Section: Independent Online (South Africa)
Sydney starts new year celebrations
A dazzling display of fireworks lit up Sydney Harbour as Australia’s biggest city welcomed the New Year in spectacular style. ||| Sydney – A dazzling display of fireworks lit up Sydney Harbour on Thursday as Australia’s biggest city welcomed the New Year in spectacular style, defying terrorist fears days after a deadly...
AirAsia: victim with life jacket found
A body recovered from the crashed AirAsia plane was wearing a life jacket, raising questions about how the disaster unfolded. ||| Jakarta – A body recovered on Wednesday from the crashed AirAsia plane was wearing a life jacket, an official with Indonesia’s search and rescue agency said, raising questions about how the disaster...
AirAsia: bad weather hampers search
Indonesia’s search-and-rescue agency obtained a sonar image it says may be the missing plane at the bottom of the Java Sea. ||| Jakarta – Ships and planes resumed the search for wreckage, bodies and black boxes of a doomed AirAsia plane on Wednesday after Indonesian rescuers found several bodies and debris floating in shallow waters...
AirAsia boss: ‘my heart is filled with sadness’
AirAsia chief executive Tony Fernandes expressed his grief to the relatives of the 162 people who were on board the ill-fated plane. ||| Kuala Lumpur – AirAsia chief executive Tony Fernandes on Tuesday expressed his grief to the relatives of the 162 passengers and crew who were on board Flight QZ8501 after wreckage and bodies were spotted...
AirAsia: warship recovers 40 bodies
The hunt for a missing AirAsia passenger plane appeared over as debris and dozens of bodies were spotted in the sea off Indonesia. ||| Jakarta – The hunt for a missing AirAsia passenger plane appeared over Tuesday as wreckage and dozens of bodies were spotted in the sea off Indonesia, prompting raw scenes of emotion from sobbing relatives...
Crunch time for Russia as sanctions bite
As US and European sanctions piled pressure on Russia earlier this year, the Kremlin hit back with an unusual weapon. ||| Abinsk, Russia – As US and European sanctions piled pressure on Russia earlier this year, the Kremlin hit back with an unusual weapon: apples. From August 7 Russia banned imports of fruit from various countries that...
Russian economy shrinks
Russia’s economy has shrank for the first time in five years, as sliding oil prices and sanctions over Ukraine take their toll. ||| Moscow – Russia’s economy shrank in November for the first time in five years, the government said on Monday, as sliding oil prices and Western sanctions over Ukraine take their toll.The economy...
Are we cursed, Malaysians ask
The disappearance of an AirAsia flight has some Malaysians wondering whether their country is cursed. ||| Kuala Lumpur – The disappearance of an AirAsia flight marks a tragic climax to a heartbreaking 2014 for Malaysians still grieving from the loss of two planes operated by their national carrier, and has some wondering whether their...
AirAsia shares drop after jet disappears
Shares in AirAsia, Southeast Asia’s biggest budget airline, lost almost eight percent after one of its jets disappeared. ||| Kuala Lumpur – Shares in AirAsia, Southeast Asia’s biggest budget airline, lost almost eight percent on Monday in Kuala Lumpur after one of its jets disappeared with 162 people on board.The firm slumped 12...
‘Plane could be at bottom of the sea’
A missing AirAsia plane carrying 162 people is presumed to have crashed off the Indonesian coast, an official said. ||| Jakarta – A missing AirAsia plane carrying 162 people is presumed to have crashed off the Indonesian coast, an official said on Monday, as countries in the region offered to help Jakarta in the search and recovery effort....
