Floods kill 21 in Malaysia, waters recede

At least 21 people have been killed and eight others are missing after the worst flooding in decades across Malaysia's northeast, police said on Wednesday, with almost a quarter of a million people displaced.

Australia prohibits commercial sunbeds over cancer fears

Most Australian states and territories are set to ban commercial sunbeds from Thursday, in a crackdown on artificial tanning in a country that has one of the highest rates of skin cancer in the world.

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Relatives wait for flight updates

Some of the relatives and friends of affected passengers aboard the missing AirAsia Flight QZ8501 arrived at the designated relatives' area at Singapore's Changi Airport for updates on Sunday.

What they say

On my way to Surabaya where most of the passengers are from as with my Indonesian management. Providing information as we get it."

Colorful airline boss confronts major crisis

Malaysian mogul Tony Fernandes, who transformed a floundering carrier into Asia's biggest budget airline, faces his first major crisis after an AirAsia plane disappeared on Sunday with 162 people on board.

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MAJOR AIR ACCIDENTS IN RECENT YEARS

Families of MH370's passengers still hold out hope for news

The skies were clear in Malaysia late in the evening of March 7 as Hou Aiqin passed through the security checks at Kuala Lumpur International Airport. She was due to take Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370, bound for Beijing, scheduled to take off at 1:41 am minutes on March 8.

Fuel prices to be cut on Saturday

The continued fall in global crude oil prices has triggered another cut in domestic retail fuel prices, with the nation's top economic planning agency saying that the revised prices will come into effect on Saturday.

Non-fossil energy rises in the mix

Non-fossil fuels accounted for 11.1 percent of China's primary energy use in 2014, up from 9.8 percent last year, as the world's second-largest economy cut emissions to fight climate change, a senior official said on Thursday.

Ningxia plans $1.5b overseas issue of bonds

The northwestern Ningxia Hui autonomous region plans to sell up to $1.5 billion worth of debt in China's first local government overseas bond issuance.

Procedures streamlined for firms that plan to seek funds on foreign markets

The China Securities Regulatory Commission is streamlining administrative procedures for domestic companies seeking to raise funds abroad, the commission said on Friday.