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Troubled Boeing Starliner returns to Earth
Reuters, Published on 07/09/2024
» Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft landed uncrewed in a New Mexico desert late Friday, capping a three-month test mission hobbled by technical issues that forced the astronauts it had flown to the International Space Station to remain there until next year.
Sanctions have huge toll on Russian economy: report
AFP, Published on 02/08/2022
» WASHINGTON - The Russian economy has been deeply damaged by sanctions and the exit of international business since the country invaded Ukraine, according to a new report by Yale University business experts and economists.
Earthbound Boeing Starliner faces final challenge in key test mission
AFP, Published on 26/05/2022
» WASHINGTON - Boeing's Starliner capsule headed back to Earth Wednesday in the final step of a key test flight to prove itself worthy of providing rides for NASA astronauts to the International Space Station.
Two huge explosions rock Beirut, dozens wounded
AFP, Published on 04/08/2020
» BEIRUT - Two huge explosions rocked the Lebanese capital Beirut on Tuesday, wounding dozens of people, shaking buildings and sending huge plumes of smoke billowing into the sky.
'Dieselgate' recall of more Mercedes vehicles 'likely'
AFP, Published on 22/02/2020
» FRANKFURT AM MAIN - German authorities will "likely" discover software rigging the level of diesel emissions in Mercedes-Benz cars other than those already sanctioned, the Daimler group warned on Friday.
After mission failure, Boeing Starliner returning to Earth early
AFP, Published on 22/12/2019
» WASHINGTON - Boeing's new Starliner spacecraft will return to Earth on Sunday, six days early, after a clock problem prevented a rendezvous with the International Space Station, NASA and the aerospace giant confirmed Saturday.
Tesla probes car fire in Shanghai
AFP, Published on 22/04/2019
» SHANGHAI - US electric auto maker Tesla said Monday it had launched an investigation after a video circulating in China showed one of its cars suddenly burst into flames in a garage in Shanghai.
Toyota recalls 1.7 mn more autos over Takata airbag defects
AFP, Published on 10/01/2019
» NEW YORK - Toyota on Wednesday announced a recall of 1.7 million vehicles in North America as part of a general effort to replace defective Takata airbags tied to some 20 deaths worldwide.
Malaysia gets tough on Takata airbag replacements
Associated Press, Published on 02/06/2018
» KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's transport minister said Saturday that owners of more than 71,000 affected Honda cars will be penalised if they fail to replace flawed Takata air bags, in a drastic move to curb fatalities.