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Many dozens of Rohingya, including children, killed in drone attack while fleeing Myanmar, witnesses say

By Shoon Naing, Poppy McPherson and Devjyot Ghoshal BANGKOK (Reuters) -A drone attack on Rohingya fleeing Myanmar killed many dozens of people, including families with children, several witnesses said, describing survivors wandering between piles of bodies to identify dead and injured relatives. Four witnesses, activists and a diplomat described drone attacks on Monday that struck down families waiting to cross the border into neighbouring Bangladesh. A heavily pregnant woman and her 2-year-old daughter were among […]

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What is Japan’s Nankai Trough megaquake advisory?

By Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan issued its first-ever advisory on higher-than-usual risks of a megaquake, after a strong magnitude 7.1 quake occurred on Thursday at the edge of a tremulous seabed zone along the Pacific coast known as the Nankai Trough. A possible Nankai Trough megaquake and tsunami disaster could kill hundreds of thousands of people and cause a trillion-dollar damage to Japan. Here’s a look at the risks of what could be […]

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Bangladesh president dissolves parliament, frees former PM Zia

By Ruma Paul DHAKA (Reuters) -Bangladesh’s president dissolved parliament on Tuesday, clearing the way for an interim government and new elections a day after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled following a violent crackdown on a student-led uprising. President Mohammed Shahabuddin’s office also announced that the leader of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party, Begum Khaleda Zia, a former prime minister who had feuded with Hasina for decades, had been freed from house arrest. Student […]

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Bangladesh awaits interim government, army chief to meet protesters

By Ruma Paul and Kanjyik Ghosh DHAKA (Reuters) –Bangladesh’s army chief will meet student protest leaders on Tuesday as the country awaits the formation of a new government a day after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled following a violent uprising against her that killed hundreds. Student leaders, who spearheaded a movement against job quotas that turned into a call for Hasina to resign, said early on Tuesday that they want a new interim […]

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Meta says Malaysian PM Anwar’s posts on Haniyeh assassination were removed in error

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) -Meta Platforms apologised on Tuesday for erroneously removing Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s social media posts in which he expressed condolences to a Hamas official about the assassination of the group’s leader Ismail Haniyeh. Meta was sorry for “an operational error”, adding that the content had been restored with “the correct newsworthy label,” a Meta spokesperson told Reuters. The U.S. social media giant designates Hamas, the Palestinian Islamist movement that governs Gaza, […]

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Carlos Edriel Yulo wins historic gold for Philippines with floor exercise title

By Chang-Ran Kim and Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber PARIS, Aug 3 (Reuters) – Carlos Edriel Yulo produced a spectacular performance to win the men’s floor exercise final at the Paris Games on Saturday, earning Philippines their first-ever Olympic medal in gymnastics. Yulo’s gold medal is also only the second-ever top prize won by the Philippines across both the Summer and Winter Games, and the first in the men’s category. Weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz struck gold in Tokyo three […]

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Magnitude 6.7 earthquake strikes off Mindanao, Philippines, GFZ says

(Reuters) -An earthquake of magnitude 6.7 struck off the eastern shore of the island of Mindanao in the Philippines on Saturday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said. The quake was at a depth of 10 km (6.21 miles), GFZ said. The U.S. Geological Survey said pegged the magnitude at 6.8. The U.S. National Tsunami Warning Center said that there was no tsunami threat from the earthquake. Philippine seismology agency PHIVOLCS said in an […]

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North Korea says thousands of homes hit by flooding

SEOUL (Reuters) – Over 4,000 homes in North Korea’s city of Sinuiju and Uiju County near the border with China have been flooded due to heavy rainfall, state media KCNA said on Wednesday. Around 3,000 hectares (7,400 acres) of farmland along with numerous public buildings, facilities and roads were also flooded, prompting a two-day emergency meeting by the ruling Workers’ Party’s powerful politburo earlier this week, the report said. Leader Kim Jong Un chaired the […]

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Myanmar’s junta terrorised a Rohingya Muslim town. Then rebels burned it down

By Ruma Paul, Shoon Naing, Wa Lone, Poppy McPherson and Devjyot Ghoshal (Reuters) – Saifur Rahman woke up to screams. In the darkness, the air reeked of fuel. Flames blazed in the distance. The town of Buthidaung in Rakhine state, Myanmar’s largest settlement of minority Rohingya, was on fire and under attack. “All I could see was fire,” said the 30-year-old Rohingya. “We knew something bad could happen but never imagined this.” When the fires […]

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Death toll from India landslides rises to 151, search on for missing

By Chris Thomas, Munsif Vengattil and Jose Devasia KOCHI, India (Reuters) – By Chris Thomas and Jose Devasia CHOORALMALA, India (Reuters) – Rescue workers began looking for people trapped under debris early on Wednesday, a day after landslides caused havoc in the Wayanad district of India’s Kerala state, with at least 151 people dead and many still missing. Heavy rain in one of India’s most attractive tourist destinations collapsed hillsides and triggered torrents of mud, […]

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US pledges funds to boost Philippine defences amid China disputes

By Simon Lewis and Karen Lema MANILA (Reuters) -The United States on Tuesday pledged funding of $500 million for the Philippines‘ military and coast guard in a big show of support for Manila as it faces Chinese actions in disputed waters in the South China Sea. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin met their Philippine counterparts in Manila to reaffirm Washington’s unwavering commitment to its oldest treaty ally in Asia. “This […]

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China lodges protest with Japan over remarks at meeting with US

BEIJING (Reuters) -Beijing has expressed its displeasure to Tokyo over negative comments about China made during a meeting between Japan and the United States, China’s foreign ministry said on Wednesday. Liu Jinsong, China’s director-general of Asian affairs at the Chinese foreign ministry, lodged a complaint to Japan over comments made by the U.S. and Japan over what they called Beijing’s “provocative” behaviour in the South and East China Seas, its joint military exercises with Russia, […]

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