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Kim Jong Un inspects North Korea's flooded areas
Reuters, Published on 31/07/2024
» SEOUL - Over 4,000 homes in North Korea's city of Sinuiju and Uiju County near the border with China have been flooded due to heavy rainfall, as North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspected flood-hit areas, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said on Wednesday.
At least 106 dead after landslides in southern India
Reuters, Published on 30/07/2024
» THIRUVANANTHPURAM - Landslides swept through tea estates and villages in southern India’s Kerala state on Tuesday, killing at least 106 people while they slept as unexpected heavy rain collapsed hillsides and triggered torrents of mud, water and tumbling boulders
Tanker capsizes in Philippines, freighter sinks in Taiwan amid Typhoon Gaemi
Reuters, Published on 25/07/2024
» MANILA - One crew member was still missing after a tanker carrying industrial fuel capsized early on Thursday morning off the Philippines, the country's transportation minister said, and the incident had caused an oil spill.
Malaysia passes law to establish duty-free zone in Forest City
Reuters, Published on 18/07/2024
» KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia passes regulations that will enable an island under the Forest City development to be gazetted a duty-free zone as part of efforts to revive the struggling megacity.
Israeli strikes across Gaza kill at least 13 people
Reuters, Published on 16/07/2024
» CAIRO - Israeli forces battled Hamas-led fighters in several areas across Gaza on Tuesday, while Palestinian health officials said at least 13 people were killed in Israeli bombardments in southern and central areas of the enclave.
Asia rice - Vietnam, Thai rates dip as eyes turn to India
Reuters, Published on 12/07/2024
» BENGALURU - Rice export prices from Vietnam slipped to their lowest levels in a year, and Thai rates also dropped this week amid lacklustre demand, as markets awaited potential easing of restrictions by top exporter India.
Hamas agrees to proposal on talks to free Israeli hostages
Reuters, Published on 06/07/2024
» DUBAI/CAIRO - Hamas has accepted a proposal of the United States to begin talks on releasing Israeli hostages, including soldiers and men, 16 days after the first phase of an agreement aimed at ending the Gaza war, a senior Hamas source said on Saturday.
Thousands flee as Israeli forces bomb southern Gaza
Reuters, Published on 02/07/2024
» CAIRO/GAZA - Israeli forces bombarded several areas of the southern Gaza Strip on Tuesday and thousands of Palestinians fled their homes in what could be part of a final push of Israel's intensive military operations in nine months of war.
Israeli strikes kill at least 42 in Gaza
Reuters, Published on 22/06/2024
» CAIRO - At least 42 people were killed in Israeli attacks on districts of Gaza City in the north of the Palestinian enclave on Saturday, the director of the Hamas-run government media office said.
At least 31 die in India after consuming tainted liquor
Reuters, Published on 20/06/2024
» TAMIL NADU - At least 31 people died and over 60 were still being treated in hospitals after consuming tainted liquor in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, a government spokesperson said on Thursday.