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Work starts on new Jakarta mass-transit line
Published on 11/09/2024
» JAKARTA - Indonesian President Joko Widodo launched construction on Wednesday for a new line on Jakarta’s mass rapid transit (MRT) system, funded by a loan of nearly $1 billion from Japan, in a bid to alleviate traffic congestion.
Rented electric scooters vanish from Paris streets
AFP, Published on 01/09/2023
» PARIS - Parisians woke up on Friday to a world without rented electric scooters, loathed as a pedestrian-bothering nuisance by some but mourned by others.
Japan's century of efforts to tame earthquakes
AFP, Published on 30/08/2023
» TOKYO - Takashi Hosoda was in a Tokyo skyscraper when the 9.0 magnitude quake struck on March 11, 2011, but the trained architect was "not particularly worried" as modern Japanese buildings are designed to protect their occupants.
Deaths soaring on overcrowded Everest
Published on 24/05/2023
» The latest climbing season on Mount Everest, the world’s highest peak, is set to become one of the deadliest ever, raising questions about whether Nepal is issuing too many permits to maximise tourist revenue.
Vast cemetery in Iraq echoes 14 centuries of life and death
AFP, Published on 24/02/2023
» NAJAF (IRAQ) - Tombstones stretch as far as the eye can see across Iraq's Wadi-al-Salam cemetery, often described as the world's biggest, which bears silent witness to life and death over 14 centuries.
Green patch divides Hong Kong
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 19/02/2023
» On an autumn afternoon at the Hong Kong Golf Club, hundreds of dogs -- pugs, Pomeranians, Shiba Inus -- strolled the verdant grounds with their owners in tow, enjoying rare access to the range that charges new members a US$2 million (67.1 million baht) entry fee.
More survivors found as quake toll tops 11,200
AFP, Published on 08/02/2023
» ANTAKYA, Turkey: Searchers were still pulling survivors on Wednesday from the rubble of the earthquake that killed over 11,200 people in Turkey and Syria, even as the window for rescues narrowed.
Dreaming of peace, DR Congo faithful flock to see pope
AFP, Published on 01/02/2023
» KINSHASA - One hope united many of the people streaming to see Pope Francis perform mass in DR Congo's capital on Wednesday -- that his presence could at last bring peace to the war-wracked east of the African country.
US police beating video stirs outrage
Published on 28/01/2023
» MEMPHIS, Tennessee: About 50 protesters gathered Friday night in Memphis demanding justice after a video was released showing police violently arresting Tyre Nichols, a young Black man who died a few days after the incident.
Africa's mega-cities look to mass transit to ease growing pains
AFP, Published on 07/11/2022
» LAGOS - Tade Balogun times his commute like a military operation.