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Cathay crew members 'thrown to ceiling' in air turbulence incident

A passenger and six cabin crew members on board a Brisbane-bound Cathay Pacific flight were injured when the aircraft was struck by severe air turbulence on Monday.

SCMP | 2017-10-10 10:24

Anti-nuclear campaigner ICAN wins Nobel Peace Prize

The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded Friday to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), a group of mostly young activists pushing for a global treaty to ban the cataclysmic bombs. The award of the $1.1-million prize comes amid heightened tensions over both North Korea's aggressive development of nuclear weapons and President Donald Trump's persistent critici...

Europe | 2017-10-06 20:26

Shooting star explodes over China, produces incredible fireball show [VIDEO]

A small meteor exploded over China’s southwestern region of Yunnan Province on Wednesday evening, lighting up the dark sky with what observes called “incredible fireballs.” The meteor is believed to have landed somewhere in the region. There are no reports of casualties or property loss, according to China’s state media Xinhua. “We first heard a big bang and then saw a light,...

Asia Pacific | 2017-10-06 12:12

Trio takes chemistry Nobel for 'cool' method to study molecules

Scientists Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson were awarded the Nobel Chemistry Prize on Wednesday for cryo-electron microscopy, a simpler and better method for imaging tiny, frozen molecules.

Europe | 2017-10-04 19:26

Gunman from hotel perch kills 59, wounds 527 in Las Vegas

The victims just kept coming. In private cars, in ambulances waiting four or five deep, from the walking wounded to the barely alive, they arrived in droves.

Americas | 2017-10-03 19:40

Barry Barish, Kip Thorne and Rainer Weiss of US win Nobel Physics Prize for gravitational waves

US astrophysicists Barry Barish, Kip Thorne and Rainer Weiss won the Nobel Physics Prize on Thursday for their discovery of gravitational waves, the Nobel jury said.

Europe | 2017-10-03 19:22

Witness and survivor accounts from the Las Vegas shooting

It was a night of music that turned to chaos and horror. There were 22,000 country music fans at the outdoor Las Vegas concert when the shooting started. Police said 59 people died and 527 were injured when a shooter rained gunfire down on them from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay casino hotel. Here are the accounts of survivors and their loved ones, interviewed by The Ass...

2017-10-03 11:37

Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock: retired accountant, heavy gambler

Stephen Craig Paddock, the retired accountant who smuggled an arsenal into a swank Las Vegas hotel and mowed down concert-goers from a 32nd story window, was a high-stakes gambler whose bank-robber father was once on the FBI's most wanted list.

Americas | 2017-10-03 11:18

Gunman from hotel perch kills 59, wounds 527 in Las Vegas

Las Vegas hotel gunman's motive a mystery

The motive behind the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history remained a mystery as police sought to learn more about the apparent ``lone wolf'' gunman who opened fire on thousands of concertgoers from the 32nd floor of a Las Vegas hotel. At least 59 people were killed and more than 500 others injured in the shooting, which happened during a Sunday night performance by...

2017-10-03 11:05

US biology trio wins Nobel Medicine Prize

US geneticists Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael W. Young were awarded the Nobel Medicine Prize Monday for shedding light on the internal biological clock that governs the wake-sleep cycles of most living things.

2017-10-02 19:51

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