Apr 07 Australians get ‘promising lead’ in search for missing Malaysian plane By Ellen Rolfes Many hope that this could be the missing black box from Malaysian Airlines Flight 370, which vanished on March 7. Officials leading the search for the missing aircraft have cautiously called this a "most promising lead."… Continue reading
Apr 02 Australia’s high court rules in favor of gender neutrality By Ruth Tam Australia’s supreme court has ruled that New South Whales must recognize gender neutrality in addition to categorizing people as male or female. Continue reading
Mar 31 UN court orders Japan to stop whaling program By Ariel Min Japan has been ordered to immediately halt whaling off Antarctica, after the United Nations’ International Court of Justice voted on Monday, 12 to 4, against Japan’s JARPA II special permits, which are issued for scientific research. Continue reading
Mar 24 Watch 4:21 Still facing abyss of questions, what gives Malaysia confidence in its Flight 370 conclusion? By PBS News Hour After 17 days of searching for the missing airliner, Malaysian officials announced that they believe it went down in the Southern Indian Ocean and that no one survived. Michael Schmidt of The New York Times joins Judy Woodruff to discuss… Continue watching
Mar 24 Watch Malaysian government says Flight 370’s final satellite ping ended over the Southern Indian Ocean By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 22 Watch Missing plane search focuses on new satellite imagery data By PBS News Hour After two weeks of searching, the missing Malaysia Airlines plane has yet to be found. In recent days both Australian and Chinese satellite imagery have picked up on objects that could be aircraft debris. What does this mean for search?… Continue watching
Mar 20 Watch New lead, new challenges: How weather, deep water and confusion may factor in search for Malaysian jet By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 20 Watch News Wrap: Satellite image of debris shifts Malaysia plane search to remote stretch of Indian Ocean By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 20 Australian officials claim new lead in search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight By Ellen Rolfes Australian officials led a search Thursday in the southern Indian Ocean for evidence of possible debris from missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370. Continue reading
Mar 08 Malaysia Airlines plane carrying 239 missing at sea By Kayla Ruble Rescue crews from multiple countries were still searching on Sunday for a Malaysia Airlines plane missing off the southern coast of Vietnam -- more than 20 hours after the Boeing 777-200 aircraft carrying 239 people vanished early Saturday morning. Continue reading