| Grieving orca highlights plight of endangered whales Posted: 01 Aug 2018 01:45 PM PDT  SEATTLE (AP) — Whale researchers are keeping close watch on an endangered orca that has spent the past week keeping her dead calf afloat in Pacific Northwest waters, a display that has struck an emotional chord around the world and highlighted the plight of the declining population that has not seen a successful birth since 2015.
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| Aeromexico crash: Stronger planes can mean fewer fatalities Posted: 01 Aug 2018 09:55 AM PDT  FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Passengers in plane crashes like the Aeromexico accident — in which no one died — have better chances of survival due to better aircraft construction and safety standards, experts say.
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| Questions raised over identity of war dead repatriated from North Korea to US Posted: 01 Aug 2018 07:20 AM PDT  The 55 sets of human remains handed over by North Korea to the United States may include troops from other nations that fought in the Korean War after it was confirmed that only one identification tag was included with the bodies. A US defence official told the Associated Press that it will probably take months, if not years, to identify with any certainty the identities of the troops. As the remains were due to land on US soil for the first time on Wednesday, John Byrd, director of scientific analysis at the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), the US agency that deals with soldiers missing in action, said preliminary findings suggested that "they are likely to be American remains" as they were consistent with those repatriated in the past. "But I would caution... to keep in mind that it's not necessarily the case that the dog tag goes with the remains... in the box," he added, underscoring the challenges of identifying the recovered remains. There are no further details about the military dog tag that was handed over when a US military transport aircraft flew to Kalma Airport, on the outskirts of the North Korean city of Wonsan, on Friday. The aircraft returned to the US Air Force base at Osan where the remains were handed over to representatives of the DPAA. The United Nations Command held a ceremony at the air base on Wednesday to mark the formal repatriation. The event was attended by Song Young-moo, the South Korean defence minister, and General Vincent Brooks, the commander of the UNC. Repatriation | Identifying the dead of the Korean war Following the ceremony, the caskets containing the remains are being flown to the agency's laboratories at the Pearl Harbor-Hickam military base in Hawaii for full forensic examinations to begin on US soil. The remains within each box may not be those of a single person and are likely fragments of bones, said Paul Cole, an expert on recovery of soldiers missing in action and prisoners of war, who worked as a visiting scientific fellow at Hawaii's Central Identification Laboratory. "Problems such as inability to get DNA from bones and lack of a DNA reference sample from the family can be major stumbling blocks," added Chuck Prichard, director of public affairs for the Defense POW/MIA Personnel Accounting Agency, the US military's main unit for finding and identifying missing members. Jim Mattis, the US defence secretary, stated last week that the return of the remains is a positive step, but added that there are no guarantees they are of US military personnel. "We don't know who is in those boxes", he said, adding that some might be from other nations that committed troops to the 1950-'53 Korean War. "They could go to Australia", he said. "They have missing. France has missing. Americans have. There's a whole lot of us. So this is an international effort to bring closure for those families". While US officials are clearly disappointed that the North Koreans did not provide more information on the bodies that were being repatriated, it has raised the possibility that at least some of them may be of British personnel killed in the conflict. Some 1,108 British troops were killed in the war, with 336 still listed as missing.
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| No fatalities in Mexican plane crash Posted: 01 Aug 2018 06:03 AM PDT ![No fatalities in Mexican plane crash]( "No fatalities in Mexican plane crash") An Aeromexico jetliner taking off in a blustery storm smashed down into a nearby field but skidded to a stop virtually intact, and all 103 people aboard were able to escape advancing flames before fire engulfed the aircraft.
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| Gun Rights Activists Defy Court Ruling, Post 3D-Printed Gun Blueprints Online Posted: 01 Aug 2018 03:25 AM PDT  Gun rights activist groups found a way around the temporary halting of 3D-
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| Aeromexico Plane Crash Was Caused by a Gust of Wind, Mexican Governor Says Posted: 01 Aug 2018 12:48 AM PDT  A Mexican governor says a gust of wind hit an Aeromexico jetliner after it took off, causing the plane to hit the ground with its left wing
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| Dozens injured in Mexican plane crash Posted: 31 Jul 2018 08:10 PM PDT  Dozens of people were injured as an airliner crashed on takeoff during a heavy hail storm in northern Mexico, engulfing the plane in flames, officials said Tuesday. "It is confirmed that there have been no deaths from the flight #AM2431 accident," tweeted Jose Rosas, the governor of Durango, where the crash happened. "Approximately 85 people are injured," Durango's civil defense spokesman Alejandro Cardoza told Milenio.
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| U.S. says it expects North Korea to uphold promise to give up nuclear arms Posted: 31 Jul 2018 06:58 PM PDT  By Lesley Wroughton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department said on Tuesday it expects Pyongyang to keep its commitment made at a June leaders' summit to give up its nuclear arms and would press southeast Asian nations during meetings this week to maintain sanctions against North Korea. Questions have arisen over Pyongyang's commitment to denuclearize after U.S. spy satellite material detected renewed activity at the North Korean factory that produced the country's first intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) capable of reaching the United States. The department left open the possibility that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo could meet North Korean officials during meetings of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) bloc in Singapore this weekend.
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| U.S. Revokes Visas Of Nicaraguan Officials Over Violence Against Protesters Posted: 31 Jul 2018 05:01 PM PDT  President Donald Trump's White House moved Monday to revoke the visas of
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| Trump says collusion is not a crime as first Russia probe trial begins Posted: 31 Jul 2018 02:35 PM PDT  By Doina Chiacu WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump again attacked Special Counsel Robert Mueller's probe into Russia and the 2016 U.S. election on Tuesday, reiterating that his campaign did not collude with Moscow and saying collusion is not a crime anyway. Trump commented hours before his former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, was due to go on trial on tax and bank fraud charges in Virginia. As the first trial in the 14-month Russia probe, the case throws a fresh spotlight on a federal criminal investigation that has dogged Trump's presidency.
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