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20 missing after deadly Indonesia protests
AFP, Published on 02/09/2025
» JAKARTA - At least 20 people are missing after violent Indonesia protests sparked by lavish perks for lawmakers that have widened to include anger against police, a rights group said Tuesday.
New Indonesia capital branded 'ecological disaster'
AFP, Published on 06/01/2023
» BALIKPAPAN, Indonesia: The twisting road that leads to Indonesia's future capital is lined with dense rainforest and pockets of plantations, punctuated every so often with monkeys enjoying a laze out on the tarmac.
Malaysians vote in tightly contested election
AFP, Published on 19/11/2022
» KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysians headed to the polls on Saturday with jailed ex-leader Najib Razak's graft-tainted party seeking to cement its grip on power in a race analysts say is too close to call.
Five dead in North Carolina shooting, suspect captured
AFP, Published on 14/10/2022
» WASHINGTON - A shooting Thursday in North Carolina's capital Raleigh left at least five people dead, including an off-duty police officer, officials in the southeast US city said, adding that a suspect had been captured.
Ancient skeleton reveals amputation surgery 31,000 years ago
AFP, Published on 08/09/2022
» TOKYO: A skeleton discovered in a remote corner of Borneo rewrites the history of ancient medicine and proves amputation surgery was successfully carried out about 31,000 years ago, scientists said Wednesday.
12,000 displaced by floods in Malaysia
AFP, Published on 27/02/2022
» About 12,000 people in Malaysia have been evacuated from their homes, officials said on Sunday, after heavy rains caused flooding in the country's northern states.
Snake on a plane: AirAsia jet forced to divert
AFP, Published on 15/02/2022
» KUALA LUMPUR - An AirAsia passenger plane was forced to divert and make an unscheduled landing after a snake was spotted slithering through the overhead lights, the Malaysian budget carrier confirmed Monday.
Snake on a plane: AirAsia jet forced to divert
AFP, Published on 14/02/2022
» An AirAsia passenger plane was forced to divert and make an unscheduled landing after a snake was spotted slithering through the overhead lights, the Malaysian budget carrier confirmed Monday.
Adored and endangered: the complex world of the Japanese eel
AFP, Published on 14/12/2021
» HAMAMATSU: Tsuyoshi Hachisuka gently places skewered eel on a grill, preparing a much-loved Japanese delicacy that is now so endangered it commands eyewatering prices and the attention of international traffickers.
Endangered turtles found slaughtered in Malaysia
AFP, Published on 04/10/2021
» Eleven endangered turtles have been found slaughtered off the Malaysian part of Borneo island, with members of an indigenous, sea-dwelling community suspected of targeting them for food, officials said Monday.