Taiwan shuts down for Typhoon Maria
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) - Schools and offices in Taiwan will close Tuesday and flights have been cancelled as Typhoon Maria…
7 years ago
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Eight boys rescued from Thai cave in good mental, physical state: officials
MAE SAI, Thailand (AFP) - The first eight boys rescued from a Thai cave are in good mental and physical…
7 years ago
UPDATED: Japan rescuers go house to house as flood toll hits 156
by Hiroshi Hiyama Agence France-Presse KURASHIKI, Japan (AFP) -- Rescue workers carried out house-to-house searches Tuesday in the increasingly unlikely…
7 years ago
Reuters reporters to face Myanmar trial for ‘breaking’ secrecy law
by Athens Zaw Zaw Agence France-Presse YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) - Two Reuters reporters accused of breaking Myanmar's draconian secrecy law…
7 years ago
Shinzo Abe cancels overseas trip as rain toll hits 100: local media
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has canceled a four-country foreign trip as the death toll from…
7 years ago
Toll in record Japan rains hits 100: gov’t spokesman
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- The toll in days of devastating rains in Japan has risen to 100, the government's top…
7 years ago
WATCH: Desperate rescue efforts as Japan rains toll hits 75
HIROSHIMA, Japan (AFP) -- Rescue workers, police and troops in Japan battle to reach people feared trapped by devastating flooding and…
7 years ago
Landslide warnings as Japan digs through rain devastation
by Hiroshi Hiyama Agence France-Presse Desperate relatives braced for bad news Monday as rescuers dug through landslides in the wake…
7 years ago
Treacherous Thai cave rescue bid enters day two
by Thanaporn Promyamyai and Richard Sargent Agence France Presse MAE SAI, Thailand (AFP) -- A treacherous rescue bid to free…
7 years ago
UPDATED: Turkey train disaster leaves 24 dead, hundreds hurt
by Stuart WILLIAMS Agence France Presse ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) --Twenty-four people were killed and hundreds injured when a train packed…
7 years ago
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