HANOI: Rescuers plucked stranded people from the rooftops of submerged homes as widespread flooding inundated central Vietnam, where authorities said yesterday at least 16 people
JAKARTA: Hundreds of Indonesians were staying in temporary shelters yesterday after a volcano on the main island of Java erupted, with officials evacuating around 190
SEOUL: A South Korean ferry ran aground after the helmsman became distracted by his mobile phone, a member of the coast guard told AFP yesterday.
MOKPO, South Korea: Human error was likely to blame for a passenger ferry’s running aground off South Korea’s southwestern coast this week, the Coast Guard
TOKYO: One person was unaccounted for while 175 others were evacuated as a major fire engulfed a residential area in Japan, the local government said
YANGON: Myanmar’s military said yesterday it raided an internet scam hub on the Thai border, arresting nearly 350 people, part of a highly publicised crackdown
NEW YORK: Nearly half of the global population of 8.2 billion live in cities across the world today, according to a UN report released Tuesday,
LONDON: England will ban the sale and supply of wet wipes containing plastic, a huge cause of pollution and sewer blockages, the UK government announced
TOKYO: China will suspend imports of Japanese seafood, media in Tokyo reported yesterday as a diplomatic spat sparked by comments about Taiwan deepens. The row
NEW YORK, United States (US): Nearly half of the global population of 8.2 billion live in cities across the world today, according to a UN
