Malaysia Airlines plane crashes in South China Sea with 239 people

Mar 8 Yahoo News and Theguardian

A Malaysia Airlines flight carrying 227 passengers and 12 crew crashed in the South China Sea on Saturday, Vietnamese state media said, quoting a senior naval official. The Boeing 777-200ER flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing had been missing for hours when Vietnam's Tuoi Tre,

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Three small asteroids pass Earth closely but safely

Mar 8 Xinhua

An asteroid about 8 meters across passed Earth on Thursday at a relatively close but safe distance, the third such flyby in just two days, U.S. space agency NASA said. The space rock, called asteroid 2014 EC, came within 62,000 kilometers of Earth's surface at about 4:21 p.m. EDT (2121 GMT), NASA said.

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Shanghai more expensive than New York

Mar 8 chinadaily.com

The latest findings of The Economist Intelligence Unit's Worldwide Cost of Living Survey showed that Shanghai, China's business capital, is ranked 21st globally and is now more expensive to live in than the city of New York. Beijing, China's capital, was ranked 47th,

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