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Starship megarocket blows up over Indian Ocean in latest bumpy test
By Moises Avila, with Issam Ahmed in Washington AFP SpaceX’s prototype Starship exploded over the Indian Ocean on Tuesday, capping another bumpy ...Portugal to expel some 18,000 illegal migrants ahead of snap national election
Portugal’s caretaker government plans to expel some 18,000 foreigners living in the country without authorization, a minister said Saturday in the buildup ...Massive disruption after power outage shuts London’s Heathrow airport
By Helen ROWE AFP Britain’s Heathrow airport — Europe’s busiest — shut down early on Friday after a major fire at an ...Thousands of Australians without power as storm Alfred lashes Queensland
Hundreds of thousands of people in Australia’s Queensland state were without power on Sunday after Alfred, a downgraded tropical cyclone, brought damaging ...Major flight disruptions hit Munich and Hamburg airports as union strike begins
Germany’s Munich and Hamburg airports were hit by strikes by public sector union Verdi on Thursday and Friday, with airlines cancelling about ...Colombia caves on deportations after Trump threats
By Shaun Tandon with David Salazar in Bogota AFP Colombia on Sunday backed down and agreed to accept deported citizens sent on ...Death toll rises to 179 in South Korean plane crash
BY HYUNG-JIN KIM and KIM TONG-HYUNG AP The deadliest air accident ever in South Korea killed 179 people on Sunday, when an airliner belly-landed ...Haiti reopens airport after month-long closure due to gang violence
Haiti’s government on Wednesday celebrated the reopening of the capital’s Toussaint Louverture International Airport, shut since last month, even as the U.S. ...At least 27 people die in Nigeria river, over 100 missing after boat capsizes
BY CHINEDU ASADU, Associated Press — At least 27 people died and more than 100, mostly women, were missing on Friday, after ...At least 60 dead in Nigeria boat accident, official says
By Ahmed Kingimi Reuters – At least 60 people were killed after a boat carrying mostly women and children returning from a ...














