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Progress in sea feud, Koreas stir Asean though rifts persist
Associated Press, Published on 01/08/2018
» SINGAPORE: Southeast Asian nations are expected to welcome an initial negotiating draft of a nonaggression pact with China on the South China Sea, but critics warn that the protracted talks provide a diplomatic cover for Beijing's tenacious aggression in the disputed waters.
Cricket star Imran Khan wins in Pakistan
Associated Press, Published on 27/07/2018
» ISLAMABAD: It's official. Pakistan's Election Commission on Friday declared former cricket star Imran Khan's party the winner of Pakistan's historic third consecutive election of a civilian government, but he didn't win an outright majority and must form a coalition.
Nine Australians awarded bravery medals for cave rescue
Associated Press, Published on 24/07/2018
» CANBERRA: Nine Australians involved in rescuing 12 boys and their soccer coach from the Tham Luang cave in Chiang Rai province were awarded bravery medals on Tuesday for putting their lives in danger during the treacherous ordeal.
Indian mob lynches woman on kidnapping rumours
Associated Press, Published on 23/07/2018
» NEW DELHI: A woman was lynched in central India on rumours that she was part of a gang that kidnapped children, police said Monday, days after the highest court called for immediate steps to control deadly mob violence across the country.
Death toll climbs to 76 in Japan flood disaster
Associated Press, Published on 09/07/2018
» HIROSHIMA: Searches continued Sunday night for victims of heavy rainfall that hammered southern Japan for the third straight day, as the government put the death toll at 48, with 28 others presumed dead.
Anupong: Rescue success hinges on drainage
Associated Press, Published on 26/06/2018
» MAE SAI, Chiang Rai: Intensive efforts to rescue 12 boys and their soccer coach who have been trapped inside a flooded cave in northern Thailand for three days hinge on pumping out water so that navy divers have headroom to operate, Interior Minister Anupong Paochinda said on Tuesday.
Ex-S.Korean premier Kim Jong-pil, spy agency founder, dies
Associated Press, Published on 23/06/2018
» SEOUL: Kim Jong-pil, the founder of South Korea's spy agency whose political skills helped him also serve twice as prime minister, first under his dictator boss and later under a man his agency kidnapped, has died. He was 92.
Summit mania on eve of meeting
Associated Press, Published on 11/06/2018
» Summit mania on eve of meeting SINGAPORE: As the hours count down to the Tuesday morning meeting, here's a look at what happened in Singapore and the Koreas on Monday.
Entire Hawaii neighborhood vanishes as lava gushes in
Associated Press, Published on 07/06/2018
» HONOLULU: A neighbourhood called Vacationland on Hawaii's Big Island had disappeared by Wednesday as lava poured into two oceanfront subdivisions, smothering hundreds of homes and filling an ocean bay, turning it into new land that now juts into the sea.
Hawaii volcano erupts anew, emits 30,000-foot ash plume
Associated Press, Published on 18/05/2018
» HONOLULU: Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupted anew before dawn Thursday, shooting a steely grey plume of ash from its summit about 30,000 feet (9,100 metres) into the sky that began raining down on a nearby town.