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Typhoon Shanshan slams Japan, killing 3
Reuters, Published on 29/08/2024
» TOKYO - At least three people were killed in southwestern Japan on Thursday as Typhoon Shanshan made landfall in Kagoshima prefecture, bringing heavy rain and very strong winds as well as snarling air traffic and knocking out power to over a quarter million households.
Indian train crash death toll rises to 288
Reuters, Published on 03/06/2023
» BALASORE, India: At least 288 people have been killed and hundreds more injured in a three-train collision, India’s deadliest rail accident in more than 20 years, officials said on Saturday.
Landslides kill at least 25 in Mumbai after heavy rains
Reuters, Published on 18/07/2021
» MUMBAI: At least 25 people died in three Mumbai suburbs when several houses collapsed after landslides triggered by heavy rain, local officials said on Sunday.
Vietnam closes Danang airport after virus outbreak
Reuters, Published on 28/07/2020
» HANOI: Vietnam has suspended all flights to and from Danang for 15 days after at least 14 cases of the novel coronavirus were detected in the city, the government said on Tuesday.
Floods in Indonesia capital paralyse parts of city, cut power
Reuters, Published on 25/02/2020
» JAKARTA: Flooding caused by torrential rain paralysed large parts of Indonesia's capital on Tuesday, as major streets were inundated with murky, brown flood water and power supplies cut in certain parts of the city.
Hong Kong suspends some rail, ferry links
Reuters, Published on 28/01/2020
» HONG KONG: Leader Carrie Lam announced on Tuesday a suspension of high-speed rail and ferry links with mainland China as the global financial hub scrambles along with many countries to limit the spread of a new coronavirus.
Wuhan to build 1,000-bed hospital over weekend
Reuters, Published on 24/01/2020
» BEIJING: The Chinese city of Wuhan is express-building a new 1,000-bed hospital to treat victims of the new coronavirus, and plans to have it ready by early next week, state media said.
Regime’s slow investment spending could drag on growth
Reuters, Published on 14/05/2018
» Erratic delivery of public investment has left Thailand plodding behind faster-growing Southeast Asian economies, yet regulations introduced by the military-led government have made it even harder for state agencies to spend this year.
Singapore worries, and prepares, for militant attack
Reuters, Published on 04/02/2018
» SINGAPORE: Armed officers patrol a train station where television screens and giant posters warn of the threat from militants. Nearby, fake gunmen storm a shopping mall in one of many recent terror attack simulations.
Four dead as South African train crashes, bursts into flames
Reuters, Published on 04/01/2018
» JOHANNESBURG: Four people died and dozens were injured after a passenger train derailed and crashed into a truck before bursting into flames in South Africa's Free State province, emergency services said on Thursday.