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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police have arrested a Los Angeles man in connection with the discovery of the torso of a dismembered female body and the disappearance of his wife and her live-in parents. The Los Angeles Police Department confirmed Saturday the arrest of 35-year-old Samuel Haskell. The arrest was supported by evidence from a search of Haskell's home in the Tarzana area where he lived with his wife, in-laws and three children, police said. Haskell's 37-year-old wife, Mei Li Haskell, has gone missing along with her parents. Political Cartoons View All 1240 ImagesPolice identified Mei Li Haskell's parents as Gaoshan Li, 71, and Yanxiang Wang, 64.

Persons: Samuel Haskell, Mei Li Haskell, Haskell, Mei Li, Gaoshan Li, Yanxiang Wang Organizations: ANGELES, — Police, Los Angeles Police Department, Police Locations: Los Angeles, Hollywood

The pandas, accompanied by three zookeepers, will travel to a reserve in China’s mountainous Sichuan province, where an estimated 1,800 pandas are still found in the wild, according to the National Zoo. "It's a moment of joy because this is one more step in 50 years of a successful giant panda conservation program and hopefully the beginning of 50 more years of successful giant panda conservation," she said. Mei Xiang, 25, and Tian Tian, 26, arrived at the National Zoo in 2000. The trio, made famous by the zoo's "Giant Panda Cam" with more than 100 million views, were part of a fading legacy in which giant pandas served as animal ambassadors. Kimberly Blalock, a young visitor at the National Zoo on Tuesday, was among the last to see the pandas on display in Washington.

Persons: Xiang, Tian Tian, Xiao Qi Ji, munch, Brandie Smith, It's, Mei Xiang, Richard Nixon's, Kimberly Blalock, Kevin Fogarty, Kia Johnson, Rich McKay, David Gregorio Our Organizations: Boeing, FedEx Panda Express, Dulles International, National Zoo ., National Zoo, U.S . Pandas, China Wildlife Conservation, U.S, Georgia's Zoo, Thomson Locations: China, Sichuan, U.S, Memphis, San Diego, Georgia's, Georgia's Zoo Atlanta, Washington, Atlanta

Mei Xiang and Tian Tian arrived in 2000, about one year after Hsing-Hsing was euthanized due to kidney disease and eight years after Ling Ling’s passing from heart failure. The two new pandas stayed for a decade under the first formal pact, then remained under two consecutive five-year agreements. Mei Xiang gave birth in August 2020, at an age when scientists had thought she would no longer be able to have a baby. Zoos that host pandas outside of China usually agree to send cubs back before they turn 4, and to send adults back when they are elderly — Mei Xiang is 25 and Tian Tian 26. “I don’t want to have a panda pass away outside of China.”

Persons: Mei Xiang, Tian Tian, Hsing, Ling Ling’s, Xiao Qi Ji, ”, Melissa Songer, “ Locations: China, Washington

The pandas’ departure from the National Zoo leaves Zoo Atlanta as the only other US zoo to feature pandas from China, and not for much longer. First lady Pat Nixon welcomes China's giant pandas on April 20, 1972, at Washington's National Zoo. They have since become the parents of seven giant panda cubs born at Zoo Atlanta, according to the zoo. Staff at the National Zoo say they’re hopeful China might one day send over more giant pandas. Plans for the exhibit, with a welcome sign announcing the “Giant Pandas of Chengdu” and a panda-themed gift shop, aren’t clear.

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Last year, Taiwan's chip industry generated T$4.837 trillion ($150.27 billion) in revenue, nearly half of which came from TSMC, compared with Taiwan's GDP of T$22.667 trillion ($704.21 billion). "Taiwan's limited land and limited energy have always created a lot of pressure," GlobalWafers (6488.TWO) CEO Doris Hsu told reporters. 'FIVE SHORTAGES'The chip industry has long complained about Taiwan's "five shortages": land, water, energy, labour, and talent. Taiwan's government - determined to keep its crown jewel's most advanced technology at home - has said it will provide alternative options. The Longtan expansion had proposed acquiring 159 more hectares in the north, where TSMC and many chip companies are based.

