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Little change a year after Seoul tragedy
Published on 21/10/2023
» SEOUL - From the beginning, with the grief still raw and anguished questions unanswered, the South Korean government distanced itself from the disaster that unfolded last year on a Halloween weekend in Seoul.
Vietnam orders apartment block checks after deadly blaze
AFP, Published on 14/09/2023
» HANOI - Vietnam on Thursday ordered nationwide checks on small apartment buildings after a fire tore through a block in Hanoi, killing 56 people in the country's deadliest blaze in two decades.
Pilot ‘complacency’ a factor in fatal Indonesia crash
Published on 10/11/2022
» JAKARTA: Indonesian investigators on Thursday blamed mechanical problems and pilot “complacency” for a deadly plane crash last year that killed all 62 passengers and crew.
China scrubs reports of teen quarantine death from internet
AFP, Published on 21/10/2022
» BEIJING - Chinese censors on Friday scrubbed reports that a teenager had died in a quarantine facility, after the case sparked anger and prompted citizens to question the country's zero-Covid policy.
Police escorts, hazmat suits - welcome to Beijing's Olympic bubble
AFP, Published on 13/01/2022
» BEIJING: China is sealing the Beijing Olympics inside an impenetrable giant bubble cocooning thousands of people and stretching nearly 200 kilometres in an effort to thwart the coronavirus.
India cases surge; CDC's J&J talk ends without vote: Virus update
Bloomberg News, Published on 15/04/2021
» India reported more than 200,000 new infections on Thursday, its highest one-day surge since the pandemic broke out. A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention panel ended discussion of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine without taking a vote, while J&J itself said it continues to believe in the positive benefit-risk profile of its Covid-19 shot.
Coronavirus pandemic leaves Amazon more vulnerable than ever
AFP, Published on 06/08/2020
» MONTEVIDEO - The indigenous peoples of the Amazon have already seen their homelands ravaged by illegal deforestation, industrial farming, mining, oil exploration and unlawful occupation of their ancestral territories.
Italy locks down, hotel collapses, travel bans: Virus update
Published on 08/03/2020
» The number of deaths from the coronavirus outside China edged toward 500, pushing governments and airlines around the world to curtail travel to and from heavily affected areas.
US grounds Boeing 737 MAX amid growing safety concerns
AFP, Published on 14/03/2019
» WASHINGTON - The ban on the Boeing 737 MAX aircraft became worldwide on Wednesday after US President Donald Trump joined Canada and other countries in grounding the aircraft amid mounting global fears for the jets' airworthiness.
S.Africa launches major new trial of AIDS vaccine
AFP, Published on 30/11/2016
» JOHANNESBURG - South Africa on Wednesday begins a major clinical trial of an experimental vaccine against the AIDS virus, which scientists hope could be the "final nail in the coffin" for the disease.