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Cassini: Saturn probe turns towards its death plunge

The international Cassini spacecraft at Saturn has executed the course correction that will send it to destruction at the end of the week. The probe flew within 120,000km of the giant moon Titan on Monday - an encounter that bent its…

China pushing for electric cars in major market shift

YemenExtra A top Chinese official says the government is pushing ahead a plan to ban cars that run on fossil fuel and is instead encouraging the application of electric vehicles.  Xin Guobin, China’s vice minister of Industry and…

Apple unveils new products, including $1000 iPhoneX

YemenExtra Apple has unveiled a new flagship phone, the iPhone X, which has been described “the biggest leap forward" since the original iPhone was released 10 years ago. During an event at the new campus theater named for the…

Russian Mir cards to replace Visa, MasterCard soon

YemenExtra Russia’s biggest bank Sberbank says it is preparing to issue 10 million credit cards to citizens – a move which is expected to take the country closer to a plan to replace rivals like Visa and MasterCard.   Sberbank announced…

Russia censures education reform in Ukraine

Russia on Tuesday strongly condemned a new education law in Ukraine, saying it will infringe on the rights of Russian-speakers. The law, approved Sept. 5 by the Ukrainian parliament, restructures Ukraine's education system and specifies…

Death toll from earthquake in Mexico hits 90

YemenExtra The death toll from a powerful earthquake that recently struck Mexico’s southern coast has risen to at least 90, as rescuers race to save those still trapped in the rubble. Mexican officials provided the updated death…

US Congress passes resolution against hate groups

YemenExtra The US Congress has unanimously passed a resolution against increasingly prevalent hate groups in the country, sending a clear message to President Donald Trump who stirred controversy by his response to a violent rally in …