News in Brief

Date: 23 February 2022 - 21:57

News ID: ۱۰۰۳۵۲

LONDON (Al-Jazeera) - Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan says he would like to have a televised debate with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi to resolve differences between the two neighbors. The nuclear-powered rivals have shared antagonistic relations since gaining independence 75 years ago, fighting three wars, with ties strained recently over the northern Muslim-majority region of Kashmir, which both claim in full. “I would love to debate with Narendra Modi on TV,” Khan told Russia Today in an interview, adding that it would be beneficial for the 1.7 billion people in the subcontinent if differences could be resolved through debate.

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CHICAGO (Reuters) - Two major winter storms dumped heavy snow and blow fierce winds in the Midwest, New England and Southwestern United States on Tuesday and into the next couple of days, wreaking havoc on road travel while improving ski conditions in parts of Colorado. One system to bring more than a foot of snow and wind gusts of more than 40 miles (64 km) an hour to an area from California through Nevada and into Colorado from Tuesday through Thursday afternoon, the National Weather Service (NWS) warned. Some higher spots in southwestern Colorado could see 3 feet of snow accumulation over the next couple of days, the service said. Hazardous travel conditions due to icy and snow-packed roadways were expected throughout the area, the NWS said.

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BERLIN (AP) — Climate activists on Wednesday blocked roads leading to Germany’s three biggest airports, gluing themselves to the ground before police arrived. Members of the group Uprising of the Last Generation said they wanted to disrupt cargo and passenger traffic at the airports in Frankfurt, Munich and Berlin. The group has demanded that the government take measures to end food waste. It argues that throwing away vast amounts of usable food contributes to hunger and climate change. Past protests involving the blocking of roads and ports have drawn criticism from officials across the political spectrum.

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HONOLULU (AP) — The U.S. Navy said four people have died in the crash of a contractor’s helicopter on the Hawaii island of Kauai. The Pacific Missile Range Facility said the aircraft crashed on the north side of the installation shortly after 10 a.m. There were no survivors. The names of those killed were not yet available, it said. The helicopter was being flown by Croman Corp. in support of a training operation, the missile range facility said in a news release. The National Transportation Safety Board said in a tweet the agency is investigating the crash of the Sikorsky S-61N helicopter.

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TAPACHULA (Reuters) - Dozens of migrants have clashed with police in the southern Mexican city of Tapachula, as frustration boiled over due to authorities keeping them waiting for months to be granted approval for free passage across Mexico to the U.S. border. Migrants, mostly from Haiti and Africa, have been demonstrating in Tapachula, near Mexico’s border with Guatemala, for almost a month, and on Tuesday the protests turned violent as they threw stones and traded punches with members of the militarized National Guard and police.