Persons: Wei Hsin, Carlos Garcia Rawlins, Taiwan's, Wang Mei, TSMC, Doris Hsu, Hsu Shih, Rich, Chen Ting, Chen, Liao Chen, Cliff Hou, Isaiah, Lucy Chen, Chen Chi, Sarah Wu, Yimou Lee, Ben Blanchard, Gerry Doyle Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co, Taiwan's, National Chengchi University, Hsinchu Science Park, Reuters, Residents, TMSC's, Thomson Locations: Longtan, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Rights HSINCHU, LONGTAN, Hsinchu, United States, Japan, Germany, TSMC, Belgium, Arizona, Kaohsiung

☆ How might one get pandas to mate? Try leg workouts.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-29 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Pandas Mei Xiang, Tian Tian, and their cub, Xiao Qi Ji, will leave their enclosure in DC next year. During their time at the National Zoo, staff tried to get Mei Xiang and Tian Tian to mate. One of the exercises was to get Tian Tian to stand as tall as he could to work out his legs, according to the newspaper. For Mei Xiang, curators had her lie on a log to help her prepare for when Tian Tian approached her. AdvertisementAdvertisementSince her time in America, Mei Xiang has given birth to four surviving cubs with Tian Tian.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Zoo's three celebrity giant pandas will be heading home a little earlier than expected. Zoo officials told The Associated Press on Thursday that adult bears Mei Xiang and Tian Tian and their cub Xiao Qi Ji will be returning to China sometime in mid-November. The zoo’s exchange agreement with the Chinese government, originally brokered by President Richard Nixon 50 years ago, expires Dec. 7. The San Diego zoo returned its pandas in 2019, and the last bear at the Memphis, Tennessee, zoo went home earlier this year. The pandas return to China when they reach old age, and any cubs born in the United States are sent to China around age 3 or 4.

Persons: Mei Xiang, Tian Tian, Xiao Qi Ji, Richard Nixon, Annalisa Meyer Organizations: WASHINGTON, Associated Press, U.S, China Wildlife Conservation Association, Zoo, Atlanta Zoo Locations: China, Beijing, San Diego, Memphis , Tennessee, America, United States

[1/2] Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC) logo is seen while people attend the opening of the TSMC global R&D center in Hsinchu, Taiwan July 28, 2023. The company said it would work with the government-run Science Park Administration "to evaluate land in Taiwan suitable for building semiconductor fabs". The world's largest contract chipmaker was intending to build a 1-nanometre chip factory in Longtan, according to a Central News Agency report in December that quoted a Science Park Administration official. Taiwan Economy Minister Wang Mei-hua said the government would help TSMC with its land, water and power needs given that semiconductors are one of island's most important industries. Chen Chi-mai, mayor of Kaohsiung in the south where TSMC is currently building a 2-nanometre chip factory, said his city has enough water, power, and land for more semiconductor factories.

Persons: Ann Wang, chipmaker, Wang Mei, Chen Chi, Sarah Wu, Ben Blanchard, Yimou Lee, Edwina Gibbs Organizations: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, REUTERS, Rights, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co, Central News Agency, Administration, Taiwan, Thomson Locations: Hsinchu, Taiwan, Rights TAIPEI, Longtan, Kaohsiung, TSMC

REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsTAIPEI, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Taiwan's TSMC (2330.TW) said on Friday it expects to receive permission from the United States to supply its China plant with U.S. chipmaking tools indefinitely, in an easing of Washington's restrictions on foreign chipmakers operating in China. "We expect to receive a permanent authorization through the VEU process," TSMC said, noting that it did not previously need to apply for VEU status. Taiwan Economy Minister Wang Mei-hua said earlier on Friday that TSMC has received the waiver from the United States to supply U.S. equipment to the company's factory in China. However, the United States is continuing efforts to cut China off from top AI technology and plug gaps in export controls. The United States last year shook relations with Beijing when it unveiled new restrictions on shipments of AI chips and chipmaking tools to China, seeking to thwart its military advances.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, TSMC, Wang Mei, Biden, chipmaker, Sarah Wu, Ben Blanchard, Sonali Paul, Muralikumar Anantharaman, Simon Cameron, Moore Organizations: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, REUTERS, Rights, The U.S . Department of Commerce's, of Industry and Security, Reuters, Taiwan, Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix, Apple Inc, United, TSMC's, Thomson Locations: Rights TAIPEI, United States, China, The, KS, Nanjing, Beijing, TSMC's Taipei

