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At least seven people are killed and 85 others are injured by an earthquake in Sumatra, Indonesia. The 6.2 magnitude earthquake is felt as far away as Malaysia and Singapore.
2022-02-25

The European Union, Australia, India, Malaysia, Singapore, and Turkey ground all Boeing 737 MAX 8 jets. This means 40% of the global fleet is now grounded, with Indonesia, China and several airlines grounding their aircraft yesterday. Boeing states they will issue a software update for the model within weeks.
2019-03-12

In 2015, more than 100,000 people in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore may have died as a result of forest fires in Southeast Asia. The continued poor air quality also continues to affect the health of more than 42 million Indonesians.
2016-09-19

Fires in Indonesia burn and blow smoke into Singapore, engulfing the city-state into darkness.
2016-08-26

Singapore closes its primary and secondary schools as smoke from the Indonesian fires raises air pollution to hazardous levels.
2015-09-25

The haze from Indonesian forest fires worsens leaving Singapore and parts of Indonesia and Malaysia covered in smog.
2015-09-22

An overloaded wooden boat with Sumatra-bound migrants sinks off the coast of Malaysia killing at least 15 people, 13 of which are women. Nearby fisherman rescue 19 people with more than 40 missing. The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency states that the boat was taking migrant workers home to Tanjung Balai in Indonesia's Sumatra province for the Hari Raya Haji celebration.
2015-09-3

The governments of Singapore and Malaysia announce plans to build a high-speed rail link between the city-state of Singapore and Kuala Lumpur by 2020.
2013-02-19

A magnitude 7.5 earthquake strikes near the Mentawai Islands, but tsunami warnings for western Sumatra proved unwarranted.
2010-10-25

Forest fires in Sumatra, Indonesia, cause a thick haze to drift over Singapore.
2010-10-22