The Mutiara Sentosa 2 ferry was travelling from Surabaya in East Java to the city of Makassar in South Sulawesi when it caught fire.
World
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As Vietnam pushes for double-digit economic growth, its capital is pursuing an ultramodern vision for the next 100 years.
Sunday 7:40pm
Authorities ended a massive dayslong search-and-rescue operation after an earthquake caused a shopping mall to collapse, killing 34.
Sunday 4:16pm
"The world has lost one of mountaineering's greatest climbers," Elite Exped said in a statement.
Sunday 1:45pm
Fifteen-year-old Fariba loved studying, until the Taliban-led government in Aghanistan denied her access to school.
Sunday 1:00pm
The expedition leader was the renowned mountaineer who featured in a recent documentary.
Sat, Aug 1
Survivors faced shortages of water and fuel alongside punishing summer temperatures that stoked fears of heat-related illness.
Ten international climbers went missing after an avalanche struck Broad Peak, one of the world’s highest mountains in northern Pakistan.
Fri, Jul 31
Time was running out to find survivors, as rescuers continued to work in the Kumamoto area on Japan's southern main island of Kyushu.
Didier Gaspard Owen Maximilien, 19, admitted to licking the straw and returning it to the vending machine while recording the act for his online followers.
Thu, Jul 30
Some of the most serious damage was at the Aeon Mall shopping centre in the town of Kashima, which was bustling with thousands of people when the quake happened.
A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck the Kumamoto area on the southern main island of Kyushu yesterday.
Wed, Jul 29
In Kashima Town, the quake collapsed the second floor of the Aeon Mall shopping centre, trapping an unknown number of people there.
Introduction of garbage sorting in Jakarta could keep 80% of waste out of landfills, and money out of waste-pickers pockets.
Environment
Mon, Jul 27
Typhoon Noul is bringing winds and heavy rain to southern China, including Hong Kong, over the weekend.
Sun, Jul 26
The country's education minister announced his resignation in a tweet, handing a major victory to the youth movement.
Fifty people are still missing following Friday's collapse in Pengshui County, Chongqing.
Fri, Jul 24
Kama Kanic said her nine-year-old autistic son was left "vomiting and crying" after a nine-hour direct flight to Bali took more than 30 hours across three countries.
New Zealand
The "Cockroach" protests began over alleged leaks in some of the country’s most competitive entrance exams for medical colleges and government jobs.
Thu, Jul 23
The blast was believed to have been triggered by a build-up of methane.
Wed, Jul 22
Behind his appearance were months of planning, rehearsals and security preparations that involved hundreds of organisers and volunteers.
In the second part of this two-part investigation, 1News and TVNZ’s Tangata Pasifika looked at how the women escaped with help from Tongans living around the world.
Mon, Jul 20
Captain Mitchell Santner hit the winning runs from the first ball of the 45th over to finish 34 not out.
Cricket
The women have agreed to be interviewed by 1News and TVNZ's Tagata Pasifika in an effort to warn others not to take the same path they did.
Crime and Justice
Development and governance of artificial intelligence should be a global effort, Xi says, while reiterating objections to an “overstretching” of national security concerns.
Sun, Jul 19
