Bloomberg The investigation into last month’s Sriwijaya Air crash in Indonesia is focusing on the carrier’s maintenance and training procedures as well as the engine-control system of the Boeing Co 737-500 jet. While Indonesia’s National Transportation Safety Committee (NTSC) is still trying to determine the exact cause of the disaster, lead investigator Nurcahyo Utomo said at a media briefing on ...

Bloomberg England’s third lockdown hit non-essential retailers harder than the previous one in November, with the new variant of the coronavirus hampering spending and confidence last month, according to the British Retail Consortium. Clothing and footwear stores fared particularly badly as retailers on the whole saw the value of sales decline from a year earlier, the business lobby said. A ...

Bloomberg Thai pro-democracy groups have vowed to intensify their protests calling for monarchy reform and a new constitution, a day after a Bangkok court sent four of their leaders into pretrial detention on royal defamation charges. Thousands of demonstrators gathered on Wednesday in central Bangkok for a second day to demand the immediate release of leaders, and to protest the ...