DHAKA: A cyclone roared into the Bangladesh coast on Tuesday (Oct 25), killing at least nine people, destroying houses, uprooting trees and disrupting road, power and communication links, officials said. Mass evacuations before Cyclone Sitrang made landfall on the west coast helped save lives but the full extent of theContinue Reading
DHAKA: A cyclone roared into the Bangladesh coast on Tuesday (Oct 25), killing at least nine people, destroying houses, uprooting trees and disrupting road, power and communication links, officials said. Mass evacuations before Cyclone Sitrang made landfall on the west coast helped save lives but the full extent of theContinue Reading
KUAKATA, Bangladesh: At least 16 people died after a cyclone slammed into Bangladesh, forcing the evacuation of about a million people from their homes, officials said on Tuesday (Oct 25). Around 10 million people were without power in 15 coastal districts, while schools were shut across southern and southwestern regions.Continue Reading
While European energy prices have eased slightly in recent months, stress continues to build across a continent that has long been dependent on access to cheap Russian energy. Protests related to high energy costs have been held from Belgium to the Czech Republic. Fuel shortages have led to long queues to buy gasoline at fuel stations in France. The Don’t Pay […]Continue Reading
JAKARTA: Indonesian police detained on Tuesday (Oct 25) a woman carrying a gun outside the presidential palace in Jakarta, a palace official said. The incident had happened at about 7am local time (8am, Singapore time), said the official, Ali Mochtar Ngabalin. Ali said that the woman had not entered theContinue Reading
To prevent more local extinctions, an environmentally debatable trench is dug to fend off poachers and encircle wildlife
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Relations between the United States and China seem chillier and chillier, but you’d never have known that reading this item that appeared on China’s Foreign Ministry website last May: President Xi Jinping has recently replied to a letter from Ms Sarah Lande, a friend of his in the US state of Iowa. Xi Jinping pointed […]Continue Reading
A rare look at the moments leading up to the unexpected exit of former Chinese president Hu Jintao at the Communist Party Congress closing on Oct 22. Mr Hu was seen speaking to Mr Li Zhanshu, chairman of China’s legislature, the National People’s Congress.
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Halloween will make a spooky comeback to Khao San Road, with a costume party scheduled on Oct 31 to boost Bangkok’s tourism industry as it recovers from the Covid-19 pandemic.Continue Reading
MAUMERE: At least 13 people died after a boat carrying hundreds caught fire in eastern Indonesia on Monday (Oct 24), a transport official said. The KM Express Cantika 77 erupted in flames off the coast of Timor island in East Nusa Tenggara province, prompting desperate passengers to jump overboard. AContinue Reading