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Friday, Apr 10, 2026 20:49 | 55 mins ago | By: EarthquakeMonitor An earthquake of magnitude 4.5 occurred only 7 minutes ago 48 km south of Manokwari, Indonesia, Indonesia’s Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency reported.The quake hit at a shallow depth of 10. km beneath the epicenter near Manokwari, Manokwari Regency, Provinsi Papua Barat, Indonesia, early morning on Saturday, April 11th, 2026, at 5:40 am local time. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their…

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Global power is in flux. Your daily guide to what comes next. By DYLON JONES U.S. and Taiwan flags fly outside the National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology in Taoyuan, Taiwan on March 30, 2026. | I-Hwa Cheng/AFP via Getty Images While the globe focuses on the war in Iran, the timebomb at the center of growing tensions between the U.S. and China — Taiwan — keeps ticking. And according to Eyck Freymann, a Hoover Fellow at Stanford University, the White House’s inability to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or engage allies in its cause isn’t inspiring confidence about how…

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Koo Sze-yiu was a fixture of Hong Kong’s protest scene. Standing out with his close-cropped hair and long gray beard, the gruffy activist and other leaders of the League of Social Democrats nevertheless fit right in marching next to lawyers and tens of thousands, sometimes millions, of ordinary Hong Kongers demanding democracy.Protesting in Hong Kong had never been easy. Demonstrations often took place at the height of summer, with sweltering heat and packed crowds. In particular, the anniversary of Hong Kong’s July 1,1997 transfer of sovereignty from British to Chinese rule became a recurring day of mass protest. Koo, whose…

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Katie Price’s husband Lee Andrews has revealed he plans to get her back on the road by getting her a licence in the UAE, after the glamour model was banned from driving for the seventh time.The former glamour model, 47, was banned for six months after she ignored police letters about an 80mph speeding ticket.Her latest offence came after a Ford Capri registered in her name was caught at 80mph on the A64 near Sutton in North Yorkshire.After she failed to respond to a letter confirming the car was hers, she was convicted of failing to respond to police.Lee, 41, has insisted…

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Daily Memo: When Will Widebody Production Recover To Pre-Pandemic Peaks? | Aviation Week Network https://aviationweek.com/themes/custom/particle/dist/app-drupal/assets/AW_logo_horizontal_small_white.svg Skip to main content Guy Norris April 10, 2026 Credit: Boeing The world’s airlines have a seemingly insatiable appetite for new mainline single-aisle aircraft which constantly outstrips the ability of manufacturers to meet the demand. Between them, Airbus and Boeing have a firm order backlog of over 11,500 A320 and 737 family aircraft—an astonishing number… Guy Norris Guy is a Senior Editor for Aviation Week, covering technology and propulsion. He is based in Colorado Springs. Subscription Required Daily Memo: When Will Widebody Production Recover To Pre-Pandemic…

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The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) has dismissed a joint petition filed by Indian Bank, UCO Bank, Bank of Baroda, ICICI Bank and Union Bank of India, which had challenged the distribution of funds to dissenting financial creditors State Bank of India and Punjab National Bank in the insolvency resolution of OCL Iron and Steel. A two-member bench of the tribunal held that the distribution mechanism under the resolution plan was valid and legally binding. It observed that the allocation of funds had already been approved by the Committee of Creditors (CoC) using its commercial judgement and was…

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Hong Kong is moving deliberately but meaningfully into regulated digital assets, granting its first stablecoin issuer licenses to HSBC Holdings HSBC and a consortium led by Standard Chartered. Both institutions, which already issue Hong Kong dollar banknotes, were selected from a pool of 36 applicants, according to the Hong Kong Monetary Authority. The decision could position these banks at the front end of a tightly controlled market for Hong Kong dollar-pegged cryptocurrencies, as the city continues to build out its digital asset framework.The Standard Chartered-led entity, Anchorpoint Financial Ltd., includes partners such as Hong Kong Telecommunications Ltd. and Animoca Brands,…

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