Uber cuts back on self-driving programme after fatal crash
SAN FRANCISCO, 24 May 2018: Uber has shut down its self-driving car operation in Arizona two months after a fatal crash involving one of its vehicles, the company said yesterday. …
Will Philippines finally start up its nuclear power generator?
MORONG, 23 May 2018: Filipino Wilfredo Torres was hired as a technician for Southeast Asia’s only nuclear power plant in the 1980s, but has spent the past decade giving guided …
China air force now has bombers on South China Sea island
SHANGHAI, 19 May 2018: China’s air force has landed bombers on islands and reefs in the South China Sea as part of a training exercise in the disputed region, it …
Aussie politicians wants royal commission probe into MH370 search
CANBERRA, 17 May 2018: The Australian government’s transport safety investigator will be subject to parliamentary scrutiny over its handling of the US$150 million hunt for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. …
Another vehicle explosion in Surabaya
SURABAYA, 14 May 2018: A suicide bomber on a motorbike wounded several Indonesian police outside a police building in Surabaya today – a day after Islamist militants launched suicide attacks …
Deadly suicide attacks on 3 churches in Surabaya, bombers all from same family
JAKARTA, 13 May 2018: Update: The suicide bombings at three churches in Surabaya, East Java were carried out by a family of six, believed to have been involved in a …
Suspected Muslim killer shot dead after Paris stabbing
PARIS, 13 May 2018: An assailant shouting “Allah Akbar” killed a passer-by in a knife attack that also wounded four others in the heart of Paris late yesterday before he …
Flower water disaster in Kenya
SOLAI, 11 May 2018: A dam on a commercial flower farm in Kenya’s Rift Valley burst after weeks of torrential rain – unleashing a “sea of water” that careered down …
Throats slit while praying in Durban mosque
JOHANNESBURG, 11 May 2018: Three men armed with guns and knives slit the throats of three worshippers at a mosque near Durban in South Africa and a person was killed, …
Little justice for young male sex crime victims in India
MUMBAI, 9 May 2018: He was lured into a room near where he played cricket, a man then shut the door and window – and raped him. That’s what a …