Fury.Planet Labs satellite imagery captured burning ships and damaged facilities at the Konarak base in southern Iran, as well as significant destruction at Iran’s naval headquarters in Bandar Abbas on the Persian Gulf, reflecting the…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Cam Newton was a one-time NFL MVP, nearly led the Carolina Panthers to the franchise’s first Super Bowl title and became a pundit on a variety of sports topics.But in recent weeks, he seems to have pivoted to being a relationship expert of sorts. Cam Newton during the Super Bowl LX celebrity flag football game at Moscone Center South on Feb. 7, 2026, in San Francisco. (Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)Newton appeared on the “Talk Les Show” with Courtside Les. The two talked about marriage and relationships extensively on the podcast with Les…

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A philanthropic organization says it’s donating $25 million to establish a new system for tackling homelessness in Toronto that will use an evidence-based approach to move people off the streets and into supportive housing. The Slaight Family Foundation says the money will go to a St. Michael’s Hospital research centre, as well as non-profit United Way Greater Toronto, to establish the Slaight Family Housing Lab — a program that aims to put roofs over people’s heads while providing wraparound services.Dr. Stephen Hwang, director of St. Michael’s Hospital’s MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions, says the new program draws on the…

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BEIJING: China’s top political advisory body voted to remove three generals, state media said, a week after nine military officials were ousted from its legislature.Beijing has escalated a sweeping purge of military officials in the days before thousands of delegates from across the country meet for the annual Two Sessions political conclave that starts on Wednesday (Mar 4).Simultaneous gatherings of China’s top legislature, the National People’s Congress (NPC), and a separate political advisory body, the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), will be held over the course of a week.The CPPCC voted at a Standing Committee meeting to remove retired…

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