Pilot errors, onboard failures possible Aeroflot crash factors

Failure in communication and loss of automated flight control system caused the Aeroflot Superjet 100 plane to return to the airport on Sunday, during which it caught fire and crashed in an emergency landing, Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport said on Tuesday.

China boosts UN peacekeeping role

China said through its envoy to the United Nations that it would continue contributing to building UN peacekeeping capacity and honor its commitment to world peace with concrete action.

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South Africans go to national polls

South Africans will go to the polls on Wednesday, when President Cyril Ramaphosa will be battling it out with Julius Malema and Mmusi Maimane from the two main opposition parties, the Economic Freedom Fighters, or EFF, and Democratic Alliance, or DC.

Aussie prime minister hit with egg in protest

Australia's prime minister was hit on the head with an egg and a woman was knocked off her feet on Tuesday during a protest ahead of a general election next week, The Associated Press reported.

Venezuela official says five dead and 233 detained in coup attempt

CARACAS, Venezuela - At least five people were killed and around 233 people arrested after the April 30 coup attempt in Venezuela, Venezuela's Prosecutor General Tarek William Saab said on Monday.

UK law firms face disciplinary action over money laundering risk

Twenty-six law firms operating in the United Kingdom face disciplinary action for failing to ensure their clients did not use them to launder money.

Humans accelerating species extinction

PARIS - Humanity is rapidly destroying the natural world upon which our prosperity - and ultimately our survival - depends, according to a landmark United Nations assessment of the state of nature released on Monday.

China's EU envoy urges more BRI cooperation

China and the Europe should step up their practical cooperation on the Belt and Road Initiative, also known as BRI, according to China's top diplomat to the European Union.

Trump and Japan's Abe vow unity after DPRK's strike drill

Tokyo and Washington agreed to seek the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula by "coordinating bilateral efforts completely", as the two countries' leaders held telephone talks on Monday evening in response to Pyongyang's recent "strike drill" test involving short-range projectiles.

Former Justice lawyers say Trump charges justified

WASHINGTON - Almost 500 former US Justice Department officials said on Monday in a joint statement that the Mueller report's findings would justify obstruction charges against US President Donald Trump if he were not currently occupying the White House.

Pilot blames lightning for deadly crash landing

The pilot of a Russian passenger plane that erupted in a ball of fire on the runway of Moscow's busiest airport, killing 41 of the 78 people aboard, said lightning led to the emergency landing, Agence France-Presse reported.