| Grieving Orca Whale Releases Dead Calf After More Than Two Weeks Posted: 12 Aug 2018 10:28 AM PDT  More than two weeks after the death of her baby, a grieving orca whale has
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| The Caspian Sea: rich in oil and gas and caviar Posted: 12 Aug 2018 07:51 AM PDT  The leaders of Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia and Turkmenistan are meeting in the Kazakh port city of Aktau on Sunday to sign a landmark deal on the Caspian Sea. The Caspian is the largest inland body of water in the world. The region's countries have long disputed whether the Caspian is a sea or a lake, which carries legal consequences.
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| Japanese man detained in North Korea: report Posted: 12 Aug 2018 06:38 AM PDT ![Japanese man detained in North Korea: report]( "Japanese man detained in North Korea: report") A Japanese man has been detained in North Korea, and government officials are trying to gather information on his safety, the Asahi Shimbun reported on Saturday. It quoted one of the sources as saying that North Korea could use him as a bargaining chip in any future diplomatic talks. Japan, in addition to demanding that North Korea abandon its nuclear weapons and missile programs, has also sought the return of abductees kidnapped during the 1970s and 1980s.
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| Richard Russell: Well-liked airline worker who died after stealing plane in Seattle Posted: 12 Aug 2018 03:59 AM PDT  They were not his last words but they revealed something of Richard Russell's story as he sat at the controls of a stolen passenger aircraft, a few hundred feet above the ground. "I've got a lot of people that care about me," he told air traffic controllers. "It's going to disappoint them to hear that I did this." Minutes later he was dead. The empty Bombardier Q400 turboprop aircraft nosedived into island in Puget Sound, not far from Seattle. Relatives and friends of the 29-year-old said they were struggling to reconcile the rogue pilot - whose actions closed an international airport and sent F-15 fighters scrambling into the air - with the likeable young man they knew. His family - who knew him as "Beebo" - expressed their heartbreak. Seattle plane crash "This is a complete shock to us," they said in a statement read by a friend. "We are devastated by these events, and Jesus is truly the only one holding this family together right now. Without him, we would be hopeless." They also referenced those conversations with air traffic controllers. "As the voice recordings show, Beebo's intent was not to harm anyone. He was right in saying that there are so many people who have loved him," they said. Rick Christenson, a former operational supervisor with Horizon Air, told The Seattle Times: "He was a quiet guy. It seemed like he was well liked by the other workers. "I feel really bad for Richard and for his family. I hope they can make it through this." Richard Russell, who liked to be called Beebo, is seen in an undated photograph from a video he produced for his Youtube channel Credit: YouTube/Reuters Officials were quick to point out his work for Horizon as a ground service agent - which included working with baggage handlers and towing aircraft - meant he had cleared the background checks necessary to clean and maintain aircraft. In a video posted on YouTube last December, Russell showed luggage coming on and off aircraft, as he described the life of a ground service agent. "That means I lift a lot of bags, like a lot of bags, so many bags," he said, before adding that also allowed him to travel widely. There was no mention in the social media posts of studying to become a pilot but in some posts he spoke of his Christian religious faith and the possibility of joining the military. Authorities say he flew for about hour after taking the plane from a maintenance area of Seattle-Tacome International Airport, at times performing stunts such as a barrel role. The local sheriff's department said it believed he was suicidal. His posts said he met his wife in Oregon in 2010. "We were married one year later, and one month after that we opened a bakery which we successfully ran for 3 years," he wrote on his web page. "We consider ourselves bakery connoisseurs and have to try a new one every place we go." The couple later moved to Washington state, where he got a job with Horizon. His wife could not immediately be reached for comment.
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| Top Asian News 3:49 a.m. GMT Posted: 12 Aug 2018 01:14 AM PDT ![Top Asian News 3:49 a.m. GMT]( "Top Asian News 3:49 a.m. GMT") JAYAPURA, Indonesia (AP) — Rescuers in Indonesia say a child is the only survivor from the crash of a light commercial plane in a mountainous region of the easternmost province of Papua that left eight other passengers dead. The Swiss-made Pilatus PC-6 Porter single-engine plane operated by Dimonin Air was on an estimated 42-minute flight when it was reported missing Saturday. The local army chief says the plane was found after crashing near the airport of Oksibil. Col. Jonathan Binsar Sianipar says a child is the only passenger found alive and has been evacuated to Oksibil. He gave no other details, including the child's age or condition.
