Dinosaur-killing space rock ‘was a comet’

The space rock that hit Earth 65 million years ago and is widely implicated in the end of the dinosaurs was likely a speeding comet. That is the conclusion of research which suggests the 180km-wide Chicxulub crater in Mexico was carved out by a smaller object than previously thought.

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Chinese PM meets Kissinger:

Calls for more China-US cooperation

Premier Li Keqiang on Monday met with former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, calling for more people to become involved in China-U.S. relations. “More people from both sides can get involved in China-U.S. relations as participants, constructors and beneficiaries,” Li said.

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Park tells N. Korea: change course or perish

South Korean President Park Geun-Hye warned North Korea on Tuesday that its only “path to survival” lay in abandoning its nuclear and missile programmes.

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