Disney's Hong Kong service drops 'Simpsons' episode with 'forced labor' reference
The episode "One Angry Lisa", which first aired in October on television, is not available on Disney Plus streaming service in Hong Kong.
Tue Feb 07 2023
Spanish airline to fly UK-made helium airships
Air Nostrum is the first airline to reserve 100-seat helium airships that emit just one tenth of harmful emissions produced by jet planes.
Thu Jun 16 2022
World's oldest person dies in Japan aged 119
Tanaka was born on January 2, 1903, the same year the Wright brothers flew the world's first airplane.
Tue Apr 26 2022
MAB gets nod to perform modifications, repairs in avionics, structures, cabin interiors
MAB is the first airline and locally-owned company in Malaysia that has received the EASA DOA certificate.
Mon Oct 09 2017
Chinese aircraft carrier sails into Hong Kong on maiden visit
China's first aircraft carrier sailed into Hong Kong waters on Friday in the latest show of the country's growing military might at a time of heightened regional tensions.
Fri Jul 07 2017
AirAsia launches travel and service centre in Maldives
AirAsia Bhd today launched its first AirAsia Travel and Services Centre (ATSC) in Male, Maldives.
Sun May 22 2016
France launches air strikes against Islamic State in Syria
France said on Sunday it had launched its first air strikes against Islamic State in Syria in an act of "self-defence" to stop the militant group from carrying out attacks inside France.
Sun Sep 27 2015
One airline figured out how to make sure its airplanes never disappear
First Air's six-pound tracking system, about the size of a hotel room safe, installed in the planes' electronics bays, makes it nearly disappearance-proof.
Thu Jan 01 2015
QZ8501: First AirAsia bodies arrive as bad weather hampers recovery
Soldiers acting as pall bearers Wednesday carried coffins containing the first two bodies from AirAsia Flight QZ8501 into Surabaya airport from where the ill-fated plane departed.
Wed Dec 31 2014
Australia conducts first air strikes in Iraq: military
A Super Hornet fighter jet carried out Australia's first bombing raid in Iraq targeting a "facility" of the Islamist State group.
Thu Oct 09 2014
US bombs IS near Baghdad for first time
US warplanes carried out their first air strike on the Islamic State near Baghdad, as world diplomats pledged Monday to support Iraq in its fight against the militants.
Tue Sep 16 2014
US launches first strikes in Iraq Sunni Arab heartland
The United States launched its first air strikes in the Sunni Arab heartland on Sunday, bombing jihadists around a key dam on the Euphrates Valley, the military said.
Sun Sep 07 2014
AirAsia becomes first airline to pilot Interpol I-Checkit system
the system would screen the passports of all its prospective passengers against the world police bodys Stolen and Lost Travel Documents (SLTD) database.
Tue May 13 2014
MH370: Last RMAF C130H aircraft returns home
The arrival of the aircraft, with 11 officers and 13 personnel, was received by RMAF First Air Division Commander, Major-General Datuk Azizool Arif Abdul Ghani, RMAF officers and families of the crew.
Sat May 10 2014