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The story of ‘Air’ Jordan

“Air” captures the story of how this basketball shoe came into existence and how one Nike Executive, Sonny Vaccaro, saw what no one else did—the incredible talent that existed in a freshly-drafted Michael Jordan.

Pilot in footballers' crash in Colombia 'was not trained properly'

The pilot in the plane crash that killed 71 people traveling to Colombia on a Bolivian charter including footballers from Brazil had not flown enough hours to pilot commercial flights, a copilot's attorney said Saturday.

Football: crash survivors undergo operations in Colombia, probe begins

Doctors treated traumatized survivors and an investigation was to get underway on Wednesday into an air crash that killed 71 people and wiped out Brazil's Chapecoense soccer team en route to a cup final in Colombia.

Govt to guard against Zika

The government will strengthen surveillance at air, water and land ports across the country and screen travellers coming from countries affected by Zika epidemic.

Self-filling bottle turns humid air into drinkable water

Kristof Retezár, a designer based in Vienna, has invented a device that can extract humidity from the air and condense it into drinkable water.

Malaysia closes schools as Indonesia smoke haze worsens

Malaysian authorities on Tuesday ordered school closures in Kuala Lumpur and neighbouring states as worsening haze from Indonesian forest and agricultural fires enveloped the capital in a smoky grey shroud.

May 24, 2023
May 24, 2023

The story of ‘Air’ Jordan

“Air” captures the story of how this basketball shoe came into existence and how one Nike Executive, Sonny Vaccaro, saw what no one else did—the incredible talent that existed in a freshly-drafted Michael Jordan.

December 18, 2016
December 18, 2016

Pilot in footballers' crash in Colombia 'was not trained properly'

The pilot in the plane crash that killed 71 people traveling to Colombia on a Bolivian charter including footballers from Brazil had not flown enough hours to pilot commercial flights, a copilot's attorney said Saturday.

November 30, 2016
November 30, 2016

Football: crash survivors undergo operations in Colombia, probe begins

Doctors treated traumatized survivors and an investigation was to get underway on Wednesday into an air crash that killed 71 people and wiped out Brazil's Chapecoense soccer team en route to a cup final in Colombia.

February 5, 2016
February 5, 2016

Govt to guard against Zika

The government will strengthen surveillance at air, water and land ports across the country and screen travellers coming from countries affected by Zika epidemic.

January 21, 2016
January 21, 2016

Self-filling bottle turns humid air into drinkable water

Kristof Retezár, a designer based in Vienna, has invented a device that can extract humidity from the air and condense it into drinkable water.

September 15, 2015
September 15, 2015

Malaysia closes schools as Indonesia smoke haze worsens

Malaysian authorities on Tuesday ordered school closures in Kuala Lumpur and neighbouring states as worsening haze from Indonesian forest and agricultural fires enveloped the capital in a smoky grey shroud.