World / Asia

With no fuel and no cash, Sri Lanka keeps schools closed 03 Jul 2022 - 06:15 pm

Colombo: Cash-strapped Sri Lanka on Sunday extended school closures for one week because there isn't enough fuel for teachers and parents to get...

Bus falls into deep ravine in southwest Pakistan, killing 19 03 Jul 2022 - 04:46 pm

QUETTA, Pakistan:A passenger bus slid off a mountain road and fell into a deep ravine in heavy rain in southwest Pakistan on Sunday,...

Sri Lanka struggling to pay for fuel shipments: Minister 03 Jul 2022 - 03:19 pm

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka is struggling to raise $587 million to pay for about half a dozen fuel shipments, a top minister said on...

Bus crash kills 20 in southwest Pakistan: Official 03 Jul 2022 - 01:45 pm

QUETTA, Pakistan: A passenger bus plunged into a ravine in southwestern Pakistan on Sunday killing 20 people, a government official said. The road...

Heavy rains, floods prompt evacuations of Sydney suburbs 03 Jul 2022 - 01:40 pm

SYDNEY: Thousands of residents in Sydney suburbs were told to evacuate their homes on Sunday after heavy rains caused floodwaters to rise and...

Hong Kong’s Lee sees no need for mass Covid testing for now 03 Jul 2022 - 12:39 pm

Hong Kong’s new Chief Executive John Lee said there is no immediate need for a universal compulsory Covid testing campaign in the city...

Chance of finding missing crew of Hong Kong 'very slim' after storm - authorities 03 Jul 2022 - 12:30 pm

HONG KONG: The chance of finding 27 crew members alive from a vessel that snapped in two as tropical storm Chaba passed through...

Sydney orders evacuations as torrential rain causes flooding 03 Jul 2022 - 10:09 am

Authorities in Sydney asked thousands of people to evacuate their homes as torrential rain lashes Australia’s largest city, causing widespread flooding. A severe...

Japan's JERA says it shut down a 500 MW power plant due to fire 03 Jul 2022 - 10:00 am

TOKYO: A fire caused Japan's biggest power generator JERA to shut down a 500 megawatt (MW) unit at its Chiba thermal power station...

China’s Anhui locks down second county amid Covid flareup 03 Jul 2022 - 09:24 am

China’s Anhui put a second county under lockdown this week after a surge in Covid-19 cases stoked fears of a widespread breakout in...

5.2 magnitude earthquake hits Xinjiang in Northwest China 03 Jul 2022 - 08:55 am

Beijing: An earthquake with 5.2 magnitude on Richer scale hit Akto County in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR) in Northwest China. According to...

India's monsoon rains cover entire country but still down on average 02 Jul 2022 - 02:15 pm

NEW DELHI: India's annual monsoon covered the entire country on Saturday, six days earlier than usual, the state-run weather office said, but rain...

China lashed by year's first typhoon, record rains forecast 02 Jul 2022 - 01:06 pm

SHANGHAI: China's first typhoon of the year brought gales and rain to its southern shores on Saturday, as forecasters warned of record rainfall...

Over two dozen crew missing as storm Chaba hits Hong Kong 02 Jul 2022 - 01:00 pm

HONG KONG: More than two dozen crew on an engineering vessel with 30 people on board were missing after it snapped in two...

Rescuers recover 26 dead from mudslide in India's northeast 02 Jul 2022 - 11:58 am

GAUHATI, India: Fresh rain and falling boulders on Saturday hampered rescuers who have so far pulled out 26 bodies from the debris of...

Galloping inflation forces Sri Lankan households to cut back on meals 01 Jul 2022 - 04:22 pm

COLOMBO: With an out of work husband, housewife Sujeewa Nelum Perera is all too familiar with the struggle of feeding a family of...

Japanese asked to save power as country's east sizzles 01 Jul 2022 - 10:30 am

TOKYO: The highest temperatures in at least 147 years have scorched much of eastern Japan for a week as of Friday, with the...

Philippines' Marcos appoints career diplomat as foreign minister 01 Jul 2022 - 10:22 am

MANILA: Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos appointed career diplomat Enrique Manalo as foreign affairs secretary, the president's press secretary said on Friday. Before the...