Indonesia to speed up release of Lion Air crash report: safety agency head
JAKARTA – Indonesia will hasten the release of its report on the October crash of Lion Air Boeing 737, the head of the nation’s transport safety committee said. The crash,…
Trump says US will stay out of Brexit but slams handling by UK’s May
WASHINGTON – The United States will stay out of Britain’s negotiations over its exit from the European Union, US President Donald Trump said, even as he criticised British Prime Minister…
Microsoft targets video game developers, in challenge to Amazon’s cloud dominance
Microsoft Corp has said it is combining elements of its video game and Azure cloud computing businesses to target game developers also being courted by industry leader Amazon.com’s cloud services.…
Saudi rights official dismisses Khashoggi inquiry as foreign interference
GENEVA – The head of the state-backed Saudi human rights commission has dismissed an international investigation into the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi as interference, and said everyone accused was…
Sex, lies and video: K-pop world rocked by sex scandals
SEOUL – South Korea police are due to question two K-pop stars over allegations of sex tapes, secret chat about rape, and deals facilitated by prostitutes, in a sex scandal…
UN warns of millions of premature deaths by 2050 due to environmental damage
NAIROBI – Environmental damage caused by man-made activities is having a devastating toll on human health, the United Nations said on Wednesday, warning of millions of premature deaths due to…
100 children feared trapped in collapse of Lagos building that housed school
LAGOS – An unknown number of people died and up to 100 children were among those feared trapped after a four-storey building containing a primary school collapsed in Nigeria’s commercial…
Venezuela seeks to restore power amid looting; China offers help
CARACAS – President Nicolas Maduro’s government scrambled on Wednesday to return power to western Venezuela following heavy looting in the second largest city, while China offered to help the South…
Russia’s parliament backs new fines for insulting the state online
MOSCOW – Russia’s parliament on Wednesday approved new fines for people who insult the authorities online or spread fake news, defying warnings from critics that the move could open the…
Black boxes from Ethiopia crash to go to Europe for analysis
ADDIS ABABA – The black boxes from a Boeing 737 MAX 8 plane that crashed in Ethiopia, killing 157 people, will be sent to Europe for analysis, a spokesman for…
