American Airlines plane catches fire on runway at O'Hare Airport in Chicago

An American Airlines plane caught fire Friday afternoon on a runway at O'Hare Airport in Chicago, the United States, local officials said.

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Fireworks market fire burns 200 shops, 40 vehicles in India

Around 200 shops and 40 vehicles were burnt by a devastating fire on Saturday at a fireworks market in Indian state of Maharashtra, police said.

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Iraqi forces free town from IS in south of Mosul

The Iraqi security forces on Saturday freed a town from Islamic State (IS) group in south of the group's stronghold of Mosul, as major anti-IS offensive continued to seize more ground around the city, a security source told Xinhua.

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Duterte: Don't prepare for any joint war games with U.S. next year

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Wednesday that he has instructed his defense secretary, Delfin Lorenzana, not to make preparations for any joint war games with the U.S. next year.

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Can human be on Mars in 15 Years?

U.S. President Barack Obama said confidently on Tuesday that the United States aims to send humans to the planet Mars by the 2030s and return them "safely to Earth".

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Chinese president arrives in Cambodia for state visit

Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived here Thursday for a state visit to Cambodia aimed at further solidifying the traditional friendship between the two countries and deepen their comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership.

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Two economists share 2016 Nobel Prize in Economics

The 2016 Nobel Prize in Economics, or officially the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, has been awarded jointly to Oliver Hart and Bengt Holmstrom "for their

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