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(Reuters) – A typhoon killed at least 10 people as it churned across the Philippines and hit the capital, prompting the evacuation of almost more than 370,000 people, shutting financial markets, offices and schools, rescue officials said on Wednesday. The eye of Typhoon Rammasun, the strongest storm to hit the country this year, passed to the south of Manila on Wednesday after cutting a path across the main island of Luzon, toppling trees and power […]
Philippine authorities evacuated almost 150,000 people from their homes and shuttered financial markets, government offices, businesses and schools on Wednesday (July 16) as typhoon Rammasun gathered strength and hit the capital, Manila. The typhoon, the strongest to hit the country this year, has already torn through eastern islands, toppling trees and power lines and causing blackouts. On Wednesday (July 16), it brought storm surges to the Manila Bay area and prompted disaster officials to evacuate […]
As part of the activities of the Iglesia Ni Cristo’s Countdown to the Centennial, Subang Jaya, Malaysia recently held an International Aid for Humanity. This mission primarily aims to extend outreach services like relief and health-care missions where INC members can express love and compassion to their countrymen in need. Robina Tanawin reports.
By Linda Sieg TOKYO Sun Jul 13, 2014 10:10pm EDT (Reuters) – A candidate backed by Japan’s ruling coalition lost a race for a governorship on Sunday in an apparent backlash against Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s decision to end a security policy that has kept the military from fighting abroad since 1945. The election in the western prefecture of Shiga was the first high-profile poll since Abe’s cabinet adopted a resolution ending the ban on […]
A crash in China’s southern Yunnan province resulted in 11 dead, including 8 children, when a school bus tumbled down into a reservoir.
BEIJING Thu Jul 10, 2014 10:27pm EDT (Reuters) – Eleven people died, including eight children, in a school bus crash in China‘s southern Hunan province, state media said on Friday, the latest in a string of traffic accidents that have fueled public anger over unsafe transport for school children. A bus taking kindergartners home on a rural, mountainous road near Xiangtan city tumbled into a reservoir on Thursday afternoon, state-run China News Service reported, killing […]
As Israeli aerial offensive continues on its third day, with tanks of the Israeli army reported to be seen approaching the border.
(Reuters) – Both candidates claimed victory in Indonesia’s presidential election on Wednesday, suggesting there could be a drawn out constitutional battle to decide who will next lead the world’s third-largest democracy. Just a few hours after voting closed, Jakarta governor Joko “Jokowi” Widodo said he had won, based on quick counts of more than 90 percent of the votes. A victory for him would be seen as a triumph for a new breed of politician […]
Hundreds of thousands of residents in Osaka, Japan were urged to evacuate their homes as powerful typhoon Neoguri brings torrential rains and powerful winds.
Israel launched more air strikes at the Gaza strip, injuring at least nine Palestinians.
The impartiality of Japan’s national broadcasting agency was questioned when it failed to report a protester’s action when he set himself on fire in protest of the change in Japan’s defense policy.
(Reuters) – Hundreds of flights were cancelled in Japan and more than 500,000 people urged to evacuate as a powerful typhoon brought torrential rain and high winds to southwestern islands and was forecast to reach Tokyo later in the week. Typhoon Neoguri weakened from its original status as a super typhoon but remained intense, with gusts of more than 250 km per hour (155 mph). It was powering towards the Okinawa island chain where emergency rain and […]
