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Airbus says Vietjet to buy 20 widebody A330-900 planes
Airbus says Vietjet to buy 20 widebody A330-900 planes
Economy
by  AFP

European aviation giant Airbus said Thursday that Vietnamese airline Vietjet Air has agreed to buy 20 of its A330-900 planes. Vietjet signed a memorandum of understanding with Airbus for the widebody aircraft, which will replace its current fleet of leased A330-300 planes, Airbus said in a statement.

Japan's Nikkei breaks bubble-era record
Japan's Nikkei breaks bubble-era record
Economy
by  AFP

Japan's blue-chip Nikkei 225 on Thursday finally broke through a record high set just before the country's asset bubble catastrophically burst in the early 1990s. Its stock market was hit by global downturns such as the burst of the dot-com bubble in the early 2000s and the 2008-2009 financial crisis.

Massive leak shows Chinese firm hacked foreign govts, activists: analysts
Massive leak shows Chinese firm hacked foreign govts, activists: analysts
Technology
by  AFP

A Chinese tech security firm was able to breach foreign governments, infiltrate social media accounts and hack personal computers, a massive data leak analysed by experts this week has revealed. The leaked data also revealed the fees that hackers could earn, they said -- including $55,000 from breaking into a government ministry in Vietnam.