☆ Taiwan says awaiting US announcement on China chip waiver extension
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Ben Blanchard | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

South Korea's government said this week that Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) and SK Hynix (000660.KS) will be allowed to supply U.S. chip equipment to their China factories indefinitely without separate U.S. approvals. "Whether it will be the same treatment as Samsung and SK Hynix, it's up to the announcement from the U.S. government," Wang told reporters in Taipei. Samsung and SK Hynix, the world's largest and second-largest memory chipmakers, had invested billions of dollars in their chip production facilities in China and welcomed the move. Samsung Electronics makes about 40% of its NAND flash chips at its plant in Xian, China, while SK Hynix makes about 40% of its DRAM chips in Wuxi and 20% of its NAND flash chips in Dalian. The companies together controlled nearly 70% of the global DRAM market and 50% of the NAND flash market as of end-June, data from TrendForce showed.

Persons: Florence Lo, Wang Mei, Biden, Wang, chipmaker, TSMC, Ben Blanchard, Gerry Doyle Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, U.S, Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix, Samsung, U.S ., United, Korean, Thomson Locations: Rights TAIPEI, Taiwan, China, KS, Taipei, TSMC, United States, Nanjing, Xian, Wuxi, Dalian, TrendForce

☆ Israel Gaza war: How goes Hamas get its weapons? A mix of ingenuity, tenacity, resourcefulness and a key mentor, experts say
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Brad Lendon | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Said Khatib/AFP/Getty Images/FILEThe Iran factor“Hamas acquires its weapons through smuggling or local construction and receives some military support from Iran,” the CIA’s World Factbook says. Video Ad Feedback Retired general explains why he thinks Iran helped support Hamas attacks 01:08 - Source: CNNBut Iran has been a mentor, too, analysts say. A senior Hamas official based in Lebanon gave details of the Hamas’ weapons manufacturing in an edited interview with Russia Today’s Arabic-news channel RTArabic published on their website on Sunday. And Tehran keeps the training of Hamas’ weapons makers current, he added. Gaza has none of the heavy industry that would support weapons production in most of the world.

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☆ Coal industry faces 1 million job losses from global energy transition - research
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Dorothy Mei, project manager for GEM's Global Coal Mine Tracker, said governments needed to make plans to ensure workers do not suffer from the energy transition. GEM looked at 4,300 active and proposed coal mine projects around the world covering a total workforce of nearly 2.7 million. China's coal industry, the world's biggest, currently employs more than 1.5 million people, GEM estimated. Of the 1 million job global job losses expected by 2050, more than 240,000 will be in the province of Shanxi alone. "The coal industry, on the whole, has a notoriously bad reputation for its treatment of workers," said Ryan Driskell Tate, GEM's program director for coal.

Persons: Dorothy Mei, Ryan Driskell Tate, GEM's, David Stanway, Sonali Paul Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Global Energy Monitor, GEM's, GEM, Thomson Locations: Hebei province, China, Rights SINGAPORE, India, U.S, Shanxi

☆ Taiwan probes four firms accused of helping China's Huawei
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Taiwan Economy Minister Wang Mei-hua said the ministry would be looking into whether the firms' activities in China "matched up" with their initial investment approval from the island's government. A Bloomberg news report this week said the firms had been working with Huawei-connected firms to build infrastructure for chip plants. The companies - Topco Scientific (5434.TW), L&K Engineering (6139.TW), United Integrated Services (2404.TW) and Cica-Huntek Chemical Technology Taiwan (6725.TWO) - have all denied any wrongdoing. Wang also said Taiwan's government will soon unveil tighter rules on "key technologies", taking into account international practice, she added, without giving details. China claims Taiwan as its own territory and has in recent years increased its military activities around the island.

