Category: World
South Korea launches safety inspection of all airline operations after Jeju Air crash
South Korea has launched an emergency safety inspection of the country’s entire airline operations, and a separate check of all Boeing 737-800s, after 179 people [more…]
Trinidad and Tobago declares state of emergency after weekend of violence
The government of Trinidad and Tobago has declared a state of emergency after a weekend of violence in the Caribbean dual-island nation took the number [more…]
New Taiwanese boardgame offers chance to battle Chinese invasion
As families in Taiwan prepare to gather for lunar new year celebrations in January, a game that will be released that month promises to offer [more…]
South Korea plane crash: bereaved families demand more support from government – as it happened
notes in this story. Its chief executive, Kim E-bae, told a televised news conference he took “full responsibility” for the crash, irrespective of the cause, [more…]
More than 60 people dead after road accident in southern Ethiopia
More than 60 people have died after a road accident in southern Ethiopia, the local health authority said on Sunday. Sidama state is in the [more…]
Jeju Air crash: almost all presumed dead after South Korean aircraft veers off runway and hits wall
All but two of the 181 people aboard a plane that veered off a runway and hit a wall at an airport in South Korea [more…]
Venezuelan opposition members holed up in Argentine embassy call it ‘prison’
Five Venezuelan opposition members taking refuge in the Argentine embassy in Caracas to avoid arrest say it has become a “prison”. The residence has been [more…]
Beaches, beer and a rare suspended lake … why can’t Nigeria attract more tourists?
At the top of the Ado-Awaye hills lies a lake suspended 433 metres above sea level. Local people say the lake is named Iyake (Yoruba [more…]
UN authorises new mission against al-Shabaab in Somalia
The UN has authorised a new African peacekeeping mission to continue its fight against Somalia’s al-Shabaab, the insurgent group affiliated with al-Qaida, but there are [more…]
‘We have to change our attitude’: wildlife expert says rhino horn trade must be legalised
International trade in rhino horns should be legalised, a leading wildlife expert has urged. Writing in the research journal Science, Martin Wikelski argues only carefully [more…]
