It happened in the tropical lull that is Havana's midday, usually a time for lunch and rest. A tremendous noise broke the calm: the crash of a passenger aircraft that had just taken off from the capital's airport. "The explosion shook everything," recounted Yasniel Diaz, who was near the airport and saw the plane fall [...]
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's air force has landed bombers on islands and reefs in the South China Sea as part of a training exercise in the disputed region, it said in a statement. Source: Reuters World News
A Cubana de Aviacion Boeing 737 crashed on takeoff from Havana's Jose Marti International Airport on Friday, according to Cuba's state-run television. Source: Latest CNN News
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration will withdraw assistance from northwest Syria dominated by Islamist factions and focus recovery efforts on areas where U.S.-led forces have retaken territory from Islamic State in the northeast, U.S. officials with knowledge of the decision said on Friday. Source: Reuters World News
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's defense ministry has called on armed groups in northern Myanmar to show restraint and declare an immediate ceasefire after conflicts in the region killed three Chinese citizens. Source: Reuters World News
HAVANA (Reuters) - More than 100 people were killed when a Boeing 737 crashed soon after taking off from Havana in what appeared to be Cuba's worst air disaster in nearly 30 years, and there were only three survivors, officials and state media said on Friday. Source: Reuters World News
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A political bloc led by populist cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, a long-time adversary of the United States who also opposes Iranian influence in Iraq, has won the country's parliamentary election, the electoral commission said on Saturday. Source: Reuters World News
A plane carrying at least 104 people crashed in Havana, Cuba. The Boeing 737 plane was heading to the Cuban city of Holguín. Source: Latest CNN News
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The Seychelles’ National History Museum is for the first time launching an exhibition through projection as part of activities to commemorate this year’s International Museum Day on May 18. The projection, which will be on the outside walls of the new museum, is how the institution is interpreting the theme “hyper-connected museums: new approaches, new [...]