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| Seattle plane crash: Hijacker named as investigators probe how airline employee could steal plane Posted: 11 Aug 2018 08:40 PM PDT  Investigators are trying to piece together how a "suicidal" ground worker at Seattle's main airport managed to steal an empty turboprop passenger plane, conduct a series of loops while chased by US Air Force F-15s before crashing it into a small island in the Puget Sound. Authorities have refused to name the 29-year-old suspect pilot, referred to as "Rich" and "Richard" by air traffic controllers as they tried to coax him towards the ground during the hour-long incident. Airline officials said the man was an employee of Horizon Air, part of the Alaska Airlines group, with more than three years' experience.
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| The 55 Most Delish Skillet Desserts Posted: 11 Aug 2018 07:25 PM PDT ![The 55 Most Delish Skillet Desserts]( "The 55 Most Delish Skillet Desserts")
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| Fifth body found in crashed Alaska plane; no body recovery planned Posted: 11 Aug 2018 05:31 PM PDT  A fifth body was found on Friday in the wreckage of an Alaska sightseeing plane that crashed near North America's tallest peak, leaving no doubt the pilot perished with his four Polish passengers on the steep mountainside, authorities said. The impact left the plane in two pieces, lodged in the crevasse of a hanging glacier nearly 11,000 feet high on a steep, avalanche-prone slope from which unstable ice blocks are protruding, Park Service officials said. "The tail and fuselage of the aircraft are just hanging on by a piece of metal," Park Service spokeswoman Katherine Belcher said.
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| Man Who Stole, Crashed Seattle Plane ID'd As Horizon Air Worker Richard Russell Posted: 11 Aug 2018 03:00 PM PDT  The airline employee who commandeered a plane from Seattle-Tacoma
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| Nationalists and anti-racist protesters to square off by White House one year after Charlottesville violence Posted: 11 Aug 2018 02:10 PM PDT  White nationalists and anti-racism protesters will face off just metres from the White House on Sunday as both mark the one-year anniversary of violent clashes in Charlottesville. Both groups have been given permission to demonstrate in separate sections of Lafayette Square, a shady park that looks onto the back of the US president's residence. Attendees of 'Unite the Right 2', a follow-up to the controversial far-right protest last year, have been told to bring Confederate flags, wear body cameras and expect to be provoked. A collective of counter-protest groups will stage a rally earlier in the day before congregating at the park and have vowed to drown out the white nationalists' message. Secret service officials will join officers from Washington DC's police force and the National Park Service to ensure there is no repeat of the violent clashes this time last year. On that day Heather Heyer, 32, died and dozens of others were injured when a car crashed into protesters who were opposing the original Unite the Right rally. The rally had been organised to oppose the removal of a statue of Robert E Lee, a Confederate general. James Alex Field Jnr, a 20-year-old man living in Ohio with far-right links, was later charged with Ms Heyer's second-degree murder. The incident led to one of the most controversial moments of Donald Trump's presidency as he blamed "both sides" for the violence - the white nationalists and anti-racism protesters. A group wearing anti-fascist labels visits the site where Heather Heyer was killed during the 2017 "Unite the Right" protests in Charlottesville Credit: REUTERS/Brian Snyder The comment triggered a wave of condemnation from politicians and campaigners, including senior Republicans, over Mr Trump's failure to call out racism. On Saturday Mr Trump issued a pre-emptive call for peace, tweeting: "The riots in Charlottesville a year ago resulted in senseless death and division. "We must come together as a nation. I condemn all types of racism and acts of violence. Peace to ALL Americans!" Mr Trump was accused of being a "racist" and using the n-word this week by a former White House aide and Apprentice star Omarosa Manigault Newman in a new book. A spokesman for Mr Trump dismissed the claims, saying the book was riddled with inaccuracies and the product of a "disgruntled former White House employee". Charlottesville, a Virginian city around 100 miles south-west of Washington DC, rejected a request from Unite the Right's organisers to hold an anniversary demonstration there. Nonetheless it has been placed in a state of emergency by Ralph Northam, the Virginian governor. Hundreds of officers will be deployed and a number of streets blocked off. The white nationalist protest will instead take place in Washington DC from 5pm to 7.30pm and will see attendees march through the city to Lafayette Square. Counter-protesters will hold a rally earlier in the day before also heading to the park. Between three and four thousand people in total are expected to attend, for both sides. Makia Green, a 26-year-old core organiser for Black Lives Matter DC, told The Telegraph that she hoped the group's counter-protest would send a powerful message. She said: "I want people to know that the power of black communities across the world is going to be stronger and vaster than the white supremacist hate that we've been experiencing."
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