Pledges $700M fortune: Chow Yun Fat Fortune

Pledges $700M fortune: Chow Yun Fat Fortune, Chow Yun-fat, the Hong Kong star of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, has vowed to donate his entire fortune – reportedly $715m – to charity after he dies.

The 63-year-old multimillionaire – known to western audiences for films such as the Oscar-winning Pirates of the Caribbean and gangster classic A Better Tomorrow – joined Forbes’ list of highest paid actors in the world for the first time in 2015.

WWII Mince Pies Found

WWII Mince Pies Found, A tin of mince pies baked during World War II and later found under floorboards preserved in pristine condition has been put on display.

The pies – a British sweet pie filled with a mix of dried fruits and spices – were said to be a gift from a mother to her sailor son, according to the BBC.

SpaceX Launch Scrubbed

SpaceX Launch Scrubbed, Elon Musk’s SpaceX scrapped Saturday’s launch of a long-delayed navigation satellite for the U.S. military due to strong upper level winds.

The next launch attempt will be on Sunday at 8:51 a.m. EST/ 13:51 UTC, according to SpaceX officials.

The launch, SpaceX’s fourth attempt in a week after technical and weather delays, would have been the rocket firm’s first national security space mission for the United States. Musk’s rocket company has spent years trying to break into the lucrative market for military space launches long dominated by Lockheed and Boeing Co.

SpaceX sued the U.S. Air Force in 2014 in protest over the military’s award of a multibillion-dollar, non-compete contract for 36 rocket launches to United Launch Alliance, a partnership of Boeing and Lockheed. It dropped the lawsuit in 2015 after the Air Force agreed to open up competition.

Police Release 2 People Arrested In Connection With Drone Sightings at London Airport

Police Release 2 People Arrested In Connection With Drone Sightings at London Airport, The first pictures of the couple arrested over the Gatwick drone chaos that ruined Christmas for 140,000 people have emerged.

The couple arrested over the drone disruption that brought Christmas getaway flights to a standstill at London’s Gatwick Airport have been released without charge on Sunday, police said.

“Both people have fully co-operated with our enquiries and I am satisfied that they are no longer suspects in the drone incidents at Gatwick,” Sussex Police detective chief superintendent Jason Tingley said in a statement.

Elaine Kirk, 54, and Paul Gait, 47, from Crawley, were arrested on Friday in connection with the drone invasion that had shut down the country’s second-busiest airport.

A house in Crawley — about 8 kilometres from the airport — was then searched on Saturday.

However, Mr Gait’s boss told The Telegraph how the window fitter and drone enthusiast was working when the attacks took place.

John Allard, who runs Allard Double Glazing, told the newspaper: “Paul normally comes in around 7.45am and I remember on those days he then worked late on site on a fitting job.

“I don’t think it can be him. He was busy on site working when it was happening.”

He also said Ms Kirk had “no interest” in flying drones — but said Mr Gait had used the machines in the past.

Locals also told how Mr Gait had been spotted with a remote-controlled model helicopter in the area.

Tsunami in Indonesia kills at least 222

Tsunami in Indonesia kills at least 222, JAKARTA: The death toll from a volcano-triggered tsunami in Indonesia has risen to 222, with more than 800 people injured, officials said Sunday.

Hundreds of homes and other buildings were “heavily damaged” when the tsunami struck along the rim of the Sunda Strait late on Saturday, Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, spokesman for the disaster mitigation agency, said.

Thousands of residents were forced to evacuate to higher ground. There was no estimate on the number of missing.

TV images showed the seconds when the tsunami hit the beach and residential areas in Pandeglang on Java island, dragging with it victims, debris, and large chunks of wood and metal.

On Dec. 26 in 2004, an Indian Ocean tsunami triggered by an earthquake killed 226,000 people in 13 countries, including more than 120,000 in Indonesia.

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