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China’s Shanghai Spacecom Satellite Technology launched 18 internet satellites into orbit to challenge Elon Musk-owned SpaceX’s Starlink, but the rocket broke apart after deploying its payload. — Reuters pic

China’s broken rocket challenge to SpaceX creates debris, now 1,000 satellites around Earth at risk of collision

A screen grab by Globo TV showing an aerial view of the wreckage of an airplane that crashed with 61 people on board in Vinhedo, Sao Paulo State, Brazil, on August 9, 2024. — AFP pic

Passenger plane to Sao Paolo with 61 on board crashes, no survivors; Brazil president declares three days’ mourning (VIDEO)

Xin Bao, one of the two Chinese giant pandas at the San Diego Zoo. — Reuters pic

Pandamonium at the zoo as San Diego welcomes cutest new residents

A huge earthquake was more likely in the aftermath of a magnitude 7.1 jolt in the south yesterday, which left 14 people injured. — Reuters pic/Kyodo

Japan’s megaquake alert: PM cancels trip, bullet trains run slower, panic-buying kicks in

China has begun putting up an email address to report 'clues and crimes' of those listed as well as others following in their footsteps. — AFP pic

China wants Taiwanese to snitch on independence supporters, denounce ‘diehard secessionists’

A fan gestures as fans of the singer Taylor Swift gather following the cancellation of three Taylor Swift concerts at Happel stadium after the government confirmed a planned attack at the venue, in Vienna, Austria August 8, 2024. — Reuters pic

Iraqi teen detained in Vienna after Taylor Swift attack plot foiled

The public is being asked to stop donating unhealthy food and drinks to monks. — AFP pic

Cambodia: Please stop giving monks energy drinks, it’s giving them diabetes

Natthaphong Ruengpanyawut (2nd L), leader of the relaunched Thai opposition party

Disbanded Thai opposition party relaunches under new name, leader

Rappler CEO and Nobel Laureate Maria Ressa gestures after a Manila court acquitted her from a tax evasion case, outside the Court of Tax Appeals in Quezon City, Philippines January 18, 2023. — Reuters pic

Philippine court orders corporate regulator to restore license of shutdown media outfit Rappler

People gather outside the parliament building, a day after the resignation of Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, August 6, 2024. — Reuters pic

Sheikh Hasina will return to Bangladesh for elections, her son says

Authorities in San Isidro, Argentina—location of the fabled 2006 'heist of the century'—announced yesterday that they had prevented a repeat crime. — AFP pic

Almost a new ‘heist of the century’ in Argentina, tunnel used 'better than El Chapo'

British Airways confirmed it will maintain daily flights to Shanghai and Hong Kong. — Reuters pic

British Airways to suspend London-Beijing direct flights

The US space agency has been discussing potential plans with SpaceX to leave two seats empty on an upcoming Crew Dragon launch for Nasa astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who became the first crew to fly Boeing's Starliner capsule. — Reuters pic

Nasa says astronauts stranded after eight-day trip to ISS could return in Feb 2025... maybe

Nobel Peace laureate Muhammad Yunus returned home to Bangladesh today to lead a new interim government after weeks of tumultuous student protests forced Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to resign and flee to neighbouring India. — Reuters pic

Nobel laureate Yunus arrives home to lead Bangladesh, says students will be his guide

British police said there was nothing to indicate that a planned attack on a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna would have an impact on her shows at Wembley Stadium, London, next week. — AFP pic

Taylor Swift to shake off Vienna threats: UK police say London dates not unaffected

People wearing clothing to protect themselves against the sun walk on The Bund amid a red alert for heatwave in Shanghai August 1, 2024. — Reuters pic

Two die of heatstroke, many more ill in China as 40°C temperatures persist for eighth day