With the tragic losses of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 and the disappearance of flight MH370, the airline is struggling. More importantly, it has taken a toll on the airline’s staff. Many have lost friends and in some cases loved ones on the two flights. CCTV’s Rian […]
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The Russian Defense Ministry is stressing that Russian forces were not involved and hinting that it is the Ukrainian military that is in fact guilty. Tom Barton reports more from Moscow on what Russian leaders are saying about Flight MH17.
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Malaysia’s central bank is raising its benchmark interest rate for the first time in more than three years. Even so, there are parts of the economy that may prove troublesome. Rian Maelzer reports from Kuala Lumpur.
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More than a hundred days ago, Malaysia Airlines flight 370 disappeared without trace. Now, Kuala Lumpur, the city the plane departed from, is hosting a major conference, bringing together international search and rescue specialists from both governments and the private sector. It’s no surprise that […]
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It’s been 100 days since Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 went missing enroute to Beijing. CCTV’s Rian Maelzer reports on how some family members marked the occasion.
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CCTV’s Grace Brown spoke to Sarah Bajc, the partner of the one of the missing passengers and one of the crowd-funding campaign’s founders.
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It’s the rainy season in the Philippines, but this time El Nino is involved. CCTV’s Barnaby Lo has more.
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It’s the second day of the Shangri-La Dialogue, where the United States raised tensions with China Saturday. In a speech he gave, the US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel claimed China was a “destabilizing force” in the South China Sea. China was quick to respond, […]
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Malaysia’s Department of Civil Aviation and British satellite firm Inmarsat on Tuesday (May 27) released the data used to determine the path of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, following mounting calls from passengers’ relatives for greater transparency.
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Friday marks 40 years since Malaysia established formal diplomatic ties with China. Four decades have seen increasingly close ties in trade, investment, and security.
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China hopes that the CICA (Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia) summit can boost dialogue, cooperation and mutual trust among Asian countries.
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It’s known as the fastest motorsport series on earth. The Red Bull Air Race world championship and its ultra-maneuverable planes flew into Malaysia over the weekend.
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Malaysia Airlines is facing new pressure, as Kuala Lumpur’s new budget airline terminal has now become fully operational. As CCTV’s Rian Maelzer reports, the new facility may intensify competition and provide a profit boost for discount airlines.
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Malaysia Airlines has announced it will close all its family assistance centres by Wednesday.The airline, which has been putting the relatives up in hotels, advised them to move out and return to their homes.
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New anguish and despair for relatives of passengers on board Malaysia Airlines flight 370. The family support center in Beijing was closed on Friday night following the announcements by the Malaysian authorities and Malaysia airlines. CCTV’s reporter Teressa Siu reports on family reactions from Beijing.
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Malaysia’s government released a preliminary report on the disappearance of Flight 370 on Thursday, seven weeks after the incident.
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Air traffic controllers did not realize that Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 was missing until 17 minutes after it disappeared from civilian radar, according to the preliminary report on the plane’s disappearance released Thursday by Malaysia’s government.
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It was time to get down to business on day two of U.S. President Barack Obama’s first ever visit to Malaysia. After the pomp and ceremony of Saturday, he held bilateral talks with Malaysia’s Prime Minister Najib Razak, with the two expressing commitment to work […]
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The president has a full agenda for his two day visit that will include a bilateral meeting with Malaysia’s prime minister and a town-hall style meeting with young people from across Southeast Asia. CCTV’s Rian Maelzer reports from Kuala Lumpur.
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The global financial crisis took a heavy toll on U.S. foreign direct investment in Malaysia. That changed last year when the U-S once again became Malaysia’s largest investor and export buyer. But it’s the quality not quantity of those investments that Malaysian officials are keeping an eye on.
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President Obama’s next stop will be Malaysia.He will arrive in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday.It is the first time a U.S. President has visited the country in nearly half a century.
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U-S President Barack began the second leg of his four-nation Asian tour Friday. He arrived in Seoul amid renewed concerns the Democratic Republic of Korea is preparing for another nuclear test. Mr. Obama said the US stood ‘shoulder to shoulder’ with South Korea – adding that tougher […]
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U.S. President Barack Obama has embarked on a tour of Asia that will include meetings in Japan, South Korea, the Philippines and Malaysia. This has been dubbed by western media as the “great reassurance tour” to let Washington’s allies in the region know of the […]
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U.S. President Barack Obama’s trip to Malaysia will be the first visit by a sitting U.S. president in 48 years. And U.S. businesses are watching for developments on the Trans-Pacific Partnership. They’re hoping President Obama will give a boost to the stalled talks.
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The air search for wreckage from Malaysia Airlines flight 370 was suspended Tuesday due to poor weather and tropical cyclone Jack.
