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Anti-doping lab in Thailand shut down
Associated Press, Published on 21/11/2019
» MONTREAL: The only authorised anti-doping laboratory in Southeast Asia has been forced to suspend operations, leaving a gap in coverage for much of the region.
Knife-wielding man wounds Indonesia's security minister
Associated Press, Published on 10/10/2019
» JAKARTA: A knife-wielding man suspected of belonging to a radical Islamic group wounded Indonesia's security minister, a local police chief and another person in an attack in western Indonesia on Thursday, officials said.
Seoul: North Korea launches 2 short-range ballistic missiles
Associated Press, Published on 31/07/2019
» SEOUL: South Korea's military said North Korea conducted its second weapons test in less than a week Wednesday, firing two short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast in a move observers said could be aimed at boosting pressure on the United States as the rivals struggle to set up fresh nuclear talks.
Japanese space probe drops 'impactor' on asteroid Ryugu
Associated Press, Published on 05/04/2019
» TOKYO: Japan's space agency announced its Hayabusa2 spacecraft had released an explosive on an asteroid to make a crater on its surface and collect underground samples to find possible clues to the origin of the solar system.
US, Canada ground all 737 MAX
Associated Press, Published on 14/03/2019
» WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump issued an emergency order Wednesday grounding all Boeing 737 Max 8 and Max 9 aircraft in the wake of a crash of an Ethiopian airliner that killed 157 people
Deadly bombing in Colombia underscores lingering threats
Associated Press, Published on 18/01/2019
» BOGOTA: Colombian authorities were scrambling to identify who was behind a brazen car bombing at a police academy in Bogota that has rattled residents and raised tough questions about lingering security threats in the wake of a peace deal with the nation's largest rebel group.
Boeing jet crashed in Indonesia after key sensor replaced
Associated Press, Published on 07/11/2018
» JAKARTA: A crucial sensor that's the subject of a Boeing Co safety bulletin was replaced on a Lion Air jet the day before it plunged into the Java Sea, Indonesia's National Transportation Safety Committee said Wednesday.
US election: Trump's incendiary politics vs Democrat 'resistance'
Associated Press, Published on 07/11/2018
» WASHINGTON: A turbulent election season that tested President Donald Trump's slash-and-burn political style against the strength of the Democratic resistance comes to a close as Americans cast ballots in the first national election of the Trump era.
Chinese 'gait' surveillance IDs people by how they walk
Associated Press, Published on 06/11/2018
» BEIJING: Chinese authorities have begun deploying a new surveillance tool: "gait recognition'' software that uses people's body shapes and how they walk to identify them, even when their faces are hidden from cameras.
US students turn grief into tech startup after France attack
Associated Press, Published on 12/08/2018
» BERKELEY, Calif: California college student Anjali Banerjee was watching fireworks during a 2016 celebration on a seafront promenade in the French city of Nice when a man plowed a huge truck through the crowd, killing 86 people and wounding 200.