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Annual Hero Awards nominations revealed
Life, Published on 29/05/2024
» APCOM and three regional community partners -- APN+, APTN and ILGA Asia -- have announced nominations for the 8th Asia Pacific Hero Awards 2024.
Scientists track egret's 38-hour flight from Australia to PNG
AFP, Published on 16/06/2025
» SYDNEY - A species of heron has been tracked flying for almost two days non-stop between Australia and Papua New Guinea during its northern migration, scientists say.
Indonesia developing food-bank estates '10 times size of Singapore'
AFP, Published on 23/09/2020
» Indonesia is developing vast farm estates across the archipelago -- an area 10 times the size of neighbouring Singapore -- to counter the nation's reliance on imported food, President Joko Widodo said Wednesday.
Plane ditches into Pacific lagoon
AFP, Published on 28/09/2018
» WELLINGTON - Passengers were forced to swim for their lives Friday when an airliner ditched into a lagoon after missing the runway on a remote Pacific island and immediately began sinking.
Losing Nemo: clownfish 'cannot adapt to climate change'
AFP, Published on 27/11/2019
» PARIS - The star of Pixar's blockbuster "Finding Nemo" may be about to vanish again -- this time for good -- as its peculiar mating habits put it at risk from climate change, scientists said on Tuesday.
Indonesian passenger plane missing over Java Sea
AFP, Published on 29/10/2018
» JAKARTA: An Indonesian Lion Air passenger plane went missing shortly after taking off from Jakarta airport on Monday, an aviation authority official said, adding that a search and rescue operation is under way.
Air New Zealand flight to Shanghai turns back mid-air
Reuters, Published on 10/02/2019
» SYDNEY: An Air New Zealand flight to Shanghai turned back several hours into its journey on Sunday after discovering it did not have permission to land in China, the airline said.
Indonesia revenge-mob kills 300 crocodiles
Associated Press, Published on 16/07/2018
» JAKARTA: A mob slaughtered nearly 300 crocodiles at a breeding ground in Indonesia's West Papua province in retaliation for the death of a local man, officials said Monday.
Public needed to curb fake news
News, Editorial, Published on 23/01/2022
» Fake news -- either in the form of misinformation or disinformation -- has contributed to social and political conflicts, and according to a recent report on by researchers under USAID, it has shaped public opinion in some Asian countries. While critics call on tech companies and governments to solve the problem, increasing digital literacy among the public is the best solution to fake news.
Echoes of Persia
Life, John Clewley, Published on 22/10/2024
» The santur is an ancient stringed instrument, a dulcimer, with 72 strings that can be dated to 500 BC. Assyrian and Babylonian stone carvings show the instrument back in 669 BC. The instrument spread widely in the Middle East and later further afield where it morphed into the hammered dulcimer, the qanun, cimbalom, Indian santoor and even the Thai classical instrument, the kim.