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Xiamen Air passenger jet overshoots runway in Manila, no casualties – Reuters

11:24 pm August 16, 2018

Reuters
MANILA (Reuters) – A Xiamen Air aircraft with 165 people on board veered off an airport runway in the Philippines capital of Manila shortly before midnight (1555 GMT) on Thursday, but there were no casualties. The Boeing 737-800, landing after a flight …
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The collapse of the Ponte Morandi in Genoa has shocked the world. People rightly expect that bridges do not fall down. But there are no absolutes — engineering science is not perfect, and there is much we don’t yet know. Worse, without structural …
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Washington Post
The Trump administration may delay a military parade slated for this fall, the Pentagon said Thursday, amid questions about the event’s increasing cost. Col. Rob Manning, a Pentagon spokesman, said in a statement that the parade, which President Trump …
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(CNN) The Vatican broke its silence on Thursday about a Pennsylvania grand jury report that detailed decades of sexual abuses by priests and cover-ups by bishops, calling the accusations “criminal and morally reprehensible.” “Regarding the report made …
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Washington Post
The Trump administration has formed a new “elite team of foreign affairs specialists,” led by the State Department, to coordinate and promote its pressure policies against Iran across the government and with other nations. Brian Hook, the department’s …
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New York Times
President Nicolás Maduro shortly before drone explosions interrupted his speech in Caracas on Aug. 4.CreditMiguel Gutiérrez/EPA, via Shutterstock. By Nicholas Casey. Aug. 16, 2018. MEDELLÍN, Colombia — Faced with nearly incomprehensible inflation …
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