Singapore has overtaken New Zealand as being the best place to live during the pandemic thanks to a rapid vaccine roll-out, new analysis shows. Brazil, which has one of the highest per capita death rates in the world and a glacial vaccine programme, was ranked the lowest in Bloomberg’s Covid Resilience table. The United Kingdom, … Read more
Wreckage has been found in the hunt for the lost Indonesian submarine with 53 crew members after search teams discovered items from the sunken vessel, said the country’s navy. Rescuers found several items including parts of a torpedo straightener, a grease bottle believed to be used to oil the periscope and prayer rugs from the … Read more
More than 50 sailors aboard a missing Indonesian Navy submarine lost in the Bali Sea are feared dead as the vessel is believed to have run out of oxygen. Rescue teams had been battling against time today to find the 44-year-old KRI Nanggala-402 which vanished on Wednesday as it prepared to conduct a torpedo drill. … Read more
Oxygen reserves on a missing Indonesian submarine have just hours left before running out as officials from the country desperately hone in on a signal received from an unidentified object today. The ramped-up hunt comes as Australia and the United States are set to join the search off the coast of Bali where the sub … Read more
A submarine that went missing in 2,300ft waters near Bali on Wednesday could be ‘broken up’ if it drops below 700 metres, as fears grow the vessel and its 53 sailors could have sunk too low to save. The German-made KRI Nanggala-402 was conducting a torpedo drill in waters 60 miles north of the island … Read more
Australia has been enlisted by Indonesia to help in the desperate search for a missing military submarine with 53 people on board. The German-made KRI Nanggala-402, was conducting a torpedo drill in waters about 96 kilometres north of the island of Bali on Wednesday, but failed to relay the results as expected, a navy spokesman said. … Read more
Indonesian Navy submarine goes missing with 53 sailors on board amid fears it sank to the bottom of a 2,300ft trough during torpedo drill off Bali The submarine, KRI Nanggala-402, was conducting a torpedo drill in waters 60 miles north of the island of Bali on Wednesday But the vessel, with 53 people on board, … Read more
Indonesian Navy submarine goes missing with 53 sailors on board amid fears it sank to the bottom of a 2,300ft trough during military exercises off Bali By Rachael Bunyan For Mailonline and Reuters Published: 11:57 BST, 21 April 2021 | Updated: 12:07 BST, 21 April 2021 An Indonesian Navy submarine with 53 people on board … Read more
Boris Johnson ‘sent texts to Sir James Dyson saying he would “fix” tax issue for billionaire inventor’s staff if they came to the UK to make ventilators during Covid pandemic’ Billionaire tycoon Sir James Dyson wrote an official letter to the Treasury Asked for tax status of staff to remain same if they moved to … Read more
Historical items from an Allied WWII raid which destroyed seven Japanese ships in 1943 will finally be reunited with the operation’s ship in Sydney The artefacts relate to an Allied raid on ships in Japanese-occupied Singapore Operation Jaywick saw Allied forces paddle kayaks into Singapore Harbour From there they damaged seven ships using limpet mines … Read more