Five people survive after a helicopter crashes in Bali
DENPASAR, Indonesia (AP) — Two Australian and three Indonesian nationals survived after a tourist helicopter crashed in Bali, due to being entangled in a kite string, officials said Friday.
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15 Chinese tourists hurt in dual bus crashes on treacherous New Zealand road
The buses were travelling in the same direction on a stretch of highway popular with tourists when they slid from the road on Thursday and overturned, at about the same time and only 100 metres (109 yards) apart, New Zealand’s police said in an emailed statement. Temperatures in the area were freezing and others driving on the highway reported heavy fog and black ice on the road at the time.
Asia-Pacific markets fall as rotation out of tech continues; Japan headline inflation holds steady
Asia-Pacific markets fell on Friday as investors on Wall Street continued to rotate out of tech stocks and take profits from the rally in equities in recent weeks.
EU Commission head von der Leyen elected for second term
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was elected for a second term on Thursday after pledging to create a continental "defence union" and stay the course on Europe's green transition while cushioning its burden on industry.
Buses carrying Chinese tourists veer off New Zealand road in 2 crashes at the same spot. 15 hurt
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Two buses carrying Chinese tourists veered off the same stretch of road in perilous weather conditions on New Zealand’s South Island on Thursday, with 15 passengers taken to hospital, two of them seriously hurt.
‘Tone-deaf’: Indonesia’s largest Islamic group apologises after members meet Israel leader
Yahya Cholil Staquf, chairman of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) – which has around 95 million members – called the visit to Israel by its members “inappropriate” and “tone-deaf.”
Wealth in Turkey grew the most in the world at 157% despite soaring inflation, according to ranking
Turkey came out miles ahead of the rest of the world in an annual global wealth ranking — in a result that may come as surprising, given the country's high levels of inflation.
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