Myanmar's junta sentenced ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Wednesday to another six years in prison for corruption, a source with knowledge of the case said, taking the Nobel laureate's total jail time to 26 years.. In the latest case, the Nobel laureate was "sentenced to three years imprisonment each for two corruption cases" in which she had been accused of taking bribes from a businessman, the source said.
Japan's space agency said it sent a self-destruct order to its Epsilon rocket after a failed launch on Wednesday because of a problem that meant the craft could not safely fly.. It was Japan's first failed rocket launch since 2003, and public broadcaster NHK said the self-destruct order was issued around 10 minutes after liftoff.
Hundreds of mourners and survivors commemorated on Wednesday the 20th anniversary of the bombings that killed more than 200 people on the Indonesian resort island of Bali.. "I think about all the people that didn't make it, and what they'd be doing," he told ABC radio on Wednesday.
Russia's economy may face multiple long-term challenges, but for now energy exports appear to be helping it ride out Western sanctions imposed over the offensive against Ukraine.. However the Russian economy finds itself ever more dependent on energy exports and slipping further behind on many high value sectors.
The familiar plume of smoke no longer billows from one of the two chimneys at ArcelorMittal's massive steelworks in Hamburg's harbour.. - America beckons - Outside ArcelorMittal's Hamburg plant, a mound of iron ore pellets is piled high, awaiting the steelworks' full resumption.
Japan's space agency said it sent a self-destruct order to its Epsilon rocket after a failed launch on Wednesday because of a problem that meant the craft could not safely fly.. Public broadcaster NHK and other media outlets said it was Japan's first failed rocket launch since 2003.
Under a blue sky, seasonal workers ran their secateurs along long rows of grapevines, harvesting a variety of pinot noir grown during the summer heatwave.. During the harvest period, the estate is a beehive of 200 workers, more than half of them seasonal.
Briton Rida Azeem knew her dental trip to Turkey had gone badly wrong the second she took off her mask.. Just to repair the damage, Rida Azeem and Alana Boone have been quoted treatment costing $30,000, three to four times what they paid to have their work done in Turkey.
Hundreds of mourners and survivors commemorated Wednesday the 20th anniversary of the bombings that killed more than 200 people on the Indonesian resort island of Bali, as Jakarta considers the early release of one of the attack's masterminds.. But the Indonesian government is considering an early release for Bali bombmaker Umar Patek.
In Brazil, supporting the right presidential candidate may actually get you a hot date.. But Vivian supports Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, a leftist who is one of two politicians facing off in a presidential runoff vote on October 30.
