BENGALURU - Two NASA astronauts aboard Boeing's Starliner will stay on the International Space Station for months because of a faulty propulsion system whose problems included helium leaks. Back on Earth, SpaceX's Polaris Dawn mission has been delayed because of helium issues on ground equipment.
SEOUL: North Korea has floated hundreds more trash-filled balloons southward, Seoul's military said Saturday (Sep 7), the latest salvo in the two countries' tit-for-tat campaigns of provocation and propaganda.
MUMBAI - Schools were ordered shut from Sept 7 in the restive Indian state of Manipur after a rocket attack by insurgents killed a civilian and wounded six others.
HAI PHONG, Vietnam: Super Typhoon Yagi uprooted thousands of trees and swept ships and boats out to sea as it made landfall in northern Vietnam Saturday (Sep 9), state media said.
SEOUL - A police officer in South Korea managed to catch an elementary school pupil who had to jump out of a second-floor window of a burning building, local police said Sept 6.
HANOI - Police raided the Ho Chi Minh City headquarters of software company VNG, one of Vietnam’s most promising tech start-ups, on Sept 6, a move the company called a “surprise investigation”.