My salute to the Indian pilot Captain Smit Machchhar for his extraordinary bravery.
Despite being stabbed and seriously injured, he fought back, resisted, opened the cockpit door, and enabled passengers and crew to overpower the attacker — preventing a catastrophic mid-air disaster.
He saved the lives of 174 people, including Israeli citizens and other nationals.
I wish Captain Machchhar a speedy and full recovery.
He is a true hero.
Life Hack
1. Install Telegram
2. Create a private channel or group.
3. Remove everyone so it’s just you.
4. Upload files, notes, videos - anything you want to keep.
5. Anytime you lose your phone or switch devices, just log in and download everything again.
That’s basically your own unlimited cloud storage.
Call me old-fashioned, but I cheer for people, even if they’re ahead of me.
Life isn’t a race, it’s a road trip. Windows down, good music, and no finish line.
A solid flood in a warming globe
1.5 MCUM section of Birch Glacier in Swiss Alps collapsed, avalanche buried much of village of Blatten under mud and rock
Village evacuated in advance based on concerns from authorities
More slips from glacier expected
The situation in the Gaza Strip is increasingly worrying and painful. I renew my heartfelt appeal to allow the entry of dignified humanitarian aid and to bring an end to the hostilities, whose heart-rending price is borne by children, the elderly, and the sick.
War is never inevitable. Weapons can and must fall silent, for they never solve problems but only intensify them. Those who sow peace will endure throughout history, not those who reap victims. Others are not enemies to hate but human beings with whom to speak.