Massive quake rocks Myanmar and Thailand. Hundreds feared dead
A powerful earthquake rocked Myanmar on Friday, causing extensive damage across a wide swath of one of the world’s poorest countries and prompting officials to warn that ...
Dozens missing as massive 7.7 quake rocks Myanmar and Thailand
An earthquake with a 7.7 magnitude has rocked Southeast Asia on Friday, according to the United States Geological Survey.
More than 150 killed in powerful earthquake that rocked Myanmar and Thailand
BANGKOK (AP) — A 7.7 magnitude earthquake rocked Thailand and neighboring Myanmar midday on Friday, killing at least two people in Bangkok and burying an unknown number when a high-rise building under ...
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Nearly 9,000 people died on migration routes in 2024: UN
It added that the identities and other details of the majority of victims were unknown. Asia, Africa and Europe had record numbers of people dying in 2024 with 2,778, 2,242 and 233 respectively. A ...
The Daily Star15d
2024 deadliest year for migrants: UN
It added that the identities and other details of the majority of victims were unknown. Asia, Africa and Europe had record numbers of people dying in 2024 with 2,778, 2,242 and 233 respectively.
The Straits Times15d
Record number of people died on migration routes in 2024: UN
It added that the identities and other details of the majority of victims were unknown. Asia, Africa and Europe had record numbers of people dying in 2024, with 2,778, 2,242 and 233 fatalities ...
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He Just Bought the Boston Celtics—and No One Knows Anything About Him
But when the most prestigious team in the NBA was sold for $6.1 billion—a record price for a pro sports franchise—the most shocking part of the deal wasn’t how much the buyer paid. It was ...
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Sudan army reclaims presidential palace in major push to take back capital from rebels
Sudan’s army has reclaimed the Presidential Palace in the capital, Khartoum, in a significant victory over a rampaging militia that controls swaths of the war-torn country. The Sudanese Armed ...
Business Times16d
Asia: Markets skid into weekend as trade fears cast a pall
[HONG KONG] Asian markets limped into the weekend on Friday following a tepid lead from Wall Street as the optimism stoked by a dovish US Federal Reserve meeting gave way to long-running fears about ...
Daily Express16d
The pretty little city that was capital of 3 European countries and has very few tourists
Then welcome to Mechelen, the surprisingly low key city that in the 16th century was capital of most of the Low Countries – Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg. Railway enthusiasts may already ...
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This is the most expensive country to live in Asia, its not Singapore, UAE, Japan, China, India, Malaysia, Hong Kong, the name is…, its a Muslim nation
making it the country with the most expensive living costs in Asia. As per the ADB report released Thursday in Philippines capital Manila, Pakistan’s economy faces a bleak future over the next ...
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Asia’s hidden ice risks: Disrupted trade, power production loss and sinking coastal capitals
Amid Asia’s artificial intelligence-fuelled data centre boom, water consumption has come into sharp focus in recent years. However, experts in this region are sounding the alarm for another ...