"We actually already have a country with a large high skilled Indian population in the Americas. It's Suriname. Most Americans have probably never heard of Suriname. So let's go through this country on the other side to get a sense of things!"

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🇺🇸🇮🇳 US issues over one million visas for second consecutive year India tops international student rankings

🔗 https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/us-issues-over-one-million-visas-for-second-consecutive-year-india-tops-international-student-rankings/articleshow/116709999.cms

🇧🇷🇷🇺🇮🇳🇨🇳🇿🇦✔️🌎 — These countries will join BRICS as partners starting January 1, 2025:

📝 This has been confirmed by the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a statement.

🇧🇾 Belarus
🇧🇴 Bolivia
🇮🇩 Indonesia
🇰🇿 Kazakhstan
🇨🇺 Cuba
🇲🇾 Malaysia
🇹🇭 Thailand
🇺🇬 Uganda
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan

🇰🇷✈️⚰️❗️ — Yonhap reports that the death tool of Boeing 737 of Jeju Air Flight 2216 has risen from 28 to 47 of 181 Passengers.

🇰🇷✈️⚰️❗️ — Yonhap reports that the death toll in South Korea plane crash rises to 62

🇰🇷✈️⚰️📝 — Yonhap, quoting local Fire Department, claims that passengers were pushed out of fuselage during the crash, many are now dead

🇰🇷✈️⚰️📝 — Yonhap reports that only 2 survivors of the Jeju Air Flight 2216 out of 175 passengers and 6 crew members

🇰🇷✈️📝 — One of the 2 survivors of Jeju Air Flight 2216 is 33-year-old flight attendant Lee Mo.

Lee was sitting in the back of the plane and remembers touching down, but nothing after that.

When he arrived at the hospital, he asked: "What happened?"

🇨🇦✈️❗️— Moments ago, an Air Canada flight landed in Halifax with a broken landing gear, resulting in the wing scraping the runway, which caused a fire

➡️ Despite the malfunction, only minor injuries were reported among passengers and crew.

🚨 Canadian emergency services responded promptly, and authorities are investigating the incident.

🇫🇮🤕🇷🇺🚢 — 🏴 ZeroHedge | Finnish Commandos Seize Russia-Linked Ship After Undersea Cable Cut | December 28, 2024:

"Finland has seized the ship which is being accused of cutting of an undersea cable connecting electricity to Estonia, allegedly on behalf of Russia, given that the vessel was carrying Russian oil. Finnish authorities and Western officials have described the damage to the Estlink 2 electricity cable as the result of "aggravated criminal mischief".

EU officials have characterized the incident as part of Russia's hybrid warfare against NATO, with a European Commission statement describing the cable severing as "the latest in a series of suspected attacks on critical infrastructure."

The vessel in question was observed traversing the same area where the cable damage occurred near in time to the incident. Four additional telecom cables were disrupted - one linking Finland and Germany and three between Finland and Estonia."

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🇰🇷✈️ 179 dead in South Korea’s worst plane crash in years

The final death toll from the plane crash in South Korea is 179, meaning just two people survived, the fire service says.

Two crew members survived the Jeju Air crash after being pulled from the plane’s tail, the fire service previously said. Both are in hospital, but their condition is not yet known.

https://edition.cnn.com/world/live-news/south-korea-plane-crash-12-29-24-intl-hnk/index.html

🇵🇱🪖 Poland Signs Nearly $4B in Contracts for Howitzers, Vehicles, Drones

In a major move to strengthen its military capabilities, Poland has signed contracts worth nearly 3.9-billion euros ($4 billion) with domestic suppliers to acquire cutting-edge howitzers, military vehicles, and advanced drones.

The first contract, signed with Polish Armaments Group subsidiary Huta Stalowa Wola, includes the delivery of 96 Krab self-propelled howitzers organized into four artillery modules, each consisting of 24 howitzers.

In addition to howitzers, the Polish government has also contracted Huta Stalowa Wola to supply more than 250 vehicles accompanying its K9 self-propelled howitzers.

Additionally, Poland’s armaments agency has signed a separate agreement with WB Electronics for 12 Force Protection drone systems valued at 117-million euros ($122 million).

Poland is among the NATO member states that has significantly increased its defense spending in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

https://thedefensepost.com/2024/12/27/poland-howitzers-vehicles-drones/