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A runaway ostrich has been captured on video sprinting down busy streets in Yilong in Yunnan province, south-west China. In CCTV footage from 2 August, the ostrich, which stands at more than two metres, was seen racing down the streets in the town. Aft…
At least 18 people have been killed and 14 are missing after Typhoon Lekima triggered a landslide in eastern China. More than 1 million people have been evacuated amid widespread transport disruptions after the typhoon made landfall in Zhejiang provinc…
Protesters in Hong Kong gathered to support the use of laser pointers in demonstrations after a university student leader was arrested for buying and carrying laser pointers. Police had sought to justify the arrest of Keith Fong, head of the Baptist Un…
Masked Hongkongers have staged their first press conference, calling for the return of power to the people. ‘We are Hong Kong citizens from different positions from the movement,’ one masked man said. ‘This is the first civil press conference of Hong K…
Chaos erupted on the streets of Hong Kong on Monday as the city entered its ninth consecutive week of anti-government protests. In North Point, protesters clashed with a group of men carrying sticks, while riot police deployed teargas in various parts …
Police have clashed with protesters outside Kwai Chung police station where dozens of demonstrators are being held. Protesters gathered outside the police station after authorities announced that 44 arrested protesters would appear in court. One office…
Seventeen people have been killed after a small military plane crashed into a residential suburb of Rawalpindi in Pakistan. The crash caused a fireball that lit up the night sky and terrified residents of the garrison city that is home to the army’s he…
Police fired several rounds of teargas at protesters in resdiential areas of Hong Kong in the third day of mass protests as political unrest deepens. Riot police advanced through thick clouds of tear gas as they fired rounds towards protesters, with pr…
Police fire teargas on thousands of protestors in the Hong Kong village of Yuen Long on Saturday, who had gathered despite a police ban. Last week thugs indiscriminately attacked commuters at Yuen Long train station, a move critics see as a covert atte…
Donald Trump has said that he could win the Afghanistan war ‘in a week’ adding that the country ‘could be wiped off the face of the Earth. I don’t want to go that route’. The president made the claim sitting alongside the Pakistani prime minister, Imra…
India’s mission to the moon has blasted into space one week after a technical glitch forced scientists to abruptly halt its scheduled launch. Thousands gathered to watch Chandrayaan-2 take off on Monday from Satish Dhawan space centre in Sriharikota, n…
Mourners gathered in Japan on Friday to lay flowers outside Kyoto Animation after an arson attack that killed at least 33 people. Many of the victims were employees of the studio, which works on movies and TV productions but is best known for its mega-…
Fire swept through an animation studio in Japan on Thursday, killing at least 33 people and injuring scores more, with the cause suspected to have been arson after a man was seen shouting ‘die’ as he doused the building with petrol. Japan’s p…
Officers dressed in riot gear have fought with demonstrators inside a shopping centre in the residential district of Sha Tin, as they tried to disperse tens of thousands of people rallying against an extradition bill that would allow suspects to be sen…
The death toll in Nepal from flash floods and landslides in the past three days rose to 47 on Sunday, with dozens more injured or missing. Incessant monsoon rains have pounded many areas in the mountainous country, submerging large portions of land, in…