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TOKYO/BEIJING (Reuters) - Hundreds of passengers trundled off a cruise ship in Japan on Wednesday after being held on board in quarantine for more than two weeks, as criticism mounted of Japan’s handling of the biggest coronavirus outbreak outside China. Even as passengers rolled their luggage off the Diamond Princess cruise liner, Japanese authorities announced…

Image copyright Getty Images Boeing's crisis-hit 737 Max jetliner faces a new potential safety issue as debris has been found in the fuel tanks of several of the planes.The head of Boeing's 737 programme has told employees that the discovery was "absolutely unacceptable".A Boeing spokesman said the company did not see the issue further delaying…

connect this — Tech reporter from The Guardian gets stuck in the boonies by the Internet of Things Jonathan M. Gitlin - Feb 18, 2020 3:06 pm UTC Enlarge / One of GIG Car Share's Toyota Priuses on a street in Berkley, California.Smith Collection/Gado/Getty ImagesOver the weekend, a trip to the Californian boonies by Guardian…

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The judge in the Harvey Weinstein rape case on Tuesday warned his lead defense lawyer that she must not talk to the press until the jury has reached a verdict, two days after the attorney wrote an opinion piece in Newsweek magazine about the case. FILE PHOTO: Film producer Harvey Weinstein's…

Image copyright Getty Images HSBC has said its profits for 2019 fell by 33%, mainly due to its investment and commercial banking operations in Europe.The bank, which makes the bulk of its revenue in Asia, reported annual profit before tax of $13.35bn (£10.3bn).The results come as an announcement on strategy is being made by interim…

flying falcolns — The 50th successful landing of a Falcon 9 first stage will have to wait. Eric Berger - Feb 17, 2020 2:00 pm UTC Enlarge / SpaceX launched its first batch of operational Starlink satellites in November.Trevor Mahlmann10:15am ET Update: The launch of a Falcon 9 rocket proceeded normally on Monday morning, but…

LONDON (Reuters) - Global shares were buoyant on Monday as the promise of further policy stimulus from China to counteract the economic hit from a coronavirus outbreak calmed nervous investors. Trading was light, with U.S. stocks and bond markets shut for a public holiday. Both the pan-European STOXX 600 index and Germany’s DAX reached record…

At least 22 people have been killed in an attack on a village in north-west Cameroon, the UN says. Over half those killed in Ntumbo were children, and local media report that several victims were burned alive.No-one has claimed responsibility for Friday's incident, but an opposition party blamed the army.Cameroon's government, which has been fighting…

Going downtown — "I thought it was this forgotten branch of aviation—and it never really had its chance." Eric Tegler - Feb 16, 2020 2:00 pm UTC If things had gone a little differently, the Rotodyne could have been a more convenient way to short haul air travel than the regional jets we now use.…

SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) - U.S. officials in hazmat suits boarded a cruise liner on Sunday to fly home Americans quarantined for two weeks off Japan, while China said measures such as locking down megacity Wuhan had at last slowed the pace of new coronavirus cases. After being held on board the Diamond Princess since Feb. 3,…