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Pie from the sky: drone delivery lands in America
Pie from the sky: drone delivery lands in America
Business and Economy
by  AFP

The little aircraft appeared out of the blue sky above a Texas home, deposited its payload of a mid-morning snack in the yard and zoomed off, as deliveries by drone start becoming a reality in America. When an Amazon delivery drone crashed during a test last year and started a brush fire, it was another setback for the company's stumbling drone ambitions.

Typhoon Noru makes landfall in Vietnam
Typhoon Noru makes landfall in Vietnam
World
by  AFP

Typhoon Noru barrelled into Vietnam's central coast early Wednesday, the national forecaster said, bringing powerful winds and heavy rain as hundreds of thousands of people took refuge in shelters. More than 200,000 people in Vietnam had taken refuge in shelters overnight, after forecasters predicted the storm would be one of the biggest to hit the Southeast Asian nation.

Elon Musk and Twitter dig for evidence as trial looms
Elon Musk and Twitter dig for evidence as trial looms
Business and Economy
by  AFP

Twitter and Elon Musk sparred in court on Tuesday, each digging for evidence to prevail in a high-stakes trial next month over the billionaire's bid to break his buyout deal. Twitter, which has sued Musk to force him to complete the $44 billion buyout deal, seeks material or testimony to prove he is contriving excuses to walk away because he changed his mind.

US fines 16 Wall Street firms $1.1 bn for lax recordkeeping
US fines 16 Wall Street firms $1.1 bn for lax recordkeeping
Business and Economy
by  AFP

US regulators fined 16 Wall Street firms a total of $1.1 billion over failures to keep electronic records such as text messages between employees, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced Tuesday. An SEC press release faulted the companies over "longstanding failures" to maintain and preserve electronic communications that must be available to regulators in the course of oversight.

Brazilian stars add sparkle to election campaign
Brazilian stars add sparkle to election campaign
World
by  AFP

In bright-red, body-hugging tights with a Workers' Party logo on the rear, Brazilian pop star Anitta seductively caresses a dance pole and urges her 60 million Instagram followers to vote for Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.