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Vietnam backs Cambodia's Mekong canal, urges cooperation on impacts
Reuters, Published on 21/08/2024
» HANOI - Vietnam supports Cambodia's plan to build a canal from the Mekong River basin to the Cambodian coast and would like to be involved in finding solutions for the canal's possible negative effects, its foreign ministry said on Thursday.
Ukraine says it hits pontoon bridges in Russia, Moscow reports gains
Reuters, Published on 21/08/2024
» KYIV - Ukraine said on Wednesday it was destroying Russian pontoon bridges with US-made weapons to defend its incursion into Russia's Kursk region, as Moscow said its forces had halted Kyiv's advance there and gained ground in eastern Ukraine.
Pilgrim bus overturns, killing 28 in Iran
Reuters, Published on 21/08/2024
» DUBAI - A bus carrying Pakistani pilgrims overturned in central Iran, killing 28 passengers and injuring another 23 people, state media reported on Wednesday.
Thai economy 'nearly in crisis'
Reuters, Published on 21/08/2024
» Thailand's economy is nearly in crisis due to declining exports and uncompetitive manufacturing, caretaker Finance Minister Pichai Chunhavajira said on Wednesday.
Putin inspects troops readying to fight Ukraine in surprise trip to Chechnya
Reuters, Published on 21/08/2024
» Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov on Tuesday inspected Chechen troops and volunteers readying to fight Ukraine, the Kremlin said, in what was Putin's first trip in 13 years to the North Caucasus republic.
US FAA requires inspections of Boeing 787 planes following mid-air dive
Reuters, Published on 20/08/2024
» WASHINGTON: The US Federal Aviation Administration said on Monday it would require inspections of Boeing 787 Dreamliners following an incident in March when a LATAM Airlines plane went into a sudden mid-air dive that injured more than 50 passengers.
Thai growth quickens in Q2 on higher consumption, tourism
Reuters, Published on 19/08/2024
» Thai economic growth strengthened in the second quarter due to increases in consumption, tourism and exports, official data showed on Monday, and the government narrowed its full-year growth forecast range.
French actor Alain Delon dies aged 88, French media report
Reuters, Published on 18/08/2024
» PARIS: French actor Alain Delon, who melted the hearts of millions of film fans whether playing a murderer, hoodlum or hitman in his postwar heyday, has died, French media reported on Sunday. He was 88.
Swiss International flight makes unexpected landing in Kazakhstan due to medical incident
Reuters, Published on 18/08/2024
» A Boeing 777 aircraft operated by Swiss International Air Lines flying from Tokyo to Zurich made an emergency landing in Kazakhstan on Saturday due to a medical incident onboard, followed by issues after the aircraft landed, the airline said.
Climate activists breach security at four German airports
Reuters, Published on 15/08/2024
» BERLIN - Two German airports temporarily suspended flights on Thursday morning after climate activists breached their airfields as part of a larger protest action targeting four airports nationwide.