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Flamboyant AirAsia boss confronts first major crisis
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian mogul Tony Fernandes, who transformed a floundering carrier into Asia’s biggest budget airline, faces his first major crisis after an AirAsia plane went missing Sunday with 162 people on board. AirAsia is credited with starting a revolution in the skies of Southeast Asia and has seen spectacular growth under...
Russia must influence separatists to end Ukraine crisis, says Merkel
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel appealed to the Russian government on Sunday to use its influence on separatists in eastern Ukraine to implement a ceasefire plan agreed in Minsk in September aimed at ending the conflict. …read more Source: The...
Ukraine shuts down faulty nuclear power plant reactor
KIEV (AFP) — Ukraine on Sunday shut down one of the six reactors in its most powerful nuclear power plant for the secon …read more Source: The Korea...
Deep under rebel-held east Ukraine, miners work on
MAKIIVKA, Ukraine (AFP) ― After an hour-long trek down mine shafts twisting some 700 meters below ground level, Yevgeny …read more Source: The Korea...
AirAsia plane with 162 on board missing en route to Singapore
JAKARTA: Rescuers scoured the Java Sea on Sunday for an AirAsia plane carrying 162 people which went missing in bad weather en route from Indonesia to Singapore, in the third crisis for a Malaysian carrier this year. Around 11 hours after it disappeared, Indonesian air force jets had yet to find any signs of the Airbus A320-200, with dusk fast...
Transparency, compassion mark Malaysia’s latest aviation crisis
AirAsia’s Chief Executive Tony Fernandes. Pic: AP. The news of missing AirAsia flight QZ8501 compounds terrible memories for Malaysians, as earlier this year Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 vanished and MH17 was shot down over Ukraine. On social media, Malaysians have expressed their shock over today’s developments, at the end of what...
Missing flight is 3rd Malaysia-linked incident
The disappearance Sunday of AirAsia Flight 8501 was the third air incident this year involving Malaysia, where budget carrier AirAsia in based. Here’s a look at the two other disasters, as well as the latest missing flight, which went missing with 162 people aboard less than an hour after taking off from Surabaya, Indonesia, for...
Malaysia, Singapore leaders vow aid in search efforts for missing AirAsia flight
MANILA, Philippines—The leaders of Malaysia and Singapore offered their help shortly after the AirAsia flight QZ8501from Indonesia bound for Singapore went missing Sunday morning. Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak said on his official Twitter account that his country is “ready to help.” “Very sad to hear that...
Ukraine secures cheap Russian coal, power supplies
Moscow promised on Saturday to resume shipping coal and provide electricity to Ukraine for the first time in three years despite Kiev’s failure to guarantee energy supplies to Russian-occupied Crimea. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s unexpected decision was announced just a day after Ukraine upped pressure on the breakaway Black Sea...
Ukraine secures cheap Russian coal and power supplies
KIEV: Moscow promised on Saturday (Dec 27) to resume shipping coal and provide electricity to Ukraine for the first time in three years despite Kiev’s failure to guarantee energy supplies to Russian-occupied Crimea. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s unexpected decision was announced just a day after Ukraine upped pressure on the...
