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Boeing MCAS anti-stall system was activated in Ethiopia crash: source
AFP, Published on 29/03/2019
» NEW YORK - Boeing's MCAS anti-stall system, which was implicated in the October crash of a 737 MAX 8 in Indonesia, was also activated shortly before a recent accident in Ethiopia, a source with knowledge of the investigation said Friday.
US, China set to resume 'candid' trade talks in Washington
AFP, Published on 29/03/2019
» WASHINGTON - US and Chinese trade negotiators will reconvene in Washington next week following "candid" and "constructive" talks in Beijing, but it may take time for the economic superpowers to settle a bruising tariffs battle.
Pro-Brexit marchers press for action
Published on 29/03/2019
» LONDON: Thousands of people opposed to Britain delaying its departure from the European Union marched through central London on Friday as the government scrambled to salvage its Brexit plan.
Chinese activists challenge cuts to Bohemian Rhapsody
Published on 29/03/2019
» An LGBT rights activist has been asking Chinese moviegoers what they thought about the censored version of Bohemian Rhapsody, the Hollywood movie about singer Freddie Mercury now showing in Chinese theatres.
A 'tragic life' for the displaced in Syria's Al-Hol camp
AFP, Published on 29/03/2019
» AL-HOL CAMP (SYRIA) - Malnourished children struck down by chronic diarrhoea, mothers too weak to breastfeed -- in northeastern Syria's Al-Hol camp, a humanitarian emergency is unfolding.
Democrats await final results before making move
Online Reporters, Published on 29/03/2019
» The Democrat Party is adopting a wait-and-see approach to its political future at a time when two groups are competing fiercely to form a coalition for a new government.
Kosovo bans gambling after casino killings
Published on 29/03/2019
» PRISTINA: Kosovo has banned all gambling for the next decade in a bid to crack down on crime after two casino staff were murdered last week.
Garfield beach phone mystery solved after 30 years
AFP, Published on 29/03/2019
» PLOUARZEL (FRANCE) - For more than 30 years bright orange "Garfield" phones have been washing up on the French coast to the bemusement of local beach cleaners, who have finally cracked the mystery behind them.
French New Wave film director Agnes Varda dead at 90
AFP, Published on 29/03/2019
» PARIS: French film director Agnes Varda, who emerged in the New Wave of intimate cinema of the 1960s and continued with artful documentaries and films mixing real-life events with fiction, has died aged 90, her family said on Friday.
Philippine journalist freed on bail after latest arrest
Published on 29/03/2019
» MANILA: The head of a Philippine news website known for critical reports about President Rodrigo Duterte was freed on bail hours after she was re-arrested at a Manila airport on Friday on charges she had violated foreign ownership rules.