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Air Vanuatu files for bankruptcy protection after canceling more than 20 flights
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Air Vanuatu filed for bankruptcy protection on Friday a day after the South Pacific state-owned carrier cancelled all international flights.
India urges pro-China Maldives to ease tensions and improve their strained relationship
NEW DELHI (AP) — India urged pro-China Maldives on Thursday to ease tensions and improve their strained relationship.
Indonesia grants license to Musk’s SpaceX unit Starlink, to provide internet to remote areas
Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite company has been granted business licences to operate in Indonesia, a senior communication and information ministry official said on Thursday.
Air India Express flights disrupted for second day as cabin crew call in sick in revolt over merger
Air India’s budget carrier subsidiary cancelled 85 flights on Thursday, a day after its operations were severely disrupted by dozens of cabin crew calling in sick at the last minute.
Huge fire at a chemical storage tank in Thailand kills one and injures 4
BANGKOK (AP) — At least one person was killed and four others were injured after a huge fire broke out at a chemical storage tank in an Eastern Thailand industrial park on Thursday.
China criticizes US for ship’s passage through Taiwan Strait weeks before new leader takes office
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China’s military criticized a U.S. destroyer’s passage through the Taiwan Strait less than two weeks before the island’s new president takes office and while Washington and Beijing are making uneven efforts to restore regular military exchanges.
Japan Fisheries Agency proposes allowing commercial catching of fin whales
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Fisheries Agency on Thursday proposed a plan to allow catching fin whales in addition to three smaller whale species currently permitted under the country’s commercial whaling around its coasts.