Flight attendant Okky Bisma, 29, identified through fingerprints matched to database.. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)
Indonesia Plane Crash Probe’s Focus Is on Lack of Pilot Response to Controllers
A communication breakdown between pilots and air-traffic controllers has emerged as an early focus of the investigation into last weekend’s crash of a 1990s-era Boeing 737 in Indonesia. ( read original story ...)
Exclusive: India to treat homegrown COVID-19 vaccine same as AstraZeneca’s
India will treat a domestic COVID-19 vaccine "equally" with a prominent global one, even though the homegrown drug's efficacy has not been proven, and people will have no choice which they one they ... ( read original story ...)
Analysis: Making virus crisis budget, India needs to spend, funds may fall short
Having fired up hopes for populist measures with talk of delivering a "budget like never before", India's Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will need to find credible sources for additional revenue ... ( read original story ...)
James Murdoch joins former Disney executive in India push
James Murdoch is embarking on an ambitious new media venture in India after reuniting with Uday Shankar, the executive who helped build the Murdoch family’s Star television empire before leading ... ( read original story ...)
China is winning the trade war and its exports have never been higher
China was already outperforming every other major world economy last year as the coronavirus pandemic upended the globe. It looks like the country's relatively sure footing also gave it the edge in ... ( read original story ...)
Forced abortion in China incites anger
Fen Jianmei was seven months pregnant when she was forcibly taken to hospital and her child aborted, because she and her husband couldn’t afford the fine imposed in China when couples have a second ... ( read original story ...)
China Trade Surplus With US Widens 7.1% To $317 Bn In 2020
China's trade surplus with the United States widened last year, underlining the failure of Donald Trump to narrow the gap during his tenure, while demand soared for electronics and medical equipment ... ( read original story ...)
China bars two members of WHO coronavirus mission as depleted team reaches Wuhan
The politically fraught quest for the origins of the pandemic landed in the city where it emerged, as the country reported its first covid-19 death in eight months. ( read original story ...)
HK finance chief sees mainland as backing for island’s economy
Paul Chan, financial secretary of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government, said Wednesday (Jan 13) that the Chinese mainland will continue to be the strongest support for Hong ... ( read original story ...)