Heavy rains on Japan’s southern island of Kyushu have caused flooding and mudslides. The downpours on Monday injured several people and disrupted travel during a Buddhist holiday week.
Several missing as floods, landslides hit southern Japan, officials and reports say
Several people were reported missing after heavy rains and landslides in southern Japan flooded homes and swept people away on Monday, according to media reports and local officials.
Heavy rains in southern Japan cause flooding and mudslides, leaving several people missing
The Japan Meteorological Agency early Monday issued the highest warning levels in Kumamoto Prefecture. The Fire and Disaster Management Agency issued evacuation advisories to tens of thousands of ...
Japan’s Kumamoto Issues Evacuation Orders Due to Heavy Rainfall
Authorities in Japan’s southwestern Kumamoto Prefecture have issued a series of evacuation orders due to heavy rain, including an area that houses a factory operated by Taiwan Semiconductor ...
Indonesia court sentences 2 men to 80 lashes each for what it decided was gay sex
An Islamic Shariah court in Indonesia's conservative Aceh province sentenced two men to public caning 80 times each after Islamic religious police caught them engaged in what the court deemed sexual ...
India decries ‘sabre rattling’ after Pakistan army chief’s reported nuclear remarks
India on Monday accused its neighbour Pakistan of "sabre rattling" and "irresponsibility" after media reports on remarks about nuclear threats in South Asia made by Pakistan's army chief while on a ...
India estimates about 55% of goods exported to US will face Trump tariff
About 55% of India's merchandise exports to the United States will be subject to the tariff imposed by President Donald Trump's administration, the Indian government said on Monday.
Kevin O’Leary calls 15% cut on US-China chip sales a ‘form of blackmail’
Nvidia and AMD have agreed to pay the US government 15% of their revenues from some semiconductor sales to China in exchange for export licenses. Kevin O’Leary tells CNN’s John Berman that the deal keeps the country tied to American technology,
Emerging countries’ debt payments to private lenders dwarf those to China
Lower-income countries' external debt payments to private lenders remain three times higher than payments to China, research shows, shedding light on the complex, costly web of creditors they face as they struggle to keep up repayments.
ILO and Japan Launch $1.6m Project to Expand Social Protection in Sri Lanka
Anoop Satpathy, Officer-in-Charge of the ILO Country Office for Sri Lanka and the Maldives, described the project as a reaffirmation of the ILO’s mission to extend protection to often-overlooked ...