UN says Myanmar junta halts humanitarian access to cyclone survivors
BANGKOK, June 9, 2023 (AFP) - Myanmar's junta has suspended travel authorisations for aid workers trying to reach hundreds of…
2 years ago
Asia
37 Chinese warplanes cross into Taiwan’s defense zone
TAIPEI, June 9, 2023 (AFP) - More than 30 Chinese warplanes entered Taiwan's air defence zone over the course of…
2 years ago
ASEAN bloc to hold first joint military drills in South China Sea
JAKARTA, June 8, 2023 (AFP) - Southeast Asian nations have agreed to hold their first-ever joint military drills in the…
2 years ago
Indonesia’s Anak Krakatoa volcano erupts, spews huge ash column
JAKARTA, June 9, 2023 (AFP) - Indonesia's Anak Krakatoa volcano erupted on Friday, belching a column of ash more than…
2 years ago
A decade on, giant duck brings a friend home to roost in Hong Kong
By Celia CAZALE and Holmes CHAN Agence France-Presse HONG KONG, June 9, 2023 (AFP) - Ten years after a giant…
2 years ago
Deadly dreams: record Everest season among most dangerous
By Paavan MATHEMA Agence France-Presse KATHMANDU, June 9, 2023 (AFP) -- Scaling Everest is always dangerous, but expedition organizers have…
2 years ago
Indonesia’s Anak Krakatoa volcano erupts, spews huge ash column
JAKARTA, June 9, 2023 (AFP) -- Indonesia's Anak Krakatoa volcano erupted on Friday, belching a column of ash more than…
2 years ago
World warming at record 0.2C per decade, scientists warn
PARIS, June 8, 2023 (AFP) - Record-high greenhouse gas emissions and diminishing air pollution have caused an unparalleled acceleration in…
2 years ago
Philippines on alert as volcano spews ash
MANILA, June 8, 2023 (AFP) - Philippine scientists said that a "hazardous eruption" of a volcano in the archipelago could…
2 years ago
Millions of Chinese students sit grueling college entrance exams
BEIJING, China, June 7, 2023 (AFP) -- Millions of Chinese students sit for notoriously tough college entrance exams on Wednesday,…
2 years ago
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