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Ecuador under state of emergency, curfew after narco boss escapes 09 Jan 2024 - 11:53 am

Quito: Ecuador declared a state of emergency Monday after a dangerous narco boss escaped from maximum security detention and unrest broke out at...

iPhone survives 16,000-foot fall from Alaska Airlines flight 09 Jan 2024 - 08:52 am

Washington: Now that's what you call airplane mode -- an iPhone that plummeted 16,000 feet (5,000 meters) from an Alaska Airlines flight landed...

25 killed in bus, truck crash in Brazil: firefighters 08 Jan 2024 - 03:57 pm

Brasília: At least 25 people have been killed after a tourist bus collided with a truck in Bahia state in northeastern Brazil, state...

First US lunar lander in five decades blasts off on private mission 08 Jan 2024 - 01:14 pm

Cape Canaveral: The first American spacecraft to attempt to land on the Moon in more than half a century successfully launched early Monday,...

Blown-out door plug of Alaska Air Max 9 jet located 08 Jan 2024 - 09:33 am

A key piece of the Alaska Airlines plane that suffered a serious blowout on the evening of Jan. 5 has been found, according...

Winter storm arrives in NYC, bringing mix of rain and snow 07 Jan 2024 - 12:35 pm

Light snow fell in New York City on Saturday as the first potent winter storm in more than a year moved up the...

Over 170 aircrafts worldwide to be affected as US orders Boeing 737 MAX 9 inspection 07 Jan 2024 - 12:31 pm

Washington: The US air safety regulator said Saturday it was grounding some Boeing 737 MAX 9 jets pending inspections, a day after a...

A Boom, a whoosh, a flicker: ‘I started to text my loved ones’ 07 Jan 2024 - 11:00 am

Nicholas Hoch was relaxing with a podcast onboard Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 as it left Portland, Oregon, on Friday night. A few minutes...

Protesters calling for cease-fire in Gaza block freeway in Seattle for several hours 07 Jan 2024 - 10:00 am

Seattle: Protesters calling for a cease-fire in Gaza blocked northbound traffic on Interstate 5 in Seattle for several hours Saturday. The state transportation...

Canadian skier Grenier takes rain-marred World Cup GS for 2nd career win 06 Jan 2024 - 06:25 pm

Kranjska Gora, Slovenia:Valerie Grenier has made a triumphant return to the resort of her first World Cup victory. The Canadian skier won a...

Alaska Air grounds Boeing 737 Max-9 fleet after fuselage blowout 06 Jan 2024 - 02:37 pm

Alaska Airlines said it will ground its fleet of Boeing Co. 737 Max-9 jets after a window and a portion of the plane’s...

Brazilian Mario Zagallo, first person to win World Cup as player and manager, dies 06 Jan 2024 - 11:14 am

Sao Paulo: The first person to win the FIFA World Cup as both a player and coach, Mario Zagallo was as instrumental a...

Flight makes emergency landing in Oregon after window and chunk of fuselage blows out 06 Jan 2024 - 10:01 am

Portland, Ore.: An Alaska Airlines flight made an emergency landing in Oregon on Friday after a window and a chunk of its fuselage...

Supreme Court to rule if Trump can be barred from holding office 06 Jan 2024 - 08:23 am

The US Supreme Court agreed to consider whether Colorado can bar Donald Trump from the presidential ballot, taking up a landmark constitutional and...