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Typhoon leaves 25 dead as Japan launches major rescue
Associated Press, Published on 13/10/2019
» TOKYO: Helicopters, boats and thousands of troops were deployed across Japan Sunday to rescue people stranded in flooded homes Sunday as the death toll from a ferocious typhoon climbed to at least 25 with more than a dozen missing. One woman fell to her death from a rescue helicopter.
WW II-era bomber crashes, history buffs killed
Associated Press, Published on 03/10/2019
» WINDSOR LOCKS, United States: A World War II-era plane crashed and burned at Hartford airport, Connecticut, after encountering mechanical trouble on takeoff on Wednesday, killing seven of the 13 people on board.
UN envoy will ‘ring the alarm bell’ if no action on Rohingya
Associated Press, Published on 02/07/2019
» UNITED NATIONS: The UN envoy for Myanmar says progress on alleviating the crisis that led more than 720,000 Rohingya Muslims to flee to neighbouring Bangladesh has been slow and warns that if there is no action it will be time to “ring the alarm bell.”
Assange hauled from embassy, faces US charge
Associated Press, Published on 12/04/2019
» LONDON: British police on Thursday hauled a bearded and shouting Julian Assange from the Ecuadorian Embassy where he was holed up for nearly seven years, and the US charged the WikiLeaks founder with conspiring with former Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning to get their hands on government secrets.
George HW Bush dies at age 94
Associated Press, Published on 01/12/2018
» HOUSTON: George HW Bush, a patrician New Englander whose presidency soared with the coalition victory over Iraq in Kuwait, but then plummeted in the throes of a weak economy that led voters to turn him out of office after a single term, has died. He was 94.
Authorities probe how airline employee could steal plane
Associated Press, Published on 12/08/2018
» OLYMPIA, Wash: Investigators are piecing together how an airline ground agent stole an empty commercial airplane, took off from Sea-Tac International Airport and crashed into a small island in the Puget Sound after being chased by military jets that were quickly scrambled to intercept the aircraft.
'Suicidal' man crashes stolen plane near Seattle
Associated Press, Published on 11/08/2018
» SEATTLE: A “suicidal” airline employee stole an empty turboprop plane, took off from Sea-Tac International Airport and was chased by military jets before crashing into a small island in the Puget Sound on Friday night.
'Good Morning Vietnam' broadcaster dies
Associated Press, Published on 20/07/2018
» NORFOLK, Virginia: Adrian Cronauer, the man whose military radio antics inspired a character played by Robin Williams in the film <i>Good Morning, Vietnam</i>, has died. He was 79.
Death toll climbs to 76 in Japan flood disaster
Associated Press, Published on 09/07/2018
» HIROSHIMA: Searches continued Sunday night for victims of heavy rainfall that hammered southern Japan for the third straight day, as the government put the death toll at 48, with 28 others presumed dead.
Ex-S.Korean premier Kim Jong-pil, spy agency founder, dies
Associated Press, Published on 23/06/2018
» SEOUL: Kim Jong-pil, the founder of South Korea's spy agency whose political skills helped him also serve twice as prime minister, first under his dictator boss and later under a man his agency kidnapped, has died. He was 92.