Persons: Peter Nicholls, Wang Mei, Wang, chipmaker TSMC, Ben Blanchard, Edwina Gibbs Organizations: Huawei, REUTERS, Rights, Bloomberg, K Engineering, United Integrated Services, Chemical Technology, Thomson Locations: London, Britain, Rights TAIPEI, China, Taiwan, Chemical Technology Taiwan, U.S

Taipei/Hong Kong CNN —Taiwan is investigating whether four of its firms broke US sanctions or its own investment rules when they provided services to Chinese companies that are reportedly helping Huawei build chip factories. Many Taiwanese companies, including chip giant TSMC and Apple supplier Foxconn, operate in China and are closely integrated into its supply chains. For years, Taiwan’s companies have been treading a fine line between engaging China’s commercial opportunities and avoiding potential violations of export controls, particularly as Beijing has ramped up military pressure on the island. But China’s ruling Communist Party claims Taiwan, home to 24 million residents, as its territory — despite never having controlled it. It has long vowed to “reunify” Taiwan with the Chinese mainland, by force if necessary.

Persons: Emile Chang, ”, Chang, Economic Affairs Wang Mei, Wang, China’s, “ Organizations: Hong Kong CNN, Huawei, Ministry of Economic Affairs, CNN, United Integrated Services, K Engineering, Technology, Apple, Foxconn, Taiwan’s, Economic Affairs, Bloomberg, Communist Party Locations: Taipei, Hong Kong, Taiwan, China, United States, China . Washington, Europe, Asia, Beijing

HONG KONG (AP) — Taiwan authorities are investigating four Taiwan-based companies suspected of helping China’s Huawei Technologies to build semiconductor facilities. Political Cartoons View All 1202 ImagesThe companies could be fined up to 25 million Taiwan dollars ($777,665) for violating regulations. Cleanrooms and other high-tech equipment and services are crucial for the delicate process of making computer chips. But Wang reminded companies that if they used U.S. technology and equipment they would not be able to co-operate with firms included in the U.S. U.S. officials say the company is a security risk and might facilitate Chinese spying, an accusation that Huawei denies.

Persons: Economic Affairs Wang Mei, Wang, Yuan Organizations: Huawei Technologies, Economic Affairs, of Economic Affairs, Bloomberg, Huawei, Strategic, Tech Commodities, Taiwan's China News Agency, Topco, K Engineering, United Integrated Services Co, Chemical Technology, Chemical Technology Taiwan Co, Science, Technology Council, U.S . Commerce Locations: HONG KONG, Taiwan, China, Chemical Technology Taiwan, U.S

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Typhoon Koinu swept southern Taiwan on Thursday, injuring 190 people but causing no deaths as it brought pounding rain and record-breaking winds to the island, leading to school and office closures. The typhoon brought the fastest wind ever recorded in Taiwan as it approached on Wednesday night. On Thursday afternoon, Koinu's maximum sustained winds measured 155 kph (96 mph) with gusts of 191 kph (119 mph). Despite weakening, typhoon Koinu is expected to douse coastal areas of southern China over the weekend. Taiwan sits in an active region for tropical cyclones, but Koinu is only the second typhoon to make landfall in four years.

Persons: Koinu, Huang Chia, Huang, Haikui Organizations: Taiwan, Central News Agency Locations: TAIPEI, Taiwan, Cape Eluanbi, Guangdong, Fujian, China, Taitung, Hualien, Pingtung, Cities, Kaohsiung, Taipei, Taichung, Tainan, Guangzhou, Taiwan Strait

☆ TikTok's tinned fish obsession isn't just about affordable luxury in a can
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( Kai Xiang Teo | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

With premium cans going up to $50 each, these creators say that tinned fish is being unfairly dismissed. Today, #tinnedfishtok videos feature TikTokers like Mei Liao, whose videos feature her peeling open her tinned fish hauls and reviewing them. "I believe the current state of the US economy is helping to fuel the popularity of tinned fish too," said Robert McGinnis, who reviews tinned fish on his TikTok channel. A collage of tinned fish dishes prepared by Molly Moss Molly MossHowever, the popularity of tinned fish isn't just about food on a budget. Moss said she got her start on Instagram, gaining 30,000 followers over two months with her videos about tinned fish.

