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Airlines hunting for suspected fake engine parts

PARIS, Sept 4, 2023 (AFP) - Aircraft engine manufacturer CFM, a joint venture between GE and Safran, has alerted its…

Two dead, three missing as torrential rains lash Spain

MADRID, Sept 4, 2023 (AFP) - Two people died and three were missing on Monday after heavy rains lashed drought-hit…

Hong Kong saw hottest summer on record in 2023

HONG KONG, Sept 4, 2023 (AFP) - Hong Kong experienced its hottest summer on record this year, with the city…

Storm Haikui heads to China after double landfall in Taiwan

By Sean CHANG and Amber WANG Typhoon Haikui toppled hundreds of trees, damaged coastal roads and dumped torrential rain across…

Zelensky replaces defence minister, Russian drones hit Ukraine port

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday announced the departure of defence minister Oleksiy Reznikov, calling for "new approaches" a year…

N.Korea test-fires missiles as part of mock ‘nuclear attack’

SEOUL, Sept 2, 2023 (AFP) - North Korea staged a "simulated tactical nuclear attack" drill at the weekend with mock…

Australia sending delegation to China to ‘stabilise’ ties

SYDNEY, Sept 2, 2023 (AFP) - Australia will send a delegation of industry, government, academic, media and arts representatives to…

From the Moon to the Sun: India launches next space mission

SRIHARIKOTA, India, Sept 2, 2023 (AFP) - The latest mission in India's ambitious space programme blasted off Saturday on a…

Bill Richardson, globe-trotting US diplomat, dead at 75

WASHINGTON, Sept 2, 2023 (AFP) - Bill Richardson, a veteran Democratic politician and former US ambassador to the United Nations…

Paris fumigates for tiger mosquitoes as pest spreads in Europe

© Agence France-Presse Health authorities in Paris fumigated areas of the French capital for the first time on Thursday to…

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