Malaysia and Japan test recycling dead palm trees into biofuel
KUALA LUMPUR -- Japanese and Malaysian researchers are testing a process to turn felled palm trees into biomass that serves as a renewable source of energy.
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Highway collapse in China’s southern Guangdong province leaves at least 19 dead, state media says
BEIJING (AP) — A section of a highway collapsed in southern China leaving at least 19 people dead, state broadcaster CCTV reported Wednesday.
Kazakhstan arrests ex-interior minister in connection with unrest that left 238 dead
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Authorities in Kazakhstan arrested a former interior minister on Tuesday, in connection with deadly police crackdown on unrest that gripped the country in 2022, Kazakh news media reported.
Australia and New Zealand honor their war dead with dawn services on Anzac Day
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of people gathered across Australia and New Zealand for dawn services and street marches Thursday to commemorate their war dead on Anzac Day.
7 dead, 20 injured after car veers off race track in Sri Lanka
Thousands of spectators looked on as the mishap took place during the Fox Hill Supercross motor racing event in the town of Diyatalawa, about 180km (110 miles) east of the capital Colombo.
Two Japan SDF choppers crash in Pacific, one dead, seven missing
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Two Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopters crashed during a drill in the Pacific late Saturday, leaving at least one of the eight crew members dead, with the other seven still missing, Japan's defense minister said Sunday.
Singaporean woman holidaying in Spain found dead with multiple stab wounds
A Singaporean woman who went missing while on a holiday in Spain has been found dead with 30 stab wounds, Spanish media reported on Wednesday.