BEIJING: Rain, flash floods and mudslides threatened the search for dozens of people still missing on Thursday (Sep 8), days after a strong earthquake rocked mountainous southwest China, killing at least 82. The magnitude 6.6 quake hit about 43km southeast of the city of Kangding in Sichuan province at aContinue Reading
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s central bank raised its benchmark interest rate for the third straight meeting on Thursday (Sep 8), as it looks to tame rising inflation. Bank Negara Malaysia lifted its overnight policy rate by 25 basis points to 2.50 per cent, as expected by 19 of 20 economists polledContinue Reading
TOKYO: Japan’s prime minister said on Thursday (Sep 8) he accepted criticism that he had not sufficiently explained why he wants a state funeral for slain former premier Shinzo Abe, a decision that has dented his support that has slipped to its lowest ever. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s decision toContinue Reading
POLITICAL CRISIS Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s emphatic win in July’s upper house elections – days after Abe’s shooting – was supposed to tighten his grip on the LDP, still dominated by the ex-premier’s supporters. Instead, revelations over LDP links to the church and his decision to grant Abe, Japan’s longest-servingContinue Reading
SEOUL: South Korea on Thursday (Sep 8) offered talks with North Korea to discuss a reunion of families separated by the 1950 to 1953 Korean War, in its first direct overture under President Yoon Suk-yeol despite strained cross-border ties. The surprise proposal came days before the thanksgiving holiday of Chuseok,Continue Reading
Climate forecasters issued a good orange warning, the 2nd highest, for achievable geological disasters in Luding, which can consist of landslides. A less severe yellow warning was issued to get central and western Sichuan. In China’s four-tier weather-warning system, red-colored represents the most serious, followed by orange, yellow-colored and blue.Continue Reading
Occupants in areas below lockdown will be tested every day and those who seem to test positive will be quarantined. Residents within areas deemed high-risk are forbidden through stepping out of their own homes. Chengdu aims to attain zero new community infections citywide within one week, the city’s COVID-19 preventionContinue Reading
TAIPEI: Taiwan is self-confident it can sign a “high standard” trade deal with the United States within new framework, President Tsai Ing-wen told a visiting group of US lawmakers on Thursday (Sep 8). Washington and Taipei unveiled the US-Taiwan Initiative on modern world Trade in 06, days after the BidenContinue Reading
“Many people happened to run outside through the main entrance, but many others could not stand heat and they jumped straight down, breaking their fingers and legs, inch Sang said. Rescue employees searched through the night for anybody trapped in the 30-room bar, according to state media. The particular karaokeContinue Reading
“BEWARE OF ZOMBIE” “Danger, watch out for zombie” warns a sign in the station, exactly where red emergency lighting pulse. “The zombies didn’t actually chase us but we were still panicking, ” said Genesis Christi, a 17-year-old zombie enthusiast. Called the Train in order to Apocalypse, the event will beContinue Reading