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Asia-Pacific air passengers unaware of lithium battery risks, poll finds
South China Morning Post, Published on 08/05/2025
» Despite several high-profile incidents, travellers in the Asia-Pacific area routinely bring devices powered by lithium-ion batteries on flights and still have little understanding of the potential risks, a poll has found.
Ho Chi Minh City opens first metro line after years of delays
Bloomberg, Published on 23/12/2024
» After years of funding shortages, ballooning costs and bureaucratic foot-dragging, Ho Chi Minh City is opening the first metro line to serve its 10 million residents.
Huge illegal drug lab exposed in Syria
Reuters, Published on 13/12/2024
» DOUMA - The industrial-scale drug lab sat just up a hill from a main road on the western edge of Damascus, the city that was the seat of power for the Assad family which long denied any links to the narcotics trade.
Work starts on new Jakarta mass-transit line
Reuters, 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.
Travellers to get full refund for delayed flights in Malaysia
Bloomberg News, Published on 29/08/2024
» KUALA LUMPUR - Airlines in Malaysia will have to give passengers the option of a refund if their flight is delayed for five hours or more, as the Southeast Asian nation joins countries beefing up consumer air-travel rights.
Hong Kong Airlines: 2-hour wait online to book free flights to Bangkok
South China Morning Post, Published on 06/08/2024
» HONG KONG - Customers scrambling to get hold of free round-trip flight tickets to 13 destinations in Asia courtesy of Hong Kong Airlines were told they would need to wait online for more than two hours on Tuesday to take advantage of the promotion.
Australia's Qantas to pay $79 mln to settle flight cancellation case
Reuters, Published on 06/05/2024
» SYDNEY: Australia's Qantas Airways agreed to pay A$120 million ($79 million) to settle a regulator lawsuit over the sale of thousands of tickets on already cancelled flights, in an attempt to end a reputational crisis that has engulfed the airline.
Singapore files more graft charges against ex-minister
Bloomberg, Published on 25/03/2024
» Singapore’s former transport minister S. Iswaran faced more corruption charges Monday, expanding the biggest political scandal to hit the city-state that has prided itself on a zero-tolerance stance against graft.
Cambodia's women tuk-tuk drivers fighting prejudice
AFP, Published on 13/12/2023
» SIEM REAP (CAMBODIA) - Every day Roeung Sorphy deftly weaves through the streets of Siem Reap, zigzagging past cars, motorbikes and the occasional stray dog as she shepherds tourists to the famed Angkor Wat temple complex.
The Ukrainian train attendant chaperoning Western VIPs
AFP, Published on 19/11/2023
» KYIV (UKRAINE) - She may be from a remote Ukrainian village, but Tetyana Kogut has rubbed shoulders with some of the world's most powerful Western leaders.