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Typhoon leaves 25 dead as Japan launches major rescue
Associated Press, Published on 13/10/2019
» TOKYO: Helicopters, boats and thousands of troops were deployed across Japan Sunday to rescue people stranded in flooded homes Sunday as the death toll from a ferocious typhoon climbed to at least 25 with more than a dozen missing. One woman fell to her death from a rescue helicopter.
New Indonesia Parliament members take oath amid protests
Associated Press, Published on 01/10/2019
» JAKARTA: Indonesia's Parliament has been sworn in for a new session that comes amid sometimes violent protests against several new or proposed laws, including one they say has crippled the country's anti-corruption agency.
7 dead, 14 rescued as dragon boat capsizes in Philippines
Associated Press, Published on 25/09/2019
» KALIBO, Philippines: The Philippines coast guard said seven rowers drowned and 14 others were rescued when their dragon boat overturned Wednesday after being lashed by strong waves during a practice run off a popular resort island.
Powerful typhoon causes injuries, damage in S. Korea
Associated Press, Published on 23/09/2019
» SEOUL, South Korea: A powerful typhoon battered southern South Korea, injuring 26 people and knocking out power to about 27,790 houses, officials said Monday.
Hong Kong protesters vandalise subway station
Associated Press, Published on 22/09/2019
» HONG KONG: Protesters in Hong Kong vandalised a subway station Sunday, smashing surveillance cameras and electronic ticket sensors, as pro-democracy demonstrations took a violent turn once again.
Hong Kong tells US to stay out, students form protest chains
Associated Press, Published on 09/09/2019
» HONG KONG: Thousands of students are forming human chains in schools across Hong Kong to show solidarity after violent weekend clashes to push for democratic reforms in the semi-autonomous Chinese territory.
Typhoon kills 5 in North Korea, 3 in South Korea
Associated Press, Published on 08/09/2019
» SEOUL, South Korea: One of the most powerful typhoons to ever hit the Korean Peninsula has left five people dead and three injured in North Korea, state media reported Sunday, in its first public announcement of casualties since the storm made landfall in the country a day earlier.
Bahamas devastated by Hurricane Dorian
Associated Press, Published on 04/09/2019
» FREEPORT, Bahamas: Jet skis and a huge bulldozer were being used to rescue victims of Hurricane Dorian as the US Coast Guard, Britain's Royal Navy and a handful of aid groups tried to get food and medicine to survivors and take the most desperate people to safety.
Rights group sceptical that Myanmar's military seeks justice
Associated Press, Published on 03/09/2019
» YANGON: Plans announced by Myanmar's military to prosecute soldiers for actions at a village where security forces reportedly killed as many as 400 members of the Muslim Rohingya minority drew scepticism Monday from the New York-based rights group Human Rights Watch.
New Zealand couple among 9 dead in Philippine lightplane crash
Associated Press, Published on 02/09/2019
» MANILA: Philippine officials say a New Zealand couple were among nine people killed in a small plane that was conducting a medical airlift when it crashed and exploded in flames at a resort south of Manila and investigators are trying to determine what caused the tragedy.