Persons: —, TikToker Ali Hooke, Mei Liao, I w, Mei, ric e, Moss Moll y Moss, Moll y Moss, prem, ong, ann e d dace, alon, cann, eli, Moss, rena, ssance on T Organizations: Service, Acc Locations: Asia

☆ US National Zoo Bids Farewell to Pandas as Government Shutdown Looms
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-25 | by ( Sept. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

(Reuters) - Washington's National Zoo is honoring its three giant pandas with nine days of events ahead of their return to China but stormy weather and a looming U.S. government shutdown have put something of a damper on the festivities. Mei Xiang, Tian Tian and their cub Xiao Qi Ji are scheduled to be returned in early December. The zoo, operated by the Smithsonian Institute, receives federal funding, and would be forced to close to the public during a government shutdown, according to its website. Mei Xiang, 25, and Tian Tian, 26, came to the zoo in 2000 under a cooperative research and breeding agreement with the China Wildlife Conservation Association. The zoo did not say whether it has any immediate plans to acquire more giant pandas, but said on its website that it "hopes to continue this work in the future."

Persons: Mei Xiang, Tian Tian, Xiao Qi Ji, Xiang, Zhou Enlai, Richard Nixon's, Julia Harte, Bill Berkrot Organizations: Reuters, Embassy, Smithsonian Institute, China Wildlife Conservation Association Locations: China, U.S, Washington, United States

☆ US National Zoo bids farewell to pandas as government shutdown looms
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] Visitors take photos of giant panda Mei Xiang eating bamboo during the reopening morning of Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington, U.S., May 21, 2021. Mei Xiang, Tian Tian and their cub Xiao Qi Ji are scheduled to be returned in early December. The shutdown would not disrupt animal care, but the zoo's popular live "Panda Cam" would go dark. Mei Xiang, 25, and Tian Tian, 26, came to the zoo in 2000 under a cooperative research and breeding agreement with the China Wildlife Conservation Association. The zoo did not say whether it has any immediate plans to acquire more giant pandas, but said on its website that it "hopes to continue this work in the future."

Persons: Kevin Lamarque, Mei Xiang, Tian Tian, Xiao Qi Ji, Xiang, Zhou Enlai, Richard Nixon's, Julia Harte, Bill Berkrot Organizations: REUTERS, Embassy, Smithsonian Institute, China Wildlife Conservation Association, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S, China, U.S, Washington, United States

For Miyazaki, who painstakingly crafts thousands of hand drawings for a film, it's a long and laborious process. Several of Miyazaki's films rank among the biggest box-office hits ever in Japan; there are few other filmmakers today as revered — and fiercely beloved — as Miyazaki. “I am making this movie because I do not have the answer," Miyazaki told The New York Times in 2021. We are again, invited into a dizzyingly colorful otherworldly fantasy of Miyazaki's making. If this is to be the last Miyazaki movie (it would be unwise to ever really count him out), it's a tremendously moving goodbye.

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NEW YORK (AP) — It’s a transaction that would be commonplace for a corporation or a sports team, but it’s the kind of deal that is practically unheard of in the nonprofit sector. The philanthropy research organization Candid will send control of its CF Insights website and the staff that gathered information about community foundations to the Council on Foundations, the association of nearly 900 nonprofit members, on Friday. It helps them make better decisions.”Chang said CF Insights can help community foundations see how its peers handled expansion or compensation. And that information pairs well with the Council on Foundations annual surveys on compensation and benefits among community foundations. That doesn’t happen in the nonprofit sector.

Persons: —, Ann Mei Chang, ” Chang, “, Kathleen Enright, ” Enright, Chang, Enright Organizations: Foundations, ”, Hawaii Community Foundation, don’t, Candid, The Aspen Institute, Urban Institute, Internal Revenue Service, Lilly Endowment Inc, AP Locations: Hawaii, Maui

☆ Taiwan president arrives in Eswatini to visit last African ally
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

TAIPEI/MBABANE, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen arrived on Tuesday in Eswatini, Taipei's last African ally, saying the island will continue to confidently engage with the world and show it is a force for good. The Taiwanese delegation signed three memoranda of understanding with the southern African country after it met with Eswatini's King Mswati III. Eswatini is almost entirely surrounded by South Africa, which Chinese President Xi Jinping visited last month. Tsai last visited Eswatini in 2018, and this time is being accompanied by Economy Minister Wang Mei-hua. Taiwan has provided large amounts of aid to the small southern African country ruled by an absolute monarchy, including in 2021 antiviral medication to help King Mswati III recover from COVID.

