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After floods, disease wave plagues Pakistan
AFP, Published on 07/10/2022
» JOHI, Pakistan: His head haloed by a whirlwind of mosquitoes, Aamir Hussain stands on the roof of his home in southern Pakistan surveying the fetid floodwaters all around.
Super Typhoon Noru slams into the Philippines
Published on 25/09/2022
» Super Typhoon Noru slammed into the Philippines Sunday, battering the heavily populated main island of Luzon with strong winds and heavy rain that have forced hundreds of people to flee their homes.
Super Typhoon Noru barrels towards Philippines
Published on 25/09/2022
» A super typhoon barrelled towards the Philippines Sunday and was on track to slam into the heavily populated main island of Luzon, forcing the evacuations of coastal communities, authorities said.
Mopeds, rickshaws key to EV boom
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 18/09/2022
» In the United States, luxury-car buyers are snapping up Teslas and other electric cars that cost more than US$60,000 (2.2 million baht), and even relatively cheap models cost more than $25,000.
China planning supersonic missile that can fly, swim
Published on 13/09/2022
» Chinese scientists plan boron-powered supersonic missile that can fly and also swim like a traditional torpedo, according to researchers involved in the project.
Uncrewed Blue Origin rocket crashes in setback for space tourism
AFP, Published on 13/09/2022
» WASHINGTON - An uncrewed Blue Origin rocket carrying research payloads crashed shortly after liftoff from Texas on Monday, but the capsule carrying experiments escaped and floated safely back to Earth.
Russians killed two Zaporizhzhia nuclear staff, abused others: Ukraine
AFP, Published on 10/09/2022
» KYIV (UKRAINE): Russian forces controlling Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant have killed two staff at the facility and detained and abused dozens of others, the head of Ukraine's nuclear energy agency told AFP on Friday.
Launch of Moon rocket scrubbed again
AFP, Published on 03/09/2022
» KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Florida: NASA on Saturday scrapped a second attempt to get its new 30-storey rocket off the ground and send its uncrewed test capsule toward the Moon after engineers detected a fuel leak.
NASA readies for Moon rocket launch attempt
AFP, Published on 02/09/2022
» The stars appear to be aligned for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Moon rocket to finally blast off on Saturday, with weather forecasts favourable and technical issues that postponed the launch earlier this week resolved.
NASA Artemis rocket set to launch to the Moon
AFP, Published on 29/08/2022
» KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, United States: NASA's most powerful rocket yet is set to lift off on Monday on the maiden voyage of a mission to take humans back to the Moon, and eventually to Mars.