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China unveils plan for huge anniversary military parade
About 15,000 personnel, over 160 aircraft and 580 pieces of weaponry and equipment will be part of the upcoming October 1 National Day military parade, in 59 formations and echelons, accompanied by the Central Military Band of the People's Liberation Army of China.
The 80-minute military parade, which will highlight China's military advances over the past 70 years, will be the biggest in recent years, according to Major General Cai Zhijun, deputy director of the Leading Group Office of Military Parade and deputy director-general of the Operation Bureau of the Joint Staff Department at the Central Military Commission (CMC).
The parade will showcase the great accomplishments made in military reform and China's will to safeguard sovereignty, security and development interests, and uphold world peace and regional stability. (CGTN)
British PM won't resign after court rules suspension of parliament unlawful
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Tuesday he will not resign in the wake of a Supreme Court ruling that his suspension of the House of Commons was unlawful.
As MPs headed back to London for a re-opening of parliament Wednesday, Johnson was in New York addressing business leaders. He is expected to leave the US Tuesday to return to London.
Speaking to journalists in New York, Johnson said he would not resign as prime minister. (Xinhua)
Volkswagen bosses charged in Germany over diesel scandal
German prosecutors said Tuesday they have charged Volkswagen’s current chief executive and chairman as well as its former CEO with market manipulation in connection with the diesel emissions scandal that erupted in 2015.
CEO Herbert Diess, Chairman Hans Dieter Poetsch, and former chief Martin Winterkorn are accused of deliberately informing markets too late about the huge costs to the company that would result from the scandal, prosecutors in the city of Braunschweig said.
That, they said in a statement, meant the executives had improperly influenced the company’s share price. (AP)
End of Boeing 737 MAX grounding up to individual countries: US FAA
The Federal Aviation Administration said Monday that it still has no timeframe to lift the grounding of the Boeing 737 MAX, and that individual countries will decide when the plane can fly again.
The statement -- which points to a lack of consensus among regulators on when to clear the MAX for service -- followed a meeting of international regulators in Canada more than six months after the top-selling Boeing plane was grounded following the second of two deadly crashes that together claimed 346 lives.
Boeing has said that it expects to receive regulatory approval early in the fourth quarter for the plane to resume service. (AFP)
US soldier arrested for sharing bomb-making instructions
A US soldier who shared bomb-making instructions online and spoke of attacking the headquarters of a major television network using a car bomb has been arrested, the Justice Department said Monday.
Jarrett Smith, 24, an army private assigned to Fort Riley, Kansas, was charged in federal court in Topeka, Kansas, with one count of distributing information related to explosives, US Attorney Stephen McAllister said in a statement.
The network was not identified in court documents, the FBI said. (AFP)
Japanese rocket blasts off with batteries for space station
A Japanese supply ship rocketed toward the International Space Station on Tuesday, two weeks after a launch pad fire halted the first countdown.
Japanese officials traced the fire to static electricity and oxygen propellant, and corrected the problem.
The 4-ton shipment should arrive at the space station Saturday. Spacewalking astronauts will install the six new lithium-ion batteries later this year, replacing old-style batteries. (AP)
Old lady discovers Renaissance masterpiece in her kitchen
An early Renaissance masterpiece by the Florentine master Cimabue has been discovered in an old lady's kitchen in a town near Paris, art experts said Monday.
"Christ Mocked" is estimated to be worth between four and six million euros, according to Old Masters specialists Turquin.
They said the work was owned by an old lady in the northern French town of Compiegne, who had it hanging directly above a hotplate for cooking food in the kitchen.
The painting is thought to be part of a large diptych dating from 1280 when Cimabue painted eight scenes depicting Christ's passion and crucifixion. (AFP)
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