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Malaysia’s Acting Transport Minister says the hunt for flight 370 has reached a ‘critical juncture’. Hishammuddin Hussein made the comments Saturday in Kuala Lumpur.
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Launched in 1983, Malaysia’s national car company Proton was touted as a stepping stone on the road to developed-nation status. Analysts say that instead, measures taken to protect Proton from international competition have forced Malaysians to pay inflated prices for all cars. It has caused […]
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Search crews looking for thew debris of missing Malaysian airline plane will send a robotic submarine deep into the Indian Ocean for the first time to try to determine whether underwater signals detected by sound-locating equipment are from the missing Malaysian plane’s black boxes.
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A robotic submarine looking for the lost Malaysian jet has commenced its second mission, after cutting short its first because the ocean waters where it was sent were too deep, according to officials.
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Air and search crews continued their painstaking search for Malaysia Airlines flight 370 on Sunday. There have been promising leads this past week. But it has now been nearly a week since search crews picked up a possible signal, thought to be from the missing plane. CCTV’s Andy Saputra reports from […]
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Every step of the search for flight 370 has been closely watched. The month-long mission has been filled with hope, setbacks and challenges. With crews zeroing in on a smaller section of the Indian Ocean. CCTV’s Rui Chenggang spoke to Australian prime minister, Tony Abbott, whose country is […]
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Australia’s Prime Minister Tony Abbott says searchers are confident that acoustic signals in the Indian Ocean are from Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. At the same time, however, those electronic signals are fading, Abbott added. He is in Beijing, where he met Chinese President Xi Jinping for […]
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Authorities are confident that signals detected deep in the Indian Ocean are from the missing Malaysian jet’s black boxes, Australia’s prime minister said Friday, raising hopes they are close to solving one of aviation’s most perplexing mysteries.
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Hopes are running higher in the search for Malaysia Airlines flight 370. Australian officials say a “fifth” possible signal was picked up deep in the Indian Ocean. The search area is now narrowed to the smallest it’s been since the jetliner vanished.
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Malaysia Airlines CEO, Ahmad Jauhari Yahya, said earlier this week that the company has quote,” a lot of work to do” recovering from the disappearance of MH370.
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Planes and ships hunting for the missing Malaysian jetliner zeroed in on a targeted patch of the Indian Ocean on Thursday, after a navy ship picked up underwater signals that are consistent with a plane’s black box.
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The race against time continues in the search for Malaysia Airlines flight 370. After a navy ship heard more signals from deep in the Indian Ocean, the head of the search for the missing Malaysian jetliner has claimed the hunt may be closing in on the […]
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The final journey of the search continues for Malaysia Airlines flight 370.
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It has been 30 days since Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 vanished. Crews are back out over the Indian Ocean now tracking down 2 different signals detected underwater. Meanwhile, new questions are being raised about the route flown by the plane. CCTV’s Rian Maelzer reports.
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PERTH, Australia — Three separate but fleeting sounds from deep in the Indian Ocean offered new hope Sunday in the hunt for the missing Malaysia Airlines jet, as officials rushed to determine whether they were signals from the plane’s black boxes before their beacons fall […]
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The clock is ticking on the battery life of the flight data recorder or black box aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370.
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Chinese military aircraft searching for the missing Malaysian jetliner spotted white floating objects in the remote southern Indian Ocean near the site of the pings.
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Xinhua: A pulse signal picked up by Chinese patrol ship Haixun 01 Saturday has not been confirmed as related to missing Malaysian passenger jet MH370, according to China Maritime Search and Rescue Center. A black box detector deployed by the Haixun 01 picked up the […]
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Ties between China and Malaysia, strained with the disappearance of flight 370, are now being further tested. Beijing is demanding the Malaysian government to take steps to ensure the safety of Chinese nationals. The comments came a day after a tourist from China was kidnapped at gunpoint […]
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Malaysia’s Prime Minister, Najib Razak visited Australia to meet his countrpart and to get a first hand look at the massive search effort for the missing plane. Meanwhile, officials say, a police investigation may never determine the reason why the Malaysia Airlines jetliner disappeared, and […]
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The search for the missing Malaysian airline plane is underway once again off the coast of Australia. Planes and ships are exploring new search areas in the Indian Ocaen. Meanwhile, police are investigating the pilots and crew for any evidence suggesting they may have hijacked […]
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Malaysia’s Defense Minister is on his way to Hawaii to reaffirm support for the search for MH370 and to renew commitment from the U.S. Pacific Command.
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By air and by sea, the search for debris from the missing Malaysian jetliner is continuing. 9 aircraft and 8 ships searched off the coast of Western Australia Sunday while angry relatives continue to demand answers from Malaysian authorities. Tony Cheng reports.
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