SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Authorities in northeastern China raised their emergency response level on Sunday as tributaries of the Songhua, a major river, rose to dangerous levels after days of heavy rain caused by Typhoon Doksuri. China’s Ministry of Water Resources said it raised the response for flooding to Level III at 10 a.m. (0200 GMT) …
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By David Kirton and Ryan Woo BEIJING (Reuters) – Nearly 1 million people in China’s northern Hebei province were relocated after record rains forced authorities to channel water from swollen rivers to some populated areas for storage, sparking anger online over the homes sacrificed to save Beijing. The vast Hai River basin covers an area …
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By Mubasher Bukhari, Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam, Charlotte Greenfield LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) -Police arrested Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan in Lahore on Saturday after a court sentenced him to three years in prison for illegally selling state gifts, potentially barring the opposition leader from contesting an upcoming election. Legal experts say the guilty verdict reached …
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TAIPEI (Reuters) – Intense rains in the wake of Typhoon Khanun lashed the mountainous parts of Taiwan on Saturday, unleashing flood and landslides that blocked roads and stranded hundreds of people as authorities rushed to resume transportation links. Rains have pounded the central county of Nantou since Typhoon Khanun brushed past northern Taiwan on Thursday, …
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By Hyunsu Yim BUAN, South Korea (Reuters) -South Korea decided on Saturday to press on with hosting the World Scout Jamboree, despite warnings about the dangers posed by the extreme heat the country is enduring, and the U.S. and British contingents pulling out a week early. Tens of thousands of scouts, aged between 14-18 years, …
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(Reuters) -Following are some details of the cases against former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, who was arrested on Saturday after a court sentenced him to three years in prison for illegally selling state gifts. Khan has denied wrongdoing. * Khan was convicted of misusing his 2018-2022 premiership to buy and sell gifts in state …
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By Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan, arrested for the second time in four months on Saturday, faces an increasingly tough challenge in his bid to regain office in elections to be held by November. The arrest is a fresh setback for the former cricket star who whipped up …
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TOKYO (Reuters) – Typhoon Khanun was set to approach Japan’s southernmost Okinawa islands again before changing north to hit the western main islands next week, dumping heavy rain over wide areas as it meanders, the Meteorological Agency (JMA) said on Saturday. Highlighting increased abnormal weather blamed on climate change, temperatures hit 40 degrees Celsius (104 …
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SHENZHEN, China (Reuters) -Floodwaters from Typhoon Doksuri continued to deluge farms and cities in northeast China into the weekend, with the country’s disaster relief systems struggling to deal with the aftermath of one of the strongest storms in years. Almost 15,000 residents were moved out of the city of Shulan in corn-growing Jilin province, where …
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By Ruma Paul DHAKA (Reuters) – Bangladesh is grappling with a record deadly outbreak of dengue fever, with hospitals struggling to make space for patients as the disease spreads rapidly in the densely-populated country. At least 293 people have died so far in 2023 and nearly 61,500 infected, according to official figures, making this the …
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