18 workers killed in India as truck rams into bus
LUCKNOW, India (AFP) -- Eighteen migrant laborers sleeping on a highway in northern India after their bus broke down died…
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Asia
Tropical storm makes landfall in northern Japan
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- A tropical storm hit northern Japan on Wednesday but there were no immediate reports of damage…
3 years ago
Nearly 2,000 cardboard beds set up for Thailand airport Covid hospital
Workers prepare mattresses and blankets for 1800 cardboard beds at a field hospital at a warehouse in Don Muang International…
3 years ago
Hong Kong court convicts man in first national security trial
A Hong Kong court convicted a former waiter of terrorism and inciting secession on Tuesday in the first trial conducted…
3 years ago
Osaka says painful home Olympic defeat ‘sucks’
by Martyn WOOD Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka conceded the pressure of trying to win an Olympic gold at home…
3 years ago
Indonesia reports record 2,069 virus deaths in 24 hours
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) -- Indonesia reported a record 2,069 coronavirus deaths in 24 hours Tuesday as the Southeast Asian nation…
3 years ago
Death toll from Henan floods rises to 71 as China braces for more rain
BEIJING, China (AFP) -- The death toll from floods in central China's Henan province rose to 71 on Tuesday as…
3 years ago
Sandstorm engulfs desert city in China
BEIJING, China (AFP) -- A wall of sand over 100 metres high swallowed a city on the fringes of the…
3 years ago
Two Koreas agree to restore severed communications
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- North and South Korea said Tuesday they had restored cross-border communications, more than a year…
3 years ago
Indonesia loosens Covid-19 curbs despite warnings of another wave
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) -- Small shops, streetside restaurants and some shopping malls reopened in coronavirus-battered Indonesia on Monday after the…
3 years ago
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