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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.
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.
AFP, Published on 04/04/2018
» WASHINGTON: The temperature is rising between the United States and China but the simmering confrontation has not yet boiled over into a trade war, since the tit-for-tat countermeasures so far have been confined to a few specific products.
AFP, Published on 16/12/2016
» WASHINGTON - New satellite imagery shows China has apparently installed "significant" defensive weapons on a series of artificial islands it built in the South China Sea, a US-based think tank said Wednesday.
AFP, Published on 12/12/2016
» NOSY BORAHA, MADAGASCAR - It was a heartfelt journey before Christmas, a search for clues about loved ones who disappeared in a still unsolved mystery. The mission was a long shot, at best.
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.
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.
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.
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.
AFP, Published on 18/12/2015
» YANGON - In a ramshackle workshop behind a bustling Yangon market, Kyi Tha fixes the plastic propeller of a home-made drone, one of a growing number of enthusiasts refusing to let poverty clip the wings of their hi-tech dreams.