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Japan landslide: Rescuers fight time, weather as some 80 still missing

Japan landslide: Rescuers fight time, weather as some 80 still missing

Reuters 2021-07-05 10:13:03

More than a thousand Japanese rescuers combed through crumbled houses and buried roads on Monday two days after landslides tore through a seaside city, fighting time and poor weather to search for som...

Philippine military plane crash kills at least 45

Philippine military plane crash kills at least 45

REUTERS 2021-07-04 20:56:59

A Philippines Air Force troop plane crashed and broke up in flames on a southern island on Sunday, killing at least 45 people after some jumped free, officials said, in the country's worst military ai...

Philippine military plane crash kills at least 45

Philippine military plane crash kills at least 45

REUTERS 2021-07-04 20:56:58

A Philippines Air Force troop plane crashed and broke up in flames on a southern island on Sunday, killing at least 45 people after some jumped free, officials said, in the country's worst military ai...

Myanmar forces kill 25 opponents of military junta in a raid

Myanmar forces kill 25 opponents of military junta in a raid

-- 2021-07-04 17:28:46

Myanmar security forces killed at least 25 people on Friday in a confrontation with opponents of the military junta at a town in the centre of the Southeast Asian nation, a resident and Myanmar-langua...

Philippine military plane carrying 92 people crashes

Philippine military plane carrying 92 people crashes

-- 2021-07-04 12:22:00

A military plane crashed and broke up in flames in the southern Philippines on Sunday with 92 people aboard, and the army chief said at least 40 people had been rescued. The C-130 aircraft of the Phi...

Two dead after mudslide sweeps through Japan town

Two dead after mudslide sweeps through Japan town

-- 2021-07-04 10:38:56

A gush of mud that swept away homes and cars in a resort town southwest of Tokyo left at least two people dead and about 20 missing, officials said Sunday. Ten people were rescued and as many as 80 h...

Iran may face fifth COVID-19 wave as Delta variant spreads

Iran may face fifth COVID-19 wave as Delta variant spreads

REUTERS 2021-07-03 19:57:26

Iran may face a fifth wave of COVID-19 infections as the highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus spreads through the Middle East's worst-hit country, Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani w...

India's Bharat Biotech says its vaccine 93.4pc effective against severe Covid-19

India's Bharat Biotech says its vaccine 93.4pc effective against severe Covid-19

Reuters 2021-07-03 11:47:29

Phase-III trials of a vaccine made by India's Bharat Biotech showed it was 93.4 per cent effective against severe symptomatic Covid-19, the firm said on Saturday, a finding that could boost people's a...

US forces quit Afghan base after 20 years

US forces quit Afghan base after 20 years

-- 2021-07-03 11:38:23

All US and NATO forces in Afghanistan have evacuated the Bagram Airfield near the Afghan capital Kabul, handing over the largest coalition base to the Afghan government troops, the Tolo News TV report...

US impose further sanctions on Myanmar military, enablers

US impose further sanctions on Myanmar military, enablers

-- 2021-07-03 10:30:08

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Assets Control has designated 22 individuals connected to the military regime in Myanmar. The US government came up with this further action in r...

Global Covid-19 cases top 183 million

Global Covid-19 cases top 183 million

-- 2021-07-03 10:13:10

With the new variants of Covid-19 spreading faster than ever before in several nations, the global corona cases have now topped 183 million. According to Johns Hopkins University (JHU), the total cas...

Indian High Court raps Bengal govt again for post-poll violence

Indian High Court raps Bengal govt again for post-poll violence

UNB 2021-07-02 19:53:48

For the second time in a fortnight, a higher court in Kolkata on Friday came down heavily on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's government for the post-poll violence in the eastern state of West Bengal...

New Saudi airline plan takes aim at Emirates, Qatar Airways

New Saudi airline plan takes aim at Emirates, Qatar Airways

-- 2021-07-02 18:38:33

Saudi Arabia plans to target international transit passenger traffic with its new national airline, going head-to-head with Emirates and Qatar Airways and revving up the regional competition. Crown P...

India crosses grim milestone of 400,000 Covid-19 deaths

India crosses grim milestone of 400,000 Covid-19 deaths

Reuters 2021-07-02 11:35:56

India reached the grim milestone of 400,000 deaths from the coronavirus on Friday, half of them during a second wave in the past few months that overwhelmed the healthcare system and crematoriums. In...

Some European countries to allow travellers from India inoculated with Serum-made Covishield

Some European countries to allow travellers from India inoculated with Serum-made Covishield

Reuters 2021-07-02 10:01:45

Germany and Spain are among nine countries in Europe who have told India they will accept travellers inoculated with Covishield, the Indian-made version of AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine, Indian forei...

Tokyo mom creates COVID-19 vaccination database

Tokyo mom creates COVID-19 vaccination database

REUTERS 2021-07-01 16:34:26

Balancing a new software programming job and caring for a toddler in Tokyo, LaShawn Toyoda saw increasing confusion in her social media feeds among non-Japanese speakers about how they could get a COV...

Thailand's 'paradise island' Phuket reopens to tourists

Thailand's 'paradise island' Phuket reopens to tourists

-- 2021-07-01 15:48:59

Hundreds of vaccinated foreign tourists arrived on the Thai resort island of Phuket on Thursday, the first visitors to its beaches and golf courses under a pilot programme designed to revive a tourism...

Indonesia announces lockdown as Covid cases soar

Indonesia announces lockdown as Covid cases soar

-- 2021-07-01 12:36:24

Indonesia has announced a lockdown on its main island Java, as well as the tourism destination of Bali. The announcement by President Joko Widodo comes as the country battles multiple outbreaks a...

Xi hails 'new world' as China's Communist Party marks centenary

Xi hails 'new world' as China's Communist Party marks centenary

REUTERS 2021-07-01 10:43:43

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday hailed a "new world" created by the country's people as China's Communist Party marked the centenary of its founding, and warned foreign forces attemping to bu...

Afghan civilians take up arms as US-led forces leave

Afghan civilians take up arms as US-led forces leave

Reuters 2021-06-30 19:44:19

Gun in hand, 55-year-old Dost Mohammad Salangi recites poetry as he leads a small group of men to a look-out post high in the rugged hills of Parwan province, north of the Afghan capital Kabul. Heavi...

Saudi Arabia to launch second national airline

Saudi Arabia to launch second national airline

REUTERS 2021-06-30 19:14:02

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman announced plans on Tuesday to launch a second national airline as part of a broader strategy to turn the kingdom into a global logistics hub as it seeks...

HK tycoon Jimmy Lai's Next Digital to stop operating from Thursday

HK tycoon Jimmy Lai's Next Digital to stop operating from Thursday

REUTERS 2021-06-30 16:31:49

Hong Kong media group Next Digital, owned by jailed tycoon Jimmy Lai, will cease operating from July 1 after the company's assets were frozen as part of a national security investigation, according to...

India reports 45,951 new virus cases, 817 deaths

India reports 45,951 new virus cases, 817 deaths

Reuters 2021-06-30 13:32:56

India reported on Wednesday 45,951 new Covid-19 infections over the past 24 hours, data from the health ministry showed. India's coronavirus-related deaths rose by 817 overnight.

Seven-year-old Taiwan boy thrown 27 times during judo class dies

Seven-year-old Taiwan boy thrown 27 times during judo class dies

-- 2021-06-30 12:04:28

A seven-year-old boy who was slammed to the floor 27 times during judo practice has died in Taiwan. In April, he had suffered severe brain haemorrhaging after a judo class which saw both his clas...

After Covid-19 surge, some signs of internal dissent appear against India’s Modi

After Covid-19 surge, some signs of internal dissent appear against India’s Modi

REUTERS 2021-06-30 11:42:34

Govind Pasi, a grassroots member of India's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), says he got no help from his connections in the ruling party when his wife contracted coronavirus and died at home for lack of...

A hundred years on, how the Communist Party dominates China

A hundred years on, how the Communist Party dominates China

REUTERS 2021-06-30 11:17:09

China's ruling Communist Party celebrates the 100th anniversary of its founding on July 1. What Are The Origins Of The Party? The Communist Party of China (CCP) was founded in 1921, holding its firs...

Myanmar military authorities to release 700 prisoners from jail

Myanmar military authorities to release 700 prisoners from jail

Reuters 2021-06-30 10:36:33

Myanmar's military authorities will release around 700 prisoners from Yangon's Insein jail on Wednesday, prison chief Zaw Zaw told Reuters. The prison chief declined to specify who would be released....

Young brides' deaths trigger dowry crackdown in southern India

Young brides' deaths trigger dowry crackdown in southern India

Thomson Reuters Foundation 2021-06-29 20:12:06

India's Kerala state has launched a crackdown on the payment of dowry after the deaths of four young married women highlighted domestic abuse linked to the custom, which remains common despite being b...

Bali reopening to foreign tourists delayed as virus cases spike

Bali reopening to foreign tourists delayed as virus cases spike

Reuters 2021-06-29 15:11:38

Indonesia's government will wait until Covid-19 cases fall significantly before opening Bali to foreign tourists, the country's tourism minister said in an interview. The coronavirus pandemic has dev...

More Australian cities put under lockdown amid outbreak of Delta variant

More Australian cities put under lockdown amid outbreak of Delta variant

Reuters 2021-06-29 13:50:55

Australia's most populous state, New South Wales (NSW), reported a slight rise in Covid-19 infections on Tuesday, while officials tightened curbs and pushed for vaccinations to contain flare-ups of th...