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HEILONGJIANG, China (CCTV) — A tornado ripped through a town in northern China on Monday (August 21), smashing windows in cars and apartments, footage filmed by locals and broadcast on state media showed. Debris stirred up by the tornado was seen swirling into the air above Nenjiang in Heilongjiang Province. The tornado lasted about 10 minutes, state broadcaster CCTV said.
GANSU PROVINCE, China (CCTV) — China’s disaster relief authority on Monday warned of possible geological disasters in northern and southern parts of China as a new round of heavy rain is expected across the regions. The State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters warned of high risks of geological disasters including overflowing rivers in north China and severe mountain torrents, mud-rock flows and landslides in the south. Rainstorms will hit parts of northwest, north and northeast […]
by Ali Choukeir Agence France Presse BAGHDAD, Iraq (AFP) — Influential Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr’s visit to Saudi Arabia at the end of July signalled the Gulf Sunni powerhouse’s ambition to distance its Iranian foe from policy-making in Baghdad. In the wake of former dictator Saddam Hussein’s August 1990 invasion of Kuwait, Riyadh severed relations with Baghdad and closed its border posts with its northern neighbour. Ties have remained strained even after Saddam’s ouster […]
KABUL, Afghanistan (AFP) — A rocket landed in the heavily fortified diplomatic area of the Afghan capital Kabul late Monday, police said, hours before United States President Donald Trump was due to announce his long-awaited strategy for the war-weary country. It was the latest in a series of attacks in the city and it comes less than three months after a massive truck bomb ripped through the same area, killing about 150 and wounding around […]
NEW DELHI, India (AFP) — More than 750 people have died in floods across South Asia, officials said Monday, with monsoon rains also causing the deaths of hundreds of animals, including rhinos and a tiger. The human toll is steadily rising across India, Nepal and Bangladesh following the latest in a series of deluges since August 10, as the annual monsoon hits the north and east of the region. Nearly 50 bodies were found overnight […]
BEIHAI, GUANGXI PROVINCE, China (CCTV) — A motorist in the Southern Chinese city of Beihai had a narrow escape after plunging into a sinkhole on Thursday (August 17). The man, who was using his mobile phone, failed to notice the giant hole in the ground as he sped towards it. He emerged from the scene unharmed, state broadcaster CCTV said.
(Reuters) — Ten sailors are missing after a United States warship collided with an oil tanker east of Singapore on Monday (August 21), the US Navy said, the second accident involving US Navy destroyers in Asian waters in little more than two months. Still photographs released by the Malaysian Royal Navy, which is involved in the search and rescue along with Singaporean ships, helicopters and tug boats, as well as US Navy aircraft, showed damage to […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — South Korea and the United States began annual war games on Monday, US Forces Korea said, amid heated warnings by Pyongyang that the exercises will worsen tensions in the region. Tens of thousands of troops are taking part in the “Ulchi Freedom Guardian” joint military drills, a largely computer-simulated exercise that runs for two weeks in the South. They are described as defensive, but nuclear-armed Pyongyang views them as a […]
UTTAR, India (CCTV) — At least 23 people were killed and over 90 others injured after a passenger train derailed in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh on Saturday. According to an Indian railway spokesperson, 14 coaches of the train derailed during the accident, which took place in Muzaffarnagar district of Uttar Pradesh, around 100 kilometers from New Delhi, India’s national capital. One derailed coach hit a nearby house, causing a huge amount of […]
An outbreak of H1N1 in Myanmar has now killed 27 as the government is starting to step up public awareness campaigns about the swine flu virus. Since the H1N1 outbreak started on July 21, 277 of 725 respiratory infection patients have been diagnosed as H1N1 influenza A virus victims across the entirety of Myanmar. Among the 277, 27 people have died, and the number of infected patients is increasing, the latest statistics from the […]
by Amber Wang TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) — A samurai sword-wielding attacker carrying the national flag of China slashed a military police guard outside Taiwan’s presidential office Friday, authorities said. The Taiwanese man who was arrested at the scene said he was expressing his political views and had stolen the sword from a nearby history museum, police told AFP. The presidential office in the center of the capital Taipei is the headquarters of Taiwan’s Beijing-skeptic President […]
SAKON NAKHON, Thailand (CCTV) — Floodwaters have yet to recede in Thailand’s Sakon Nakhon province which was swept across by the worst floods in the northeastern province for two decades on July 27, with houses, farmlands and roads still being submerged. In the worst-hit districts of Sakon Nakhon, water from a flood-swollen river continue to overflow, and a number of levees on the river have been washed away. Houses in the low-lying areas are largely submerged […]
