Indonesian recovery teams narrowed the search area for AirAsia Flight 8501 Friday, hopeful they were closing in on the plane’s crash site, with a total of 30 bodies and more debris recovered from the sea.
Friday, January 2, 2015
Premier League match report: Tottenham Hotspur 5 Chelsea 3
London: Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho suffered a chastening defeat as Tottenham Hotspur stunned his side 5-3 on Thursday to leave them joint-top with Manchester City in the Premier League.
NFL’s top rushers aim to inspire in play-offs
Washington: The National Football League’s two top rushers will feature in the opening weekend of the NFL play-offs, but each faces a formidable challenge to help his team advance.
Ebola-hit UK nurse treated with survivor’s plasma, trial drug
A British nurse who contracted Ebola in west Africa is being treated with the blood plasma of someone who survived the virus and an experimental anti-viral drug, the doctor supervising her care said Wednesday.
Man with automatic weapon detained near Istanbul palace
The bomb failed to explode and the man, aged around 30, was seized by security forces at the Dolmabahce Palace in Turkey’s largest city, media added.
Maasai kill six lions after livestock attack
Angry Maasai herders in Tanzania killed six lions that had attacked livestock, in the latest clash between man and beast in the region.
Canada police: Shooting at New Year’s Eve party kills 1
Police were searching Friday for the gunman or gunmen who opened fire at a New Year’s Eve house party in Calgary, leaving one person dead and six others injured, including one in critical condition, police said.
Afghan soldiers to blame for deadly wedding bombing: Officials
Afghan soldiers were responsible for firing mortars at a wedding party that killed 17 women and children, officials said on Friday, in a mistaken strike that overshadowed the transfer of nationwide security from NATO forces.
At least 7 killed in Al Shabaab attack at Somali military base
Somalia’s Al Shabaab militants attacked a military base in the outskirts of the town of Baidoa on Friday morning, killing at least 7 Somali soldiers, a Somali military official said.
Libya extinguishes fire at biggest oil terminal: officials
Libya has extinguished a fire at oil storage tanks at the country's biggest oil port, Es Sider, that had been raging for a week, officials said on Friday.
Russia oil output hits post-Soviet high, small firms help
Russia's 2014 oil output hit a post-Soviet record high average of 10.58 million barrels per day (bpd), rising by 0.7 percent helped by small non-state producers, Energy Ministry data showed on Friday.
Trial opens of Turkey police accused of spying on Erdogan
The trial opened at an Ankara court on Friday of 13 former Turkish police officers accused of setting up bugs to eavesdrop on President Recep Tayyip Erdogan while he was prime minister.
2014 deadliest year in Iraq for civilians since 2006-7 bloodshed - U.N.
Violence in Iraq in 2014 killed at least 12,282 civilians, making it the deadliest year since the sectarian bloodshed of 2006-07, the United Nations said in a statement.
China's Three Gorges dam 'breaks world hydropower record'
China's Three Gorges dam has broken the world record for annual hydroelectric power production, more than a decade after it became the world's largest power plant, its operator said.
AirAsia crash: Plane landed safely on water before sinking?
The AirAsia flight QZ8501 that met with disaster over the Java Sea on its way from Surabaya in Indonesia to Singapore Sunday, may have made a safe landing on water before being consumed by high waves, amid a raging storm, experts say.
With 76,000 deaths in Syrian conflict 2014 becomes deadliest in 4 years
Over 76,000 people have been killed in the Syrian conflict in the year 2014 marking it as the deadliest year yet in the country's four year conflict, said activists.
China says ties with U.S. to be modified with Asia as 'starting point'
A senior Chinese diplomat has said that the country will form a new type of relationship with the United States, with Asia as "the starting point".
AirAsia plane's blackbox recorders likely to take another week to find
The search for the doomed AirAsia flight's black box recorders could take a week, an aviation official said.
Tennessee man admits his CNN hacking threat was 'a joke'
The hacking threat directed at cable network CNN has turned out be just another hoax.
Obama's a champ at swatting flies with rolled up magazines!
Barack Obama recently showed off his skills at keeping his Oval Office pest free by swatting a pesky fly with a rolled up magazine.
New Strings app allows you to take back 'embarrassing' texts and images
A new social networking application called Strings allows users to take back embarrassing texts and images once shared with other users.
Twitter releases new feature that allows users to catch up on missed tweets
Twitter has released a new feature that allows users to catch up on missed Tweets.
South Korean activist to drop DVDs of "The Interview" into North Korea via balloons
A South Korean activist is planning to balloon drop DVD's of Sony's "The Interview" movie in North Korea.
Microsoft's Joe Belfiore says Windows Phone not forgotten
Microsoft's Joe Belfiore has said that the software giant's Office team has not forgotten the Windows Phone.
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