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Reuters – Six people were killed in a coal mine collapse in China’s northwestern region of Xinjiang, state media said on Wednesday (April 6). Four others are still trapped, state media added. The collapse took place at around 2:50 p.m. (0650 GMT) on Sunday (April 3), when 19 people were working underground at Tianli Coal Mine in Kashgar region, state broadcaster CCTV said. Xinhua news agency said eight people escaped unharmed and one person […]
Tokyo, Japan (AFP)—-A Japanese air force plane with six people aboard went missing on Wednesday, the defense ministry announced, and a search was under way in mountainous terrain. The U-125 aircraft left a base in Kagoshima prefecture on Kyushu island in southwestern Japan in the early afternoon, said Yoshiyuki Sugiyama, head of the Air Self-Defense Force. The small jet “disappeared from the radar,” Sugiyama told a press briefing. Public broadcaster NHK showed footage of […]
(Reuters) — China on Wednesday (April 6) hit back at accusations from a Philippine senator, who said that Chinese hackers were likely to have pulled off one of the world’s biggest cyber heists at the Bangladesh central bank. Unidentified hackers infiltrated the computers at Bangladesh Bank in early February and tried to transfer a total of $951 million from its account at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. All but one of the 35 […]
Eagle News — Former manager of Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC) Jupiter (Makati) branch Maia Santos-Deguito, maintained that she is not the grandmaster of the 81-million-dollar money laundering scandal. Deguito made the statement when she appeared before the senate hearing yesterday, putting the blame on RCBC President Lorenzo Tan. She also said she was sorry for trusting Tan, because she thought that by following Tan, it would help her performance in her career as bank […]
BEIJING, China (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince Andrew held a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Tuesday (April 5) during a visit to China. The former naval officer and younger brother of current heir-to-the-throne Prince Charles, shook hands with Xi, before the two sides sat down to talks. During the meeting Xi reportedly told Andrew he had fond memories of his state visit to the UK in October 2015. Andrew reportedly said the […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia (Reuters) – Indonesia started investigations on Tuesday (April 5) to find out the cause of a collision between two planes on a runway at Jakarta’s domestic airport. Two planes collided on a runway at the airport in the Indonesian capital late on Monday (April 4), forcing passengers to evacuate using inflatable ramps. No casualties were reported, according to a statement from the transportation ministry. Still photos provided by state news agency Antara Foto […]
ALEPPO PROVINCE, Syria (Reuters) – Islamist rebels shot down a Syrian warplane and captured its pilot on Tuesday (April 5) in an area south of Aleppo where insurgents are battling the Syrian army and allied militias, a monitoring group said. Syria’s military confirmed that a plane on a reconnaissance mission had been shot down and said it was hit by a surface-to-air missile. The pilot had bailed out and efforts were underway to rescue him, […]
North Korea can mount a nuclear warhead on a medium-range missile, a South Korean official said on Tuesday in a new assessment of the capability of a country that conducted its fourth nuclear test this year. “We believe they have accomplished miniaturization of a nuclear warhead to mount it on a Rodong missile,” said the South Korean official, who has knowledge of South Korea’s assessment of the North’s nuclear program. The official spoke to a […]
(Reuters) — China has begun operating a lighthouse on one of its artificial islands in the South China Sea near which a U.S. warship sailed last year to challenge China’s territorial claims. China claims most of the energy-rich waters of the South China Sea, through which about $5 trillion in ship-borne trade passes every year. But neighbors Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam also have claims. China’s transport ministry held a “completion ceremony”, marking […]
BEIRUT, Lebanon (Reuters) – Lorries began clearing the rubbish that had piled up in Beirut’s streets, under a plan approved last month to solve the seven-month garbage crisis in Lebanon. And though residents are relieved to be able to enjoy clean streets in the capital again, environmentalists warn against what they say is only a temporary solution. The garbage crisis, which began last July when the Naameh landfill site south of Beirut was closed with […]
WEIFANG CITY, SHANDONG PROVINCE, China (Reuters) – Rescuers in eastern China saved a three-year-old boy from a well on Thursday (March 31), state media reported. Chinese state broadcaster CCTV said that the boy had fallen 11.8 meters-deep (38.7 feet) into the 90 meter-deep (295.2 feet) well while playing in an empty courtyard on Thursday afternoon in Weifang City of Shandong province. Local firefighters were called to the scene soon after. Unable to physically reach the […]
Reuters – Two planes collided on a runway at a city airport in the Indonesian capital late on Monday (April 4), forcing passengers to evacuate using inflatable ramps. No casualties were reported, according to a statement from the transportation ministry. Mobile phone footage posted to the Internet showed images of fire being put off by emergency services.A Boeing 737-800 operated by Batik Air, the full-service arm of one of Asia’s biggest airline operators Lion Air Group, […]
