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Reporter gets jail in libel case filed by poultry farm
Associated Press, Published on 24/12/2019
» A court on Tuesday sentenced a reporter to two years in prison for criminal libel for a comment she tweeted about a labour abuse grievance at a poultry farm.
Cave boys mark year since ordeal with Buddhist rites
Associated Press, Published on 24/06/2019
» MAE SAI: The 12 young Thai football players and their coach who grabbed global attention last year when they were trapped in a flooded cave for more than two weeks marked the anniversary of their ordeal with a religious ceremony on Monday.
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
Musk asks judge to dismiss cave diver's lawsuit
Associated Press, Published on 28/12/2018
» LOS ANGELES: Elon Musk is asking a California judge to throw out a lawsuit filed against him by a British diver the tech entrepreneur whom he called a paedophile on Twitter, arguing that it was nothing more than a "schoolyard spat on social media" that no reasonable reader took seriously.
Grenade-shaped belt buckle halts Spanish trains
Associated Press, Published on 07/11/2018
» MADRID: A hand grenade-shaped belt buckle in the suitcase of a train passenger triggered major disruptions Wednesday on rail services in Spain's two main cities, prompting station evacuations before police declared the incident a false alarm.
First private moon flight passenger to invite creative guests
Associated Press, Published on 18/09/2018
» LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK: After announcing that he'll take the first-ever commercial rocket trip around the moon, Yusaku Maezawa said he wants company for the weeklong journey. The Japanese billionaire said he plans to invite six to eight artists, architects, designers and other creative people to join him on board the SpaceX rocket "to inspire the dreamer in all of us".
Chiang Rai cave rescuer files suit against Elon Musk
Associated Press, Published on 18/09/2018
» A British diver from Chiang Rai who helped rescue the Wild Boars team from the Tham Luang cave has sued Elon Musk, alleging that the Tesla CEO falsely accused him of being a paedophile.
Google is tracking you even when you say 'Don't'
Associated Press, Published on 14/08/2018
» SAN FRANCISCO: Google wants to know where you go so badly that it records your movements even when you explicitly tell it not to.
US court orders ban of chlorpyrifos pesticide
Associated Press, Published on 10/08/2018
» WASHINGTON: A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that the Trump administration endangered public health by keeping the widely used pesticide chlorpyrifos on the market despite extensive scientific evidence that even tiny levels of exposure can harm babies' brains.
50 years on, McDonald's Big Mac survives
Associated Press, Published on 31/07/2018
» NEW YORK: McDonald's is fighting to hold onto customers as the Big Mac turns 50, but it isn't changing the makings of its most famous burger.