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Watch: Obama looks to boost economic, security ties in Asia

Monday, 23 May 2016, 06:40 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

President Barack Obama's mission in Vietnam and Japan is to build stronger economic and security ties with Asian-Pacific allies anxious about the rise of an increasingly muscular China. That...

Watch: Smoke, cockpit woes signal chaotic end for EgyptAir plane

Sunday, 22 May 2016, 06:34 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

Leaked flight data showing trouble in the cockpit and smoke in a plane lavatory are bringing into focus the chaotic final moments of EgyptAir Flight 804, including a three-minute period before contact...

Dutch, Australian climbers die after reaching Everest summit

Sunday, 22 May 2016, 06:30 Last update: about 11 years ago Associated Press

A Dutch man and an Australian woman died of apparent altitude sickness while descending from the summit of Mount Everest in the first deaths this year on the world's highest mountain. Eric...

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