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Boeing 737 Max 8 woes crimp Asian airlines' growth plans
Associated Press, Published on 07/05/2019
» SINGAPORE: Asian airlines are cutting routes, revamping their schedules and leasing extra aircraft to fill gaps left by the grounding of Boeing 737 Max 8s after deadly crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia killed 346 people.
Indian fake doctor infects 21 with HIV with tainted syringes
Associated Press, Published on 06/02/2018
» LUCKNOW, India: A fake doctor treating poor villagers in northern India for colds, coughs and diarrhoea has infected at least 21 of them with HIV by using contaminated syringes and needles, a health official said Tuesday.
California celebrates New Year with marijuana sales
Associated Press, Published on 01/01/2018
» LOS ANGELES: Californians may awaken on New Year's Day to a stronger-than-normal whiff of marijuana as America's cannabis king lights up to celebrate the state's first legal retail pot sales.
Malaysia Airlines outgoing CEO says Ryanair needs his help
Associated Press, Published on 18/10/2017
» KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia Airlines outgoing CEO Peter Bellew said Wednesday he decided to return to Ryanair as a form of national service because the Irish budget airline needed his help.
Child deaths at Indian hospital reach 60
Associated Press, Published on 12/08/2017
» MUMBAI: Sixty children have died at a hospital in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh this week, with some reports blaming many of the deaths on a lack of oxygen supplies arsing from a dispute over payments to the supplier.
Pyongyang drivers scramble as fuel stations limit services
Associated Press, Published on 22/04/2017
» PYONGYANG: Drivers in North Korea's capital are scrambling to fill up their tanks as service stations begin limiting services or even closing amid concerns of a spreading shortage.
Syria gas attack kills 58; UN to act
Associated Press, Published on 05/04/2017
» BEIRUT - A suspected chemical attack in a town in Syria's rebel-held northern Idlib province killed dozens of people on Tuesday, opposition activists said, describing the attack as among the worst in the country's six-year civil war.
India's hospitals accused of rejecting dengue patients
Associated Press, Published on 16/09/2015
» NEW DELHI - Government officials threatened Wednesday to cancel the licences of private hospitals in India's capital if they turn away patients suffering from dengue fever.
Rain cools Pakistan heatwave that killed at least 749
Associated Press, Published on 24/06/2015
» KARACHI — Wind from the sea and pre-monsoon rains cooled southern Pakistan on Wednesday, likely marking the end of a scorching heat wave that killed at least 749 people, authorities said.
Bird flu confirmed at US farm with 5.3 million chickens
Associated Press, Published on 21/04/2015
» DES MOINES, UNITED STATES - Up to 5.3 million hens at an Iowa farm must be destroyed after the highly infectious and deadly bird flu virus was confirmed, the US Department of Agriculture said Monday.