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Death toll rises to eight after flash flood sweeps away scouts in Yogyakarta
JAKARTA: A joint search and rescue team announced on Saturday (Feb 22) that eight students had died during a flash flood that swept away a group of scouts trekking on the banks of the Sembor River in Donokerto village in Sleman, Yogyakarta. The victims were swept away by the flood as 249 students were exploring as a scout activity.
Putting auto on the fast track
THE highly anticipated National Automotive Policy 2020 (NAP 2020), which was finally launched by the International Trade and Industry Ministry on Friday, has set 10-year targets that the government believes will take the local automotive industry to the greater heights.
No Man's Sky embraces bioships, space fossils with Living Ships update
Wildly ambitious interplanetary adventure No Man's Sky is setting off in a new direction with its latest update.
Laos, US sign disaster management programme
LAOS, Feb 20 (Vientiane Times/ANN): Laos and the United States have agreed to initiate a disaster risk management system (DMRS) and capacity building to monitor, plan for and respond to disasters.
Local boys in running for MPK presidency
KLANG Municipal Council (MPK) will get a new president next month and two candidates, in their 40s, are being considered for the post.
Locusts swarm into South Sudan as plague spreads
JUBA (Reuters) - Swarms of locusts ravaging crops and grazing land across east Africa have reached South Sudan, already reeling from widespread hunger and years of civil war, the country's agriculture minister said on Tuesday.
Clogged drains causing flash floods in Jinjang Selatan
Jinjang Selatan residents in Kuala Lumpur want their drainage upgraded as the current water dispersal system at the area failed to channel out rainwater effectively, resulting in flash floods.
Panjang can’t bear it and is back patching potholes
JOHOR BARU: After a lapse of a few years, local do-gooder “Panjang” has come out from “retirement” and started to patch potholes again.
Survey: Ahok most successful at tackling Jakarta’s issues
A survey from Indo Barometer showed the majority of respondents saw former Jakarta governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama as the most successful recent leader in handling Jakarta’s problems, including floods and traffic jams.
Flood forces school in Kanowit to shut down during recess
SIBU: The unexpected heavy rain on Monday (Feb 17), which resulted in rising flood waters, forced SK Nanga Balingiau in rural Kanowit to ask its 98 pupils to return home during recess.