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Part of Los Angeles airport closed, gunfire reported
AFP, Published on 29/08/2016
» LOS ANGELES - Part of the busy Los Angeles International Airport was closed due to unconfirmed reports of gunfire, airport officials said on Twitter.
Wheels up for China's new aero-engine group
AFP, Published on 29/08/2016
» BEIJING - China officially launched a new multi-billion dollar jet engine conglomerate with almost 100,000 employees at the weekend, as Beijing seeks to become an aerospace power and compete with the likes of Rolls Royce and General Electric.
Year-long Mars isolation experiment in Hawaii ends
AFP, Published on 29/08/2016
» LOS ANGELES - The six people who went into isolation for a year in Hawaii to help Nasa plan for a mission to Mars emerged on Sunday, happy to breathe fresh air and meet new people.
Kerry arrives in Bangladesh after militant attacks
AFP, Published on 29/08/2016
» DHAKA - US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Bangladesh on Monday for talks with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on tackling local Islamist extremists following a wave of deadly attacks.
'Live drill' misfire launched deadly Taiwan missile
AFP, Published on 29/08/2016
» TAIPEI - An unsupervised Taiwanese naval officer who decided to experiment with a missile launcher and accidentally fired towards China was one of three people charged on Monday over the fatal incident.
SET falls 1.57 to 1,547.84 at midday
Online Reporters, Published on 29/08/2016
» The Stock Exchange of Thailand main index went down 1.57 points, or 0.10%, to close at 1,547.84 points at the end of trading session this morning. The trade value was 25.23 billion baht, with 6.19 billion shares traded.
Explosion at Brussels crime lab, 'not accidental'
AFP, Published on 29/08/2016
» BRUSSELS - An explosion at a criminology institute in Brussels early Monday has caused major damage but no casualties, prosecutors and the fire service said.
Australians cast off Olympic woes with national lap of honour
AFP, Published on 29/08/2016
» SYDNEY - Australian Olympic athletes cast off their Rio woes as they embarked on a nationwide "Welcome home" tour on Monday, starting with a samba-themed appearance at the Sydney Opera House.
Bad back to keep Aussie paceman Coulter-Nile out
AFP, Published on 29/08/2016
» SYDNEY - Australia pace bowler Nathan Coulter-Nile faces a lengthy spell out of cricket after being diagnosed with a serious back injury, Cricket Australia said on Monday.
Police snare 'China's Jack the Ripper': reports
AFP, Published on 29/08/2016
» BEIJING - Police believe they have captured a serial killer dubbed China's "Jack the Ripper" for the way he mutilated several of his 11 female victims, state-run media reported on Monday, nearly three decades after the first murder.