Mexican soldiers and rescue personnel work at the flooded coal mine where 10 miners have been trapped since Wednesday after a collapse, in the community of Agujita, Sabinas municipality, Coahuila state, Mexico, on Aug 6, 2022. (JULIO CESAR AGUILAR / AFP) SABINAS, Mexico – Large pumps sucked water from a flooded coal mine in Mexico […]
PETALING JAYA (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Malaysia’s opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim’s eldest child Nurul Izzah has got married. The Permatang Pauh MP, 42, announced on her Facebook that she has tied the knot with a former Selangor state government official. Her new husband Yin Shao Loong, 46, had been the strategic communications director in […]
BANGKOK – Twice a month, millions of people in Thailand wait in anticipation for six digits that could change their lives overnight. Thais from all walks of life buy into this hope that is the fortnightly state lottery, including 23-year-old undergraduate Thanadol Changlak.
YANGON (AFP) – A rare white elephant has been born in western Myanmar, state media said on Wednesday (Aug 3), unveiling what many in the Buddhist-majority country believe to be an auspicious creature. Born last month in western Rakhine state, the baby weighs about 80kg and stands roughly 76cm tall, according to the Global New Light […]
TOKYO – Just as the late Mr Shinzo Abe’s tenure as Japan’s longest-serving prime minister was divisive, a plan to hold a state funeral on Sept 27 has split the country, two weekend polls have found. A slim majority of respondents were against the plan, which has stoked small-scale protests. In a survey by the […]
TOKYO (BLOOMBERG, XINHUA, REUTERS) – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s approval rating sank to the lowest since he took office last October in a Kyodo News poll amid a national resurgence in coronavirus cases and debate over assassinated former premier Shinzo Abe’s state funeral. The public opinion survey, which was taken this weekend, showed that […]
NAYPYIDAW (BLOOMBERG) – Myanmar’s military government announced on Sunday (July 31) an extension of a state of emergency for another six months until Feb 1, 2023, saying the country needs more time to return to stability and prepare for elections. Acting president Myint Swe approved military chief Min Aung Hlaing’s request for an emergency extension […]
CHENNAI (NYTIMES) – Amul Vasudevan, a vegetable hawker in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, thought she was going to go out of business. The state had forbidden retailers to use disposable plastic bags, which were critical for her livelihood because they were so cheap. She could not afford to switch to selling her […]
Handout picture released by the Bahia State Government showing people trying to walk across a flooded stretch of the BR-415 highway that connect the cities of Ilheus and Itabuna, affected by heavy rains in the region, in Ilheus, south of Bahia State, Brazil, on December 27, 2021. (CAMILA SOