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Rescue efforts are under way in Taiwan after a powerful earthquake struck close to the city of Hualien, leaving buildings tilted at precarious angles. Footage released by the fire department showed emergency personnel walking through dark corridors whi…
CCTV footage shows a multi-storey building collapsing on a busy street in Hualien as Taiwan was hit by its strongest earthquake in 25 years. The quake, given a magnitude of 7.2 by Taiwan’s earthquake monitoring agency and 7.4 by the US, struck close to…
Taiwan’s strongest earthquake in 25 years has killed nine and injured at least 900. The moment it started was captured on video across the country.The quake, given a magnitude of 7.2 by Taiwan’s earthquake monitoring agency and 7.4 by the US, caused bu…
A powerful earthquake struck off the coast of Taiwan, rocking the island and shaking buildings off their foundations in the city of Hualien. Local media reported people were trapped in buildings in the lightly populated town, while video showed the qua…
His calm demeanour and wholesome vocation have apparently endeared him to one of the most authoritarian regimes in the world. But there is something about Alan Titchmarsh that North Korea’s censors can’t quite forgive – his jeans. The green-fingered br…
The supreme leader of North Korea has been seen in footage aired by the state-run broadcaster KRT showing firing drills by artillery units in the country’s western regions. Kim Jong-un is seen walking near a number of rocket launchers, which are later …
A huge blast occurred inside a fried chicken restaurant in China’s northern Hebei province, killing at least one person and injuring 22 others, state media reported. The explosion is suspected to have been caused by a gas leak. Local authorities said t…
Japan’s Space One Kairos exploded on its inaugural launch as the firm tried to become the first Japanese private company to put a satellite in orbit. Kairos carried an experimental government satellite to temporarily replace intelligence satellites if …
China’s foreign minister, Wang Yi, has accused the US of imposing sanctions on Chinese companies to a ‘bewildering’ and ‘unfathomable’ level. Wang said the relationship between China and the US was ‘critical’ but that it was its relationship with Russi…
Footage published by the Philippines Coast Guard appears to show a collision between one of its ships and a Chinese Coast Guard vessel on Tuesday morning. The Philippines Coast Guard said it was carrying out a resupply mission in the South China Sea wh…
Indonesia’s former defence minister Prabowo Subianto, 72, has claimed victory as early results showed him being on course to win. Subianto struck a conciliatory tone in a speech to supporters in Jakarta, vowing to be a president for Indonesians of all …
Drone video shows hundreds of farmers’ trucks parked on a highway in India on their way to march on Delhi in a protest about pay. Security forces at the Shambhu border that divides Punjab and Haryana fired teargas and water cannon in an attempt to bloc…
Indian police fired water cannon and teargas at farmers and their supporters who were marching to New Delhi to pressure the government to honour a 2021 promise to pay them more for crops. Security in the capital was tightened after farming unions from …
Pakistan’s former prime minister Nawaz Sharif changed tack on Friday and said he will seek to form a coalition government after his party trailed independent candidates of his rival Imran Khan in preliminary results a day after the country’s parliament…
Two blasts in Pakistan’s Balochistan province have hit the offices of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam party and an independent candidate, Asfandyar Kakar, killing at least 24 people. The attacks comes a day before the country is due to hold national pollsAt l…