HALONG (Reuters) -The thunderstorm came so suddenly that it overturned the boat within seconds, said two survivors of the shipwreck which killed at least 35 people in Vietnam’s top tourist spot of Halong Bay and left another four missing. “It had been raining for 15 minutes, then there was a thunderstorm … and a huge …
BEIJING (Reuters) -Storms drenched southern parts of the Chinese mainland on Monday, triggering warnings of flash floods and landslides, a day after Typhoon Wipha pounded Hong Kong. Heavy rain lashed the cities of Yangjiang, Zhanjiang and Maoming in China’s southern province Guangdong after the storm system made landfall on Sunday evening. On Sunday it brushed …
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HANOI (Reuters) -Vietnam’s Prime Minister put coastal provinces on emergency footing for Typhoon Wipha, saying it could cause flooding and landslides, as airlines cancelled flights ahead of the storm’s expected landfall early on Tuesday. Wipha is expected to complicate the search for people still missing after a tourist boat capsized during a thunderstorm in Halong …
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MANILA (Reuters) -A local radio broadcaster was gunned down in the southern Philippines on Monday, a presidential task force said, adding to the growing list of media workers killed in a country ranked among the most dangerous in the world for journalists. Erwin Labitad Segovia, 63, a broadcaster for Radio WOW FM and host of …
QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) -Pakistan has arrested 11 suspects after a video emerged on social media of a woman and a man being shot and killed for marrying against the wishes of their families, in a so-called honour killing, authorities said. The couple, who were not identified, were shot dead on the orders of a local …
By Hyunjoo Jin SEOUL (Reuters) -Two people have died and five were missing in the South Korean county of Gapyeong on Sunday, after a landslide engulfed houses and campsites and flooding swept away vehicles amid heavy rainfall. This brings the nationwide death toll to 17 with 11 people missing since the rain began on Wednesday, …
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SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Japan’s ruling coalition lost control of the upper house in an election on Sunday, further weakening Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s grip on power even as he vowed to remain party leader, citing a looming tariff deadline with the United States. Markets in Japan were closed for a holiday on Monday, but the yen …
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SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea’s new industry minister Kim Jung-kwan said on Monday that tariff talks with the U.S. are in a critical phase that could result in all kinds of possible scenarios, according to the ministry. Kim pledged an all-out effort to smoothly wrap up the talks as August 1, the date when the U.S. …
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SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea is studying various plans to improve relations with North Korea, a spokesperson for South Korea’s Unification Ministry said on Monday, in response to a media report that Seoul is considering allowing individual tours to North Korea. Koo Byung-sam, a spokesperson for the ministry that handles inter-Korea affairs, refused to comment on …
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By Mariko Katsumura and Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s ruling coalition lost control of the upper house in an election on Sunday, further weakening Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s grip on power even as he vowed to remain party leader, citing a looming tariff deadline with the United States. While the ballot does not directly determine …
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