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Four dead in Hong Kong high-rise blaze
Reuters, Published on 26/11/2025
» HONG KONG - Four people have died after a massive fire engulfed multiple high-rise towers of a residential complex in Tai Po district in northern Hong Kong on Wednesday, with thick grey smoke billowing out as emergency services battled to subdue the blaze.
Laos keen to cash in on ecotourism
News, Mongkol Bangprapa in Laos, Published on 03/02/2025
» Khammouane province in Central Laos is being highlighted as new attraction in the neighbouring country. It has invited tourists and investors from Thailand to explore its natural landscapes and business opportunities.
14 hurt in Seoul ‘stabbing rampage’
Published on 03/08/2023
» SEOUL: A man went on a “stabbing rampage” near a subway station in the South Korean capital region on Thursday, with as many as 14 people reported wounded, police said.
Cyclone churns off California bringing yet more storm misery
AFP, Published on 12/01/2023
» SANTA CRUZ (UNITED STATES) - An enormous cyclone gyrating off California's coast was dumping rain Wednesday, threatening further floods and landslides in the already sodden state.
'Total mess' in China's rural east as Covid wave hits hard
AFP, Published on 11/01/2023
» BENGBU (CHINA): Exhausted doctors working overtime, tests and treatments nowhere to be found, and under-resourced clinics inundated with patients -- in Anhui, one of east China's poorest provinces, Covid-19 hit hard.
World welcomes 2023 and leaves a stormy year behind
Reuters, Published on 01/01/2023
» The world welcomed the new year with a packed party in Times Square and fireworks soaring above European capitals, while hoping for an end to the war in Ukraine and a return to post-Covid normality in Asia.
15 dead in Myanmar pagoda drowning
AFP, Published on 21/11/2021
» At least 15 people drowned on Sunday while crossing a flooded causeway in Myanmar to reach a Buddhist temple for a festival, rescue workers told AFP.
'Gone to hell': The battle to save Europe's oldest lake
AFP, Published on 01/07/2021
» OHRID (REPUBLIC OF NORTH MACEDONIA) - Dimitar Pendoski marches to the end of a rickety walkway, skips around sunbathing youngsters and sweeps back a tarpaulin protecting his empty lakeside restaurant, recently closed by officials under pressure from UNESCO.
China Labour Day travel rush a glimpse of life after Covid
AFP, Published on 01/05/2021
» BEIJING: Millions of travellers criss-crossed China as the Labour Day holiday got underway Saturday, packing out tourist sites, thronging restaurants and visiting family as the vast country edges towards life after Covid.
Several hurt after stabbing on London Bridge
AFP, Published on 29/11/2019
» LONDON: London Bridge across the River Thames in the centre of the British capital was shut down on Friday, after several people were injured and a man was held following a stabbing.