JAKARTA, Dec 1 (Reuters) – The death toll from the floods striking three provinces across Indonesia’s Sumatra island has risen to 502, official data showed on Monday. (Reporting by Stanley Widianto; Editing by John Mair)
By Ju-min Park SEOUL, Dec 1 (Reuters) – A South Korean special prosecutor has indicted Seoul’s mayor, Oh Se-hoon, for violating political funding laws in connection with a scandal involving a power broker, the prosecutor’s team said on Monday. Oh is accused of running an opinion poll through the broker and having a third person …
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BANGKOK, Dec 1 (Reuters) – Thailand’s overall economy is likely to only see a small impact from recent flooding in the south, its Finance Minister Ekniti Nitithanprapas said on Monday. The floods killed more than 170 people across eight southern provinces. (Reporting by Thanadech Staporncharnchai, Orathai Sriring and Chayut Setboonsarng; Editing by Martin Petty)
By Uditha Jayasinghe KELANIYA, Nov 30 (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s death toll from Cyclone Ditwah climbed to 212 with 218 missing, officials said on Sunday, as flood waters breached a dam and rescue operations continued into a fourth day. Nearly a million people are impacted by heavy rains and floods that swept through large parts …
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By Ted Hesson and Jasper Ward WASHINGTON, Nov 30 (Reuters) – U.S. authorities believe the Afghan immigrant accused of ambushing National Guard members in Washington, D.C., was not radicalized until after he came to the United States, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said on Sunday. Speaking on NBC’s “Meet the Press” and ABC’s “This Week,” …
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By Jessie Pang and James Pomfret HONG KONG, Nov 30 (Reuters) – Thousands turned out on Sunday to pay tribute to the victims of Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in more than 75 years, as Beijing warned it would crack down on any “anti-China” protest in the wake of the blaze. The cause of the blaze …
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By Ruma Paul DHAKA, Nov 30 (Reuters) – Bangladesh’s former prime minister Khaleda Zia remains in “very critical” condition at a Dhaka hospital, her party said on Sunday, as her self-exiled son and acting party chief Tarique Rahman signaled uncertainty over his return. Khaleda, 80, who is the leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, was …
JAKARTA/BANGKOK, Nov 30 (Reuters) – The death toll mounted to over 600 from floods and landslides caused by torrential rains across three countries in Southeast Asia, officials said on Sunday, as relief efforts for tens of thousands of displaced people continued over the weekend. Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand faced large-scale devastation after a rare tropical …
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KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 30 (Reuters) – Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s allies were trounced in a regional election, results showed on Sunday, a grim first electoral test for the leader after three years in office. Anwar’s Pakatan Harapan coalition won just one of the 20 seats it contested in Sabah, down from the seven it …
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By Uditha Jayasinghe MALWANA, Sri Lanka, Nov 29 (Reuters) – At least 153 people have been killed in Sri Lanka after landslides and flooding caused by Cyclone Ditwah, officials said on Saturday, with 191 others missing and more than half a million affected nationwide. More than 78,000 people have been moved to nearly 800 relief …
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