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Boeing has ousted its boss six days after the company said it was suspending the production of 737 MAX aircraft following two fatal crashes.
The aerospace giant said Dennis Muilenburg had resigned as chief executive and board director with immediate effect.
Reuters news agency reported that Mr Muilenburg may be eligible for nearly $39m in severance.
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Write comment (94 Comments)Five people have been sentenced to death over the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Saudi Arabia's public prosecutor says.
Three more have been given jail terms totalling 24 years after the murder inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in October last year.
Saudi Arabia has carried out the trials of the accused in near total secrecy after
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At least 11 people have died after drinking coconut wine in the Philippines, including some who were celebrating at a Christmas party.
Authorities also say more than 300 others were treated in hospital after consuming lambanog in Laguna and Quezon, south of Manila.
Many were admitted after Laguna's
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Write comment (98 Comments)Bushfires in Australia are now burning in five different states, with emergency services warning that at least 60 fires are out of control.
New South Wales (NSW), which last week was paralysed by a seven-day state of emergency amid "catastrophic" conditions, accounts for more than half of the fires.
Officials say the NSW town of Balmoral, about 75
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Write comment (95 Comments)A potter whose property was engulfed in a "big plume of black smoke" survived an Australian wildfire by hiding in a makeshift kiln.
Steve Harrison, from Balmoral in New South Wales, stayed in there for half an hour while the "firestorm went over".
"I was terrified," he said, his voice shaking with emotion.
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