The Japanese coastguard said on Friday it was still searching for more than 40 crew members who went missing after a ship carrying cattle from New Zealand to China capsized in stormy weather in the ... ( read original story ...)
Second crew member, dead cows found after ship sinks off Japan
Japanese rescuers found the second crew member and multiple dead cows Friday in waters where a livestock ship capsized and is believed to have sunk during stormy weather, coast guard officials said. ( read original story ...)
Gulf livestock 1: Japan Coast Guard finds second sailor as search for missing ship with 43 sailors and 5,800 cows aboard continues
A second crew member has been found floating unconscious in the waters off Japan after a cargo ship with 43 people and almost 6,000 cows aboard went missing during Typhoon Maysak, according to the ... ( read original story ...)
Second survivor from capsized cattle ship dies, Japan’s coast guard says
Japan's coast guard said the second survivor of a capsized cattle ship on its way to China from New Zealand, who had been pulled unconscious from the waters of the East China Sea on Friday, had died. ( read original story ...)
Bangladesh reports 1,929 new COVID-19 cases, 29 more deaths
(Xinhua) -- Bangladesh reported 1,929 new COVID-19 cases and 29 new deaths on Friday, making the tally at 321,615 and death toll at 4,412, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said. The ... ( read original story ...)
Pakistan’s Only Asian Elephant Prepared For New Home
A team of international vets using tranquiliser darts, flatbreads and the soothing lyrics of Frank Sinatra conducted a medical examination Friday on Pakistan's only Asian elephant, ahead of his ... ( read original story ...)
Freeport Indonesia expects sales jump after transition to underground mine
PT Freeport Indonesia expects its annual copper and gold sales to jump next year as it transitions to operating in its underground mine, CEO Tony Wenas told a virtual conference on Friday. ( read original story ...)
In Indonesia, shock coffin tactics nail coronavirus risks
Each day in Jakarta at 9 a.m. sharp, local government official Ricky Mulyana and three colleagues don full personal protective equipment, hoist a wooden coffin onto their shoulders, and set out on a ... ( read original story ...)
China Planning Building Spree in Tibet as India Tensions Rise, Sources Say
The construction plans include completion of the challenging middle section of a high-elevation Sichuan-Tibet railway link, a railway line between Nepal and Tibet that has remaine ... ( read original story ...)
Special Report: Australia Faces Down China in High-Stakes Strategy
Australia is standing up to China. Watch closely: It may be a harbinger of things to come, as the world's smaller countries respond to the increasingly coercive Asian economic superpower. For years, ... ( read original story ...)