Ethiopian Airlines pilots followed Boeing’s emergency procedures before crash: report SINGAPORE/ADDIS ABABA: The pilots of an Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX jet that crashed last month had initially followed Boeing Co’s emergency procedures but they still failed to regain control of the plane, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.The crash killed all 157 people on…
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian prime minister on Tuesday condemned the Israeli government over the use of military force against Palestinian protesters who were marching to mark the anniversary of the Great March of Return in the Gaza Strip. “I strongly condemn the excessive use of force in retaliation by Israel toward the Palestinians, using hundreds…
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian prime minister on Tuesday condemned the Israeli government over the use of military force against Palestinian protesters who were marching to mark the anniversary of the Great March of Return in the Gaza Strip. “I strongly condemn the excessive use of force in retaliation by Israel toward the Palestinians, using hundreds…
JAKARTA: Indonesian President Joko Widodo is on course to win the country’s April 17 election, according to the latest opinion polls.Widodo had on Tuesday opened up a clear lead on his rival, former three-star general Prabowo Subianto, a survey by private pollster Indo Barometer revealed.Out of 1,200 people questioned, 50.8 percent indicated they would vote…
BHIMTAL, India: When India’s election commission said that its code of conduct would be applied to social media companies as well as political parties, some analysts scoffed, saying it lacked the capacity to check fake news.Just days before India’s multi-phase general election begins April 11, observers said Tuesday that the commission is indeed struggling with…
Greek PM hails new ties during landmark N. Macedonia visit SKOPJE, Republic of North Macedonia: Greece’s prime minister was greeted with hugs and selfies on Tuesday during his landmark visit to newly renamed North Macedonia, where the neighbors celebrated a new start after resolving their decades-long identity row.The one-day trip came a little more than…
KABUL: At a rehabilitation center in Afghanistan, Imran Gul clasped two parallel bars, cautiously easing his weight onto his new leg.The 25-year-old nomad had been driving a tractor on hilly farmland when a land mine exploded, making him the latest victim of a scourge that has worsened in recent years as fighting intensifies between the…
BRUSSELS: Britain has become more likely in the recent days to crash out of the European Union without a divorce agreement, the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier said on Tuesday.“Over the last days a no-deal scenario has become more likely, but we can still hope to avoid it,” Barnier said, adding the EU was…
WASHINGTON: Aides to Joe Biden are striking a more aggressive tone as the former vice president faces scrutiny over his past behavior toward women.In a statement Monday, Biden spokesman Bill Russo blasted “right wing trolls” from “the dark recesses of the Internet” for conflating images of Biden embracing acquaintances, colleagues and friends in his official…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and India traded fire in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, leaving seven people dead — three Pakistani soldiers, a Pakistani villager, an Indian woman and a girl and a member of the Indian paramilitary troops, officials said Tuesday. The fatalities were some of the highest since tensions flared between the rival nuclear-armed…
OTTAWA: Canada’s federal government on Monday made good on an ultimatum to impose a carbon tax on four provinces that haven’t fallen in line with its emissions reduction strategy.A starting levy of Can$20 ($15) per ton of pollution imposed on Manitoba, New Brunswick, Ontario and Saskatchewan — all led by Conservatives — will add about…
MAPUTO: Cholera has infected at least 1,052 people in Mozambique’s cyclone-hit region, the health ministry said Monday in a new report, marking a massive increase from 139 cases reported four days ago.The mounting cases represent on average more than 200 cases of new infections each day.Although hundreds have been taken ill with cholera since last…
WASHINGTON: A South Carolina man has been charged in the murder of a University of South Carolina student who may have gotten into her killer’s car mistakenly believing that it was her Uber ride, police said.Nathaniel Rowland, 24, was charged with the murder and kidnapping of Samantha Josephson, 21, who was last seen outside of…
MANILA: The Philippines has protested the presence of more than 200 Chinese vessels that were sighted from January to March near a Philippine-occupied island in the disputed South China Sea, officials said Monday.Presidential spokesman Salvador Panelo said the Department of Foreign Affairs lodged the protest after the military monitored about 275 Chinese vessels near Thitu…
MANILA: The Philippines has protested the presence of more than 200 Chinese vessels that were sighted from January to March near a Philippine-occupied island in the disputed South China Sea, officials said Monday.Presidential spokesman Salvador Panelo said the Department of Foreign Affairs lodged the protest after the military monitored about 275 Chinese vessels near Thitu…
CARACAS: Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro announced 30 days of electricity rationing Sunday, after his government said it was shortening the working day and keeping schools closed due to blackouts.Angry Venezuelans meanwhile took to the streets of Caracas to protest the power cuts and water shortages.The measures are a stark admission by the government — which…
MANILA: Two extremists have been arrested with guns, explosives and Daesh group-style black flags in a northern Philippine province far from the traditional territory of militants in the volatile south, police said Monday. But national police chief Gen. Oscar Albayalde said the arrest on Thursday of the two militants in Baggao town in Cagayan province…
NEW DELHI: An Indian rocket on Monday placed domestic and foreign satellites in three different orbits on a single flight, a first for the nation and a low-cost option that could burnish its reputation for pioneering affordable options in space.The launch of a domestic intelligence satellite and 28 foreign ones came less than a week…
KABUL, Afghanistan: An Afghan official says the Taliban stormed two checkpoints in northern Sari Pul province, killing at least five members of the security forces and setting of an hours-long gunbattle.Zabihullah Amani, spokesman for the provincial governor, say the attack in the province's Sozma Qala district started late on Sunday night. The fighting lasted until…
KIEV, Ukraine: A comedian with no political experience was leading in Ukraine’s presidential election on Sunday, an exit poll and partial early results indicated, but was far short of the absolute majority needed to win outright in the first round.With 11 percent of the ballots counted, Volodymyr Zelenskiy had more than 29 percent of the…