Persons: Tsai Ing, Taipei's, Eswatini's King Mswati III, Tsai, Eswatini, Xi Jinping, Economy Minister Wang Mei, King Mswati III, Ben Blanchard, Anait Miridzhanian, Michael Perry, Josie Kao, William Maclean Organizations: Eswatini's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Economy Minister, COVID, Thomson Locations: TAIPEI, MBABANE, Taiwan, Eswatini, China, Latin America, Caribbean, Belize, Nauru, Honduras, Swaziland, South Africa, America, United States, Lunga

☆ Tian Tian: Giant panda celebrates last birthday in DC zoo
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-28 | by ( Piper Hudspeth Blackburn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

The 26-year-old bear, Tian Tian, along with two other pandas in the zoo, are slated to leave by December 7. On Sunday, Tian Tian received a special “fruitsicle” cake made with fruits and vegetables with a “frosting” of sweet potatoes, mashed carrots and honey for his birthday, the museum said. The National Zoo’s Giant Panda Program celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2022. Mei Xiang and Tian Tian first arrived at the zoo in the early 2000s and were originally supposed to stay for 10 years. According to the National Zoo, giant pandas have an estimated lifespan of about 15-20 years in the wild and about 30 years in human care.

Persons: Tian Tian, Mei Xiang, Xiao Qi Ji, Mei Organizations: Washington CNN, Conservation Biology Institute, China Wildlife and Conservation Association, Panda Program, National Zoo Locations: United States, China

Second-quarter annual growth came in at 2.9%, central bank data showed. The economy is facing downside risks stemming from weaker-than-expected global growth, and a deeper or longer-than-expected technology downcycle," Governor Abdul Rasheed Ghaffour told a news conference. While he does not expect a worldwide recession, the governor said global growth will be below the long-term average. Malaysian consumers are also likely to be cautious in their spending going forward, leading to slower economic growth in the second half, he said. On Friday, the central bank said while cost pressures have eased, headline and core inflation will moderate further in the second half partly due to a higher comparative base last year.

Persons: Abdul Rasheed Ghaffour, El Nino, Abdul Rasheed, Mohd Afzanizam Abdul Rashid, Mohd Afzanizam, Alex Holmes, Holmes, BNM, Mei Mei Chu, Martin Petty, Jacqueline Wong Organizations: China, Reuters, Bank Negara, Bank Muamalat, Oxford Economics, U.S, Thomson Locations: KUALA LUMPUR, Bank, Bank Negara Malaysia, Malaysia, Bank Muamalat Malaysia

☆ Private jet crashes into motorbike and car in Malaysia, kills 10
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( Hasnoor Hussain | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 17 (Reuters) - A small private jet crashed into a motorbike and a car while attempting to land at an airport in the outskirts of Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur, leaving at least 10 people dead, officials said on Thursday. The aircraft lost contact with the air traffic control tower and crashed into a motorbike and a car on the highway, he said. "There was no emergency call, the aircraft had been given clearance to land," Hussein Omar said. The CAAM said the flight was operated by Jet Valet Sdn Bhd, a Malaysian private jet services company. Reporting by Mei Mei Chu and Hasnoor Hussain; Editing by Martin Petty and Toby ChopraOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Hussein Omar Khan, Hussein Omar, Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah, Norazman Mahmud, CAAM, Jet, Mei Mei Chu, Hasnoor Hussain, Martin Petty, Toby Chopra Organizations: Beechcraft, Subang Air Traffic, Jet, Reuters, Thomson Locations: KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysian, Kuala Lumpur, Elmina, Selangor, Langkawi, Subang

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