TAIPEI (Reuters) -A strong earthquake of magnitude 6.4 shook southeastern Taiwan on Saturday but there were no immediate reports of damage and no power outages. The quake had a depth of 7.3 km (4.5 miles) with its epicentre in Taitung county, a sparsely populated part of the island, the Taiwan weather bureau said. Taitung county …
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BISHKEK (Reuters) -Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan reported no major combat incidents on Saturday, indicating that a ceasefire they agreed after intense fighting on Friday remained in effect despite accusations of sporadic shelling by both sides. The two former Soviet republics clashed over a border dispute this week, accusing each other of using tanks, mortars, rocket artillery …
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TOKYO (Reuters) -The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a special typhoon warning on Saturday for Kagoshima prefecture on Kyushu, the southernmost of Japan’s main islands, as the region braces for a powerful and potentially destructive super typhoon. The warning came after the weather agency earlier in the day urged residents to evacuate parts of the Kyushu, …
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TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan’s defence ministry said it had detected 20 Chinese aircraft and five Chinese ships operating around Taiwan on Saturday, as Beijing continues its military activities near the island. (Reporting by Ben Blanchard, Editing by Louise Heavens)
By Peter Blaza and Jay Ereño MANILA (Reuters) – Hundreds of volunteers joined a mass cleanup drive along the coast of the polluted Manila Bay in the Philippine capital to mark International Coastal Cleanup Day on Saturday. Volunteers and government workers, including hundreds of coast guard personnel, collected sachets, rubber slippers and other non-biodegradable waste …
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KATHMANDU (Reuters) – A landslide triggered by heavy rains killed at least 14 people and injured seven in western Nepal, officials said on Saturday, as rescue workers searched the disaster site to try to find a further 10 missing people. Rescuers had pulled the dead and injured from the silt- covered wreckage of five houses …
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(Reuters) -Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan will attend Queen Elizabeth’s funeral at the invitation of the British government, the ministry of foreign affairs said on Saturday. The BBC reported on Friday that the Chinese delegation nL8N30N155 visiting London for the queen’s Monday funeral would not be allowed to view her coffin at a lying-in-state vigil …
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DHAKA (Reuters) – A 15-year old Rohingya boy was killed and at least six people were injured when mortar shells fired from Myanmar exploded in Bangladesh, the latest in a series of violent incidents, officials and a Rohingya leader said. More than a million Rohingya are living in camps in southern Bangladesh that comprise the …
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SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China reported 718 new COVID-19 infections on Sept. 16, of which 140 were symptomatic and 578 were asymptomatic, the National Health Commission said on Saturday. That compares with 986 new cases a day earlier – 161 symptomatic and 825 asymptomatic infections, which China counts separately. There were no new deaths, same as …
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HONG KONG (Reuters) – The next two rounds of the Chinese Super League have been postponed until the end of September as the competition continues to be impacted by China’s efforts to tackle COVID-19 outbreaks. Organisers announced nine matches due to be played on Sunday and Monday in the 17th round have been rescheduled for …
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