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Flights cancelled and flood and landslide warnings issued as typhoon approaches area south-west of Tokyo with sustained winds of 150km/hNearly 800 flights have been cancelled and tens of thousands of homes have lost power as a slow-moving typhoon made …
Officials say 900 homes in Xi’an were left without power in disaster that struck after unusually high rainfall and typhoonsA mudslide in China’s north-western city of Xi’an has killed 21 people, with six still missing, officials said on Sunday.The city…
William Lai issues global appeal during US stopover after China denounces him as a ‘troublemaker’ Taiwan’s vice-president has urged the world to stand up against the “increased threat from authoritarianism” and reiterated a willingness to talk to Chin…
Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar to navigate economic and political turmoil after Imran Khan convictionA little-known senator from Pakistan’s least populous province has been announced as caretaker prime minister to see the country through to the next election, the…
The order – to be implemented next year – restricts investments in semiconductors and microelectronics, quantum tech and AIJoe Biden on Wednesday signed an executive order that will narrowly prohibit certain US investments in sensitive technology in Ch…
Local officials say crops and agricultural equipment across the country’s north were affected after the area experienced more than a year’s rainfall in a weekChina has warned of crop and animal diseases breaking out as floodwaters retreated from rural …
Conditions at District Jail Attock not fit for political prisoners, according to his lawyersThe prison selected by the government to detain Pakistan’s former prime minister, who was convicted of graft, is a lowly and distant facility that houses harden…
Ruling allows leader of Congress party to return to parliament and contest national electionsIndia’s supreme court has suspended Rahul Gandhi’s two-year prison sentence for defamation, paving the way for him to return as an MP and to run in next year’s…
Defence minister launches first security strategy warning New Zealand faces greatest geostrategic challenges in decadesNew Zealand needs to spend more on its military and strengthen ties with countries in the Indo-Pacific to help meet the challenges of…
Heavy rains and high winds lash Okinawa and Kagoshima, as storm slowly moves north-west before forecast change in direction towards mainlandAbout 166,000 households in south-western Japan’s Okinawa and Kagoshima prefectures were without power as Typhoo…
More than 52,000 people have been evacuated as Typhoon Doksuri causes widespread floodingTwenty people have died due to heavy rainfall in Beijing, Chinese state media has reported, as a relentless downpour stretched into a fourth day.Another 27 people …
Strongest storm to hit country in years has also caused widespread flooding and evacuations in province of FujianTwo people are reported to have died in severe flooding that has engulfed parts of Beijing, as Typhoon Doksuri passed through China’s capit…
Nearly 200 injured at gathering of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam party ahead of elections expected later this yearAt least 44 people have been killed and almost 200 injured in a bomb blast in Pakistan’s north-western Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province that targeted a …
Chief executive, who is under US sanctions over role implementing city’s national security law, will not be invited to November eventThe United States will not invite Hong Kong’s chief executive, who faces US sanctions, to visit San Francisco during No…
Schools and businesses closed, trees uprooted and power lines disrupted as storm blows inTyphoon Doksuri swept into China’s south-eastern Fujian province on Friday, bringing heavy rain and violent gusts of wind that shook power lines, uprooted trees an…