27 October 2020 - The UN human rights office (OHCHR) voiced "serious concerns" on Tuesday over the situation in Myanmar – including rights violations and proliferation of hateful speech against ... ( read original story ...)
Turkey Condemns French Caricature Featuring Erdogan
Turkish anger at the caricature added fuel to a row between Turkey and France about cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad, which flared after a teacher who had shown pupils the cartoons in a lesson on ... ( read original story ...)
Strong typhoon leaves 1 dead, 12 missing as it nears Vietnam
Typhoon Molave roared closer to Vietnam with destructive force Wednesday, leaving one villager dead and causing two boats with 12 fishermen to sink as the country braced for the most powerful storm in ... ( read original story ...)
Typhoon Molave lashes Vietnam coast, 26 fishermen missing
At least 26 fishermen were missing at sea as one of the strongest typhoons in two decades tore into Vietnam's central coastline on Wednesday, uprooting trees and forcing hundreds of thousands into ... ( read original story ...)
3 killed, 13 missing in Philippines typhoon (Ld)
At least three people were killed and 13 others reported missing as typhoon Molave slammed the Philippines, triggering flash floods and widespread destruction, a disaster agency official said on ... ( read original story ...)
Philippines’ Nickel Asia suspends ops at mine after coronavirus outbreak
Nickel Asia Corp NIKL.PS, the Philippines' top nickel ore producer and exporter, said on Wednesday it has suspended operations at one of its four mines after an outbreak of the new coronavirus. Work ... ( read original story ...)
South Korea follows Japan and China in carbon neutral pledge
South Korea has become the third big Asian economy to pledge carbon neutrality, marking a big victory for environmentalists after intensifying pressure on one of the world’s biggest polluters. ( read original story ...)
Japan wants to bring space travel into the city
Cylindrical steel and glass towers protrude through solar panels on the vast circular roof of the futuristic, four-story Spaceport City.The spaceport rises from an island that floats in Tokyo Bay, ... ( read original story ...)
Australia, Japan, U.S. to fund cable for Pacific island of Palau
The Pacific island of Palau will build an undersea telecoms cable financed by Australia, Japan and the United States in a $30-million project, Australia said on Wednesday. It is the first project ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s ANA to shrink fleet as it skids toward record $4.8 billion loss
Japan's ANA Holdings Inc on Tuesday said it will retire more than a tenth of its mostly Boeing Co fleet and delay two aircraft orders to help rein in costs and survive a collapse in air travel caused ... ( read original story ...)