Kremlin hands top state honours to pilots after crash-landing

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday bestowed top state honours on two pilots for courage and heroism after they safely landed a packed passenger plane in a cornfield near Moscow as its engines were failing.

Kremlin lauds 'hero' pilots after emergency landing near Moscow

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin lauded two Russian pilots as heroes and said they would be handed state awards after they landed an airliner carrying 233 people in a cornfield outside Moscow after striking a flock of birds during take-off.

Less-travelled path of wonders

WHILE many have ventured into the Penang National Park via its main entrance in Teluk Bahang, the park’s secondary access from Kuala Sungai Pinang on the island’s west coast is another path to explore.

Driver caught smuggling birds into Singapore

PETALING JAYA: More than 200 birds died following a botched attempt by a Malaysian bus driver to smuggle them into Singapore.

Chirping gives away attempt to smuggle 815 birds across the Causeway

SINGAPORE (ANN): Officers from the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) found more than 800 ornamental birds in a Malaysia-registered bus at Woodlands Checkpoint on Saturday (Aug 10) morning, the largest haul in recent years.

Take basic steps to stay safe

Even in cities, natural signs can warn of floods, researchers find

INDIGENOUS knowledge about how to spot flood risks ahead of time could save lives in cities, researchers said, as climate change and population growth put millions of people at risk of increasingly unpredictable weather patterns.INDIGENOUS knowledge about how to spot flood risks ahead of time could save lives in cities, researchers said, as climate change and population growth put millions of people at risk of increasingly unpredictable weather patterns.

Taking an unusual study route

WHILE his classmates at Anglo-Chinese School (Barker Road) were deciding between the junior college and polytechnic route after completing their O levels last December, Dylan Soh decided to take the path less travelled and headed to Finland.

No more Aussie trash exports

Sydney: Australia pledged to stop exporting recyclable waste amid global concerns about plastic pollu­ting the oceans and increasing pushback from Asian nations against accepting trash.

Afghan woman finds peace, hope in painting at Hungary migrant camp

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - A young Afghan woman, who has been in a holding camp for asylum seekers on Hungary's border for months, gets only a faraway glimpse of trees from her home in a shipping container. So she paints trees, birds and flowers to help long days pass by.