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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.
Michael Kors ups the glamour, buys Versace for $2bn
Associated Press, Published on 25/09/2018
» NEW YORK: Michael Kors is buying the Italian fashion house Versace in a deal worth more than $2 billion (€1.83 billion), continuing its hard charge into the world of high-end fashion.
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.
US government shuts down
Associated Press, Published on 20/01/2018
» WASHINGTON: The federal government shut down at the stroke of midnight Friday, halting all but the most essential operations and marring the one-year anniversary of President Donald Trump's inauguration in a striking display of Washington dysfunction.
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.
As girlfriend returns to US, Vegas gunman's profile emerges
Associated Press, Published on 04/10/2017
» LAS VEGAS: The Las Vegas gunman's girlfriend, back in the United States after a weeks-long trip abroad, will be at the centre of the investigation into the shooting deaths of 59 people as authorities try to determine why a man with no known record of violence or crime would open fire on a concert crowd from a high-rise hotel.
Hugh Hefner's Playboy lives on, though as a shadow of itself
Associated Press, Published on 01/10/2017
» NEW YORK: Playboy Enterprises has outlived the founder of its iconic magazine, though largely as a shadow of its former self.
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.