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'Like an ocean': Malaysians recall race against rising waters after major flood
Reuters, Published on 27/11/2025
» KANGAR — Gon Qasim and her husband were about to flee their home in Malaysia's northern Perlis state last weekend when rising floodwaters cut off road access, leaving them stranded in the middle of a field.
Motorcyclist dies in giant Seoul sinkhole
AFP, Published on 25/03/2025
» SEOUL - A motorcyclist was killed after a massive sinkhole opened up in Seoul, the fire department said on Tuesday, with harrowing video footage showing the moment the bike was swallowed by the hole.
Typhoon Yagi weakens after killing dozens in Vietnam, China, Philippines
Reuters, Published on 08/09/2024
» HANOI - Typhoon Yagi, Asia's most powerful storm this year, was downgraded to a tropical depression on Sunday after wreaking havoc in northern Vietnam, China's Hainan and the Philippines, claiming dozens of lives, according to preliminary reports.
US diplomat's wife gets suspended sentence for fatal UK crash
AFP, Published on 09/12/2022
» LONDON - A US diplomat's wife on Thursday narrowly avoided jail in Britain for killing a teenage motorcyclist by driving on the wrong side of the road and then fleeing the country.
Sri Lanka deploys troops as fuel shortage sparks protests
AFP, Published on 22/03/2022
» COLOMBO: Sri Lanka ordered troops to petrol stations Tuesday as sporadic protests erupted among the thousands of motorists queueing up daily for scarce fuel.
Biker paramedics ride to the rescue in Venezuelan capital
AFP, Published on 24/06/2020
» CARACAS - Zully Rodiz and her kind are seen as modern-day angels in the chaos of the Venezuelan capital, roaring off on powerful motorcycles to the scene of a road accident or to bring medicine to the sick.
Virus misinformation stokes fear in Asia
AFP, Published on 29/05/2020
» HONG KONG: False alerts about a man shot dead at a coronavirus checkpoint, old footage of a supermarket stampede in reports of panic buying, and a 2015 video of a police raid on a brothel recirculated with a misleading claim.
Case of 'super-spreader' guru alarms India
AFP, Published on 28/03/2020
» NEW DELHI: At least 15,000 people who may have caught the coronavirus from a “super-spreader” guru are under strict quarantine in northern India after the Sikh religious leader died of Covid-19.
Teen driver who survived horror crash vows to race again
AFP, Published on 21/11/2018
» HONG KONG - A 17-year-old racing driver who fractured her spine in a horrifying crash at the Formula Three Macau Grand Prix has vowed to return to the sport after surviving surgery lasting nearly half a day.
Nicaragua violence rages as prospect of crisis talks hangs in limbo
AFP, Published on 10/06/2018
» MASAYA, Nicaragua: Masaya, a city battling at the front lines of Nicaragua's heated anti-government protests, once again became the scene of fierce street battles that a rights group said saw one man die of a bullet wound to the heart.