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- Asia Pacific, Climate crisis, Environment, Extreme weather, Flooding, Indonesia, South and Central Asia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, World news
Floods kill at least 1,100 people across south and south-east Asia – video
Sri Lanka and Indonesia deployed military personnel as they raced to help victims of devastating flooding that…
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‘The current could kill an elephant’: Asia flood survivors describe escaping with their lives
From Thailand to Indonesia, torrential flooding has carried away people’s possessions and homes, upending enti…
- Apple, India, Mobile phones, Samsung, Smartphones, South and Central Asia, Technology, Telecoms, World news
India orders phone makers to preload devices with state-owned cyber safety app
Critics voice concern as government says its Sanchar Saathi app combats cybersecurity threats for 1.2bn teleco…
- Asia Pacific, Extreme weather, Flooding, Indonesia, Malaysia, South and Central Asia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, World news
Death toll passes 1,100 in devastating floods across Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Thailand – as it happened
This blog is now closed.Full report: Sri Lanka and Indonesia deploy militaries as Asia floods death toll passe…
- Drought, Environment, Extreme weather, Iran, Middle East and North Africa, South and Central Asia, Sri Lanka, US news, World news
Sri Lanka braced for more damage after torrential rain kills hundreds across Asia
Meanwhile, Iran grapples with one of worst droughts and temperatures fall 10C below normal in USMore heavy rai…
- Aid, Bangladesh, Global development, Humanitarian response, Myanmar, Refugees, Rohingya, Society, South and Central Asia, World news
No soap, no tents, no food: Rohingya families fight for survival as aid plummets
In Bangladesh, over a million people in the world’s largest refugee camp depend on aid – and cuts mean new arr…
- Bangladesh, London, Politics, Sheikh Hasina, South and Central Asia, Tulip Siddiq, UK news, World news
What led to Bangladesh trial of former UK minister Tulip Siddiq in her absence?
Labour MP for Hampstead and Highgate says she has not been informed of charges against herTulip Siddiq, the La…
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Bangladesh court sentences UK MP Tulip Siddiq to two years in prison in absentia
MP for Hampstead and Highgate in London denies allegations and condemns ‘flawed and farcical’ trialWhat led to…
- Asia Pacific, Extreme weather, Flooding, Indonesia, Malaysia, South and Central Asia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, World news
Sri Lanka and Indonesia deploy militaries as Asia floods death toll passes 1,100
Millions of people affected by torrential rainfall in Sri Lanka and large parts of Indonesia’s Sumatra, southe…
- Asia Pacific, Climate crisis, Extreme weather, Indonesia, Malaysia, South and Central Asia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, World news
How cyclones and monsoon rains converged to devastate parts of Asia – visual guide
Extreme weather kills more than 1,100 people across south and south-east Asia as cyclones turbocharge rain sys…
- Asia Pacific, Climate crisis, Environment, Extreme weather, Flooding, Indonesia, Malaysia, South and Central Asia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, World news
Death toll passes 900 in Indonesia, Thailand and Sri Lanka floods
Officials in Indonesia say more than 442 people have died, while Sri Lanka suffers worst natural disaster sinc…
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Sri Lanka’s capital hit by floods as cyclone death toll nears 200
Hundreds of people still missing after heavy rain and mudslides in country’s deadliest natural disaster for ye…
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Flash floods and landslides cause devastation in Indonesia – video
Indonesian rescuers in the northern regions of Sumatra raced to find dozens of people still missing after heav…
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At least 500 killed in south-east Asia floods and landslides
More than 350 people killed on Indonesia’s Sumatra island with 162 reported dead across ThailandThe death toll…
- Climate crisis, Environment, Extreme weather, Flooding, South and Central Asia, Sri Lanka, World news
Sri Lanka death toll from floods and landslides reaches 153
Another 191 missing after heavy rains from Cyclone Ditwah while almost 78,000 evacuated to temporary shelters …