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'No survivors likely' in Lion Air crash
AFP, Published on 30/10/2018
» JAKARTA: All 189 passengers and crew aboard a crashed Indonesian Lion Air jet were likely killed in the accident, rescue officials said Monday, as they announced they had found human remains and would continue the grim search through the night.
Helicopter owned by Leicester City's Thai chairman crashes
AFP, Published on 28/10/2018
» LEICESTER: A helicopter belonging to Thai billionaire Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha crashed on Saturday near the stadium of his Premier League club Leicester City.
Swiss unveil stratospheric solar plane
Business, AFP, Published on 09/12/2016
» PAYERNE, Switzerland - Just months after two Swiss pilots completed a historic round-the-world trip in a Sun-powered plane, another Swiss adventurer has unveiled a solar plane aimed at reaching the stratosphere.
Singapore Air bans Galaxy Note 7
AFP, Published on 10/09/2016
» Singapore Airlines (SIA) said on Saturday that it has joined other airlines in banning the inflight use of Samsung's Galaxy Note 7 phones after reports of exploding batteries in some units.
Emirates postpones launch of world's longest flight
AFP, Published on 03/03/2016
» Emirates Airline, which was scheduled to launch what it called the world's longest non-stop flight this month between Dubai and Panama City, said Wednesday it was postponing those plans for around a year.
In Congo, a war for Africa's elephants
AFP, Published on 16/02/2016
» GARAMBA NATIONAL PARK, Democratic Republic of Congo - André Migifuloyo and Djuma Uweko lived together, worked together and last October died together fighting to protect Congo's elephants from voracious ivory-seeking poachers.
14 rescued orangutans flown back to Indonesia
AFP, Published on 12/11/2015
» A group of 14 smuggled orangutans were repatriated from Thailand to Indonesia on Thursday, five years after the majority of them were discovered abandoned by the side of the road.
Indonesia president leaves US early to deal with haze
AFP, Published on 27/10/2015
» WASHINGTON - Indonesia's President Joko Widodo will cut short his trip to the United States on Tuesday to help deal with clouds of smoke large areas of his country.
SE Asia fires 'produce more greenhouse gas than US'
AFP, Published on 21/10/2015
» JAKARTA - Fires raging across huge areas of Indonesia are spewing more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere every day than the US economy, according to estimates from global environment watchdogs.
Malaysia to help Indonesia combat haze
AFP, Published on 12/10/2015
» JAKARTA - Visiting Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak pledged Sunday to help Indonesia fight forest fires blanketing Southeast Asia in haze as foreign aircraft joined operations to douse the blazes.