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Typhoon Etau slams into Japanese mainland
AFP, Published on 09/09/2015
» TOKYO - Typhoon Etau slammed into Japan on Wednesday, bringing torrential rain and heavy winds that prompted evacuation orders and brought dozens of flights and train services to a halt.
Typhoon Etau barrels toward Japanese mainland
AFP, Published on 08/09/2015
» TOKYO - Typhoon Etau barrelled toward the Japanese mainland Tuesday, packing strong winds and heavy rains as authorities advised more than 120,000 people to evacuate due to possible flooding.
Tokyo Olympics logo designer endured 'unbearable' harassment
AFP, Published on 02/09/2015
» TOKYO - The designer of a logo for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics has said he asked organisers to yank the scandal-hit emblem due to unbearable harassment he faced in the wake of plagiarism allegations.
Six killed as typhoon hits northern Philippines
AFP, Published on 22/08/2015
» MANILA — Six people were killed while thousands fled to higher ground as powerful typhoon Goni brought torrential rains to the northern Philippines, triggering landslides and floods, officials said on Saturday.
Two killed, thousands flee as typhoon nears Philippines, Taiwan
AFP, Published on 21/08/2015
» MANILA - Two people were killed while thousands were evacuated as powerful typhoon Goni approached the Philippines and Taiwan on Friday, authorities said.
Japan Airlines jumbo crash remembered 30 years later
AFP, Published on 12/08/2015
» TOKYO - Hundreds of people on Wednesday are expected to attend ceremonies marking the 30th anniversary of a Japan Airlines jumbo jet crash that killed 520 people on board, the deadliest single-aircraft disaster in history.
MH370: timeline of one of aviation's greatest mysteries
AFP, Published on 05/08/2015
» PARIS - The world could come a step closer to finding out what happened to Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 when experts on Wednesday begin examining a wing part that washed up on Indian Ocean island.
Aid pledged for Myanmar as flood death toll hits 69
AFP, Published on 05/08/2015
» YANGON - International aid efforts accelerated in flood-hit Myanmar on Wednesday as the death toll from the deluges rose to 69 and authorities evacuated people from new downstream areas threatened by run-off water.
Ocean currents will trace MH370 debris
AFP, Published on 31/07/2015
» PARIS - There are two main Indian Ocean currents which may have caused debris from missing flight MH370 to wash up on the French island of La Reunion, experts said Thursday.
Riddle of missing flight MH370 has confounded experts
AFP, Published on 30/07/2015
» PARIS - In what remains one of the biggest mysteries in the history of civil aviation, Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 disappeared on March 8, 2014 without a trace.