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CCTV — The first female governor of Tokyo has started her new job at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government office on Tuesday (August 2), after her election victory at the weekend. Yuriko Koike was welcomed by hundreds of staff and Tokyo residents with warm applause and flowers adorned with green ribbon, her election campaign colour. The sprawling city of some 13.5 million people faces a plethora of problems such as an ageing population, daycare shortages, and […]
HONG KONG, China (Reuters) — Social media video footage showed Typhoon Nida damaging houses and tearing down tree branches as it swept through Shek O, a beachside village in Hong Kong on Tuesday (August 2). Twitter user Marianne Bray, a freelance journalist and journalism teacher at Hong Kong University, shared her videos with Reuters, showing strong winds at dawn and damage in the village where she lives. Hong Kong’s first major typhoon this year brought […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Hordes of angry passengers stranded after Typhoon Nida pummelled Hong Kong crowded the airport on Tuesday, desperately seeking flights as the city emerges from lockdown while the storm swept across southern China. Hundreds of flights were cancelled, schools and shops shut and the stock market closed for the day as the storm brought violent winds and torrential showers. Gusts of 151 kilometers (93 miles) per hour whipped the city and […]
by Dennis CHONG HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Hong Kong shut down Tuesday as Typhoon Nida brought violent winds and torrential rain, with hundreds of flights cancelled and the stock market, schools and businesses closed, as the storm headed across southern China. Gusts of 151 kilometers (93 miles) per hour whipped the city and rain lashed down during the night, and authorities warned of floods and landslides. Streets were deserted Tuesday morning as school was […]
by Dennis CHONG HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Southern China hunkered down as it braced for Typhoon Nida to make landfall Tuesday, with the city of Guangzhou issuing its first-ever red storm alert. Those living in the storm’s projected path when it reaches mainland China have been told by the the National Commission for Disaster Reduction to prepare three days’ worth of food and other essentials, the official Xinhua news agency reported late Monday. The […]
TAIPEI, TAIWAN (AFP) – Wearing traditional dress from feather headdresses to loincloths, members of Taiwan’s indigenous community met President Tsai Ing-wen Monday as she made a landmark apology for centuries of suffering including the loss of ancestral lands. Tsai, the island’s first leader with aboriginal heritage, will personally head a committee to investigate past injustices as part of government efforts to ease tensions with the native community. “I apologise to the indigenous people on behalf […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Tokyo’s new governor Yuriko Koike on Monday credited her landslide victory to having stood up to the powers that be in Japan’s ruling party who didn’t want her to run. Koike, 64, was elected Tokyo’s first female governor in the Sunday vote, winning more than 2.9 million votes, far outpacing the nearly 1.8 million ballots cast for closest challenger Hiroya Masuda. Masuda, a former governor of Iwate prefecture in northern Japan, […]
KABUL, Afghanistan (AFP) — A Taliban attack on a Kabul hotel housing foreign contractors ended Monday after all three Taliban fighters were killed, around seven hours after the assault began, police said. “The operation is over now. One policeman lost his life and three others were wounded but none of the hotel staff or guests were hurt,” Kabul police chief Abdul Rahman Rahimi told reporters. © 1994-2016 Agence France-Presse
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) — President Tsai Ing-wen formally apologized to Taiwan’s indigenous people for their centuries of suffering on Monday, the country’s first ever leader to do so. Tsai, the island’s only leader with aboriginal blood, will personally head a committee to investigate past injustices as part of government efforts to ease tensions with the native community. “I apologize to the indigenous people on behalf of the government, to give our deepest apology over the […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — Seoul prosecutors believe North Korea hacked into the email accounts of dozens of South Korean government officials this year — the latest in a series of suspected cyber-attacks by Pyongyang — the South’s Yonhap news agency reported Monday. Investigations showed 56 people — including officials at the foreign, defence and unification ministries — had their email passwords stolen by a “North Korea-operated group” from January to June, Yonhap said, citing […]
KABUL, Afghanistan (AFP) — A massive Taliban truck bomb struck a hotel for foreigners on the outskirts of Kabul early Monday, officials said, just days after the deadliest attack in the Afghan capital for 15 years. There were no immediate reports of casualties from the powerful bombing, which occurred close to the US-run Bagram air base north of Kabul but rattled windows several kilometres (miles) away. The attack on Northgate hotel, a heavily guarded compound […]
by Richard HEISTER with Stuart WILLIAMS in Istanbul COLOGNE, Germany (AFP) — Tens of thousands of supporters of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan rallied in the German city of Cologne on Sunday as tensions over Turkey’s failed coup put authorities on edge. Waving the Turkish flag and chanting “Turkey”, the demonstrators turned the rally site next to the River Rhine into a sea of red as they began the demonstration by singing the Turkish and […]
