You Searched For "java island" and got 20 results
Sort By:
3 mins read
Boeing shares sell-off after 737 Max 8 plane crashes into the sea
Flight JT 610 left the Indonesian capital of Jakarta on Monday at 6:20 a.m. local time carrying 189…
Ethel Jiang
5 mins read
The US and China both have their eyes on a country at the heart of the Indo-Pacific
Straddling the Indian and Pacific oceans, Indonesia is in some ways "the soft underbelly of this mo…
Benjamin Brimelow
9 mins read
The hunt for the next Bali: Inside Indonesia's plan to save its tourism industry by minting 5 new hubs for international travelers
Experts told Insider they worry the $275 million plan will destroy the natural wonders that draw pe…
Lina Batarags
3 mins read
The pilot of the downed Lion Air flight asked to turn back right before it crashed into the sea off Indonesia
The plane was brand new, had only been in use since August. Boeing, the aircraft maker, said it was…
Bill Bostock,Bill Bostock
1 min read
Indonesia launches police unit to guard virus burials
In Jakarta's two virus cemeteries, 30 personnel -- including some wearing head-to-toe protective ge…
PTI
2 mins read
At least 168 people are dead and 745 are injured in Indonesia after a tsunami triggered by a volcano
Endan Permana, head of the agency in Pandeglang, told Metro TV police were providing immediate assi…
Shona Ghosh,Reuters
3 mins read
Lab workers in Indonesia have been accused of reusing nasal COVID-19 swabs in as many as 20,000 tests
The workers are accused of using new swabs to test someone, then washing, repackaging, and using th…
Katie Warren
1 min read
The first Boeing 737 Max crash happened a year ago today - here's how the saga unfolded, and the ongoing fallout as the plane remains grounded worldwide
Five months after the Lion Air tragedy, a second crash involving a 737 Max killed 157 people in Eth…
David Slotnick
1 min read
A passenger plane belonging to budget carrier Lion Air hit a lamp post at an airport in Sumatra
The plane was taxiing at Bengkulu Fatmawati Soekarno airport in the island of Sumatra. The accident…
Christian Edwards,Christian E…
1 min read
What we know about the victims of the Lion Air plane crash off Indonesia where there were 'likely no survivors'
Wreckage has been recovered from the crash site in the Java Sea, not far from where the plane took …
Sinéad Baker,Sinéad Baker,Sin…
1 min read
Indonesia wants to spend $33 billion to move its sinking capital hundreds of miles. Here's what the flooded city looks like.
After a seven-decade reign as Indonesia's capital, Jakarta faces the growing challenge of sea level…
Aria Bendix
3 mins read
Indonesia orders flights to stay away after a devastating tsunami killed more than 430 people without warning
The BNPB also extended the danger zone from 2 km (1.2 miles) to 5 km (3 miles) around the island, a…
Alexandra Ma
5 mins read
Indonesian tsunami death toll reaches 280 as Medecins Sans Frontieres reports the count will rise for several more days
Debris of damaged homes are seen in South Lampung on South Sumatra on December 23, 2018, after the …
Christian Edwards,Christian E…
2 mins read
Walmart reveals the most bizarre top-selling items of 2018 in every state
According to eMarketer, by the end of this year Walmart will have 4% of all online retail sales in …
Shayanne Gal,Dennis Green
1 min read
This volcano has been erupting boiling-hot mud for 11 straight years - now scientists know why
Scientists recently published a paper in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth about the…
Uma Sharma,Jessica Orwig
3 mins read
A viral rumor after the Lion Air crash claims the airline already had the worst possible safety rating - but it isn't true
Indonesia's aviation record was so poor for years that the US and EU had blacklisted the country's …
Sinéad Baker,Sinéad Baker,Sin…
8 mins read
The Lion Air crash dings Indonesia's aviation record, but the region is not the Bermuda Triangle for air travel everyone is making it out to be
For example, when Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Jakarta where JT610 took off is undergoin…
Christian Edwards,Christian E…
1 min read
US Navy photo reveals aircraft carrier nowhere near North Korea
Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis said on April 11 that the Vinson had been called away from exercise…
Alex Lockie
5 mins read
Here's how we can teach machines to be fair
The opportunities that artificial intelligence (AI) can unlock for our world - from discovering cur…
Erica Kochi, UNICEF
3 mins read
The 10 most important things in the world right now
One ticket, two days, 50+ insightful speakers, and 600+ executives. One ticket, two days, 50+ insig…