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Former Malaysian PM Mahathir successfully underwent medical procedure

9 Jan 2022

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad, 96, successfully underwent an “elective medical procedure” and is expected to be discharged in a few days, the National Heart Institute said on Sunday. “The procedure was uneventful and went as planned,” the institute said in a statement. Mahathir was admitted into the institute on …

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At least 16 stranded snow-tourists die at Pakistan hill station

9 Jan 2022

By Syed Raza Hassan KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) – At least 16 tourists died in freezing temperatures after being stranded in their vehicles in northern Pakistan, where thousands had flocked to enjoy the snow, officials said on Saturday. With some 1,000 vehicles still stranded, the government has declared Murree, 64 km (40 miles) northeast of the …

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Australia’s New South Wales marks its highest COVID-19 death count

9 Jan 2022

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s most populous state, New South Wales, recorded its highest number of daily COVID-19 deaths on Saturday as the Omicron variant sweeps the country and lawmakers face pressure to close widening supply chain gaps. The home to Sydney and a third of Australia’s 25 million people reported 16 deaths from the coronavirus …

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Magnitude 6 earthquake hits New Britain Region, Papua New Guinea – EMSC

9 Jan 2022

(Reuters) – An earthquake of magnitude 6.0 struck New Britain Region, Papua New Guinea on Sunday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. The quake was at a depth of 15 km, EMSC added. (Reporting by Akriti Sharma in Bengaluru; Editing by Lincoln Feast.)

Indonesia releases 33 sea turtles after rescue from poachers

8 Jan 2022

By Sultan Anshori KUTA, Indonesia (Reuters) – Authorities on the Indonesian tropical island Bali released 33 endangered green sea turtles into the ocean on Saturday in an effort to boost a population threatened by poachers and illegal traders. The turtles, from the Chelonia mydas species that is protected in Indonesia, were released on Kuta beach …

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Ex-security chief arrested as Kazakhstan presses crackdown on unrest

8 Jan 2022

By Mariya Gordeyeva and Tamara Vaal ALMATY (Reuters) – Kazakhstan’s former intelligence chief has been arrested on suspicion of treason, the state security agency said on Saturday, as the former Soviet republic cracks down on a wave of unrest and starts to assign blame. The detention of Karim Massimov was announced by the National Security …

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Cambodia to take ‘different approaches’ to Myanmar crisis as ASEAN chair

8 Jan 2022

PHNOM PENH (Reuters) – Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen did not seek to meet former Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi during his visit to the country this week and will take “different approaches” to the crisis there, Cambodia’s foreign minister said on Saturday. The comments by Prak Sokhonn indicate Cambodia, this year’s chair of …

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Explainer-From stability to turmoil – what’s going on in Kazakhstan

8 Jan 2022

(Reuters) – Dozens of people have died and thousands have been detained in Kazakhstan over the past week during the worst violence seen in the Central Asian nation since it became independent in the early 1990s. Security forces appeared to have reclaimed the streets of the country’s main city on Friday, a day after Russian …

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Pet pig’s death prompts African swine fever probe in Thailand

8 Jan 2022

By Panarat Thepgumpanat BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s livestock authorities vowed to investigate the death of a pet pig after a university lab test indicated it died from African swine fever, the first such report in the country. Thailand has for years insisted its pig herds remained unaffected by African swine fever, which over recent years …

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