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Legendary songwriter Burt Bacharach dead at 94
AFP, Published on 09/02/2023
» LOS ANGELES - Legendary American pop composer, songwriter and pianist Burt Bacharach, whose prolific output provided a chart-topping playlist for the 1960s and 1970s with hits like "I Say a Little Prayer," has died in Los Angeles at the age of 94.
Legendary songwriter Burt Bacharach dead at 94
AFP, Published on 09/02/2023
» LOS ANGELES - Legendary American pop composer Burt Bacharach, whose prolific output provided a chart-topping playlist for the 1960s and 70s with hits like "I Say a Little Prayer," has died in Los Angeles aged 94, US media said Thursday.
UK strikes to intensify as teachers and nurses announce walkouts
AFP, Published on 17/01/2023
» LONDON - Industrial action looked set to intensify Monday as Britain's largest teaching and nursing unions announced further walkouts over pay, while the government seeks to limit strikes with a controversial bill.
Russia probes pilot error after deadly plane blaze
AFP, Published on 07/05/2019
» MOSCOW - Russian investigators were on Tuesday considering pilot error as the cause of a crash-landing that saw a plane erupt in flames at Moscow's busiest airport and kill 41 people, media reported.
Pilot says lightning caused deadly Russian crash landing
AFP, Published on 06/05/2019
» MOSCOW - The pilot of a Russian passenger plane that erupted in a ball of fire on the runway of Moscow's busiest airport, killing 41 people, said lightning led to the emergency landing.
Aborted launch astronauts to go to space next spring: Russia
AFP, Published on 12/10/2018
» MOSCOW - Russian cosmonaut Aleksey Ovchinin and US astronaut Nick Hague are likely to go into space in the spring after their flight was suddenly aborted, the head of the Russian space agency said Friday.