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A decade in the past, a Boeing Triple Seven with 239 folks onboard, disappeared with no hint en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. “Good Evening, Malaysian Three Seven Zero” was the final radio name from the pilot and no misery name was ever made in what grew to become one in all aviation’s largest mysteries. Households are nonetheless looking for closure, however there’s hope of a renewed search within the close to future. Jean-Emille Jamine and Olivia Salazar-Winspear convey us this report.
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Srinagar, his first journey to Indian-administered Kashmir since revoking the disputed area’s semi-autonomous standing in 2019. The occasion, seen as a part of an election marketing campaign forward of nationwide polls in April and Could. Tensions have intensified within the Muslim-majority Himalayan area the place separatists have waged a revolt for many years. Greater than two dozen assaults on Hindus have been reported since 2019. On high of deploying 700,000 troopers within the area, the federal government has been coaching and arming civilian vigilante teams there. Our reporter Navodita Kumari went to fulfill a few of them.
And Taylor Swift is wrapping up the Asian leg of her Eras tour. After 4 days in Tokyo, the American singer-songwriter carried out all her remaining concert events in Singapore and that is ruffling some feathers within the area. FRANCE 24’s Shona Bhattacharyya tells us extra.