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Tesla Inc Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk has sought to play down a report identifying ‘big flaws’ in its Model 3 sedan, admitting there is a braking issue with the vehicle but saying it will be fixed with a software update within days.
Responding to a review by influential US magazine Consumer Reports which stopped short of recommending the car, Musk said in a round of tweets late on Monday that the magazine's tests - which used two separately-sourced vehicles - had been of older versions...

Two Sherpa guides working on Everest were confirmed dead Tuesday, bringing the death toll on the world's highest peak this spring climbing season to five.
The two guides -- both ethnic Sherpas from the valleys that surround Everest -- were working on opposite sides of the mountain, which straddles the border between Nepal and Tibet....

An employee of the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC) was hospitalised when he fell into an elevator shaft at the Municipal Council building today.
An official of the CMC said there are two old elevators in the building and one of the employees who tried to get into one of the elevators from the ground floor, had fallen into the elevator shaft when the door accidentally opened....

The joint opposition said today it was hoping to request the Committee on Public Accounts (COPA) to summon the Finance Ministry Secretary in connection with the recent newspaper advertisement comparing crude oil prices during the previous government...