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Japan’s prime minister has said the country is facing a ‘battle against time’ to rescue those affected by a series of major earthquakes that have reportedly killed at least 48 people, injured dozens and sparked fires that destroyed homes. One thousand …
A Japan Airlines passenger plane carrying 379 people appeared to have collided with a coastguard aircraft with six people onboard. Footage shows the plane coming in to land before catching fire. The coastguard aircraft was being used to transport suppl…
Tsunami warnings have been issued in the Ishikawa, Niigata and Toyama prefectures after a number of earthquakes – one with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 – hit the country’s central west coast. Footage circulating on social media showed shaking inside …
More than 130 people have died and 1,000 others are injured after a 6.2-magnitude quake struck near the border of Gansu and Qinghai provinces on Monday night. Residents, who were left sorting through the rubble of their homes in temperatures of -16C, f…
At least 116 people have been killed and about 500 injured in an earthquake in China’s north-west Gansu and Qinghai provinces, state media has reported. The strong, shallow earthquake struck shortly before midnight, sending residents fleeing outside, i…
Artificial intelligence allowed Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan to campaign from behind bars on Monday, with a voice clone of the opposition leader giving an impassioned speech on his behalf. His Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party used ar…
Cyclone Michaung has made landfall on the southern Indian coast with intense winds which reached 110 km per hour.Its arrival was preceded by torrential rains and flooding that killed several people. Urban areas across the states of Andhra Pradesh and T…
Parts of southern India were hit by heavy rainfall and flooding on Tuesday before the arrival of Cyclone Michaung. Urban areas across the states of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu were submerged, as authorities evacuated thousands of people in affected c…
Rescuers said they found the bodies of 11 people who were climbing Mount Marapi when it erupted, spewing thick clouds of ash into the air. Local authorities said 75 people were climbing the mountain, of which 49 had been safely evacuated. At least 12 p…
Four people were killed and at least 50 were injured after an explosion at Mindanao State University gymnasium in the city of Marawi, in an attack the authorities called Islamist terrorism. In a statement, Gilbert Teodoro, the Philippine national defen…
A rise in respiratory illnesses in China, particularly among children, has reportedly swamped paediatric units in city hospitals, while authorities have urged calm, attributing it to a post-lockdown wave of illness. Many hospital wards are full, accord…
Rescuers have begun a ‘risky’ attempt to drill vertically down to rescue 41 Indian workers trapped in a collapsed mountain tunnel.The labourers have been trapped in the Silkyara-Barkot tunnel in the mountainous state of Uttarakhand for more than two we…
Toxic foam has been shown floating over the Yamuna River in Delhi amid India’s annual battle with air pollution. In the winter months, wind speeds drop and cooling air traps pollutants from vehicles, industry and farmers burning agricultural waste. The…
US president Joe Biden sat down with China’s president Xi Jinping for the first bilateral discussion between the leaders in 12 months. Speaking to media afterwards, Biden elaborated on three key components of the discussions including a collaborative e…
Japan has gained another island after an undersea volcanic eruption 1,200 km south of Tokyo created a new landmass. The tiny island emerged following a series of eruptions that began last month near Iwoto island, part of the Ogasawara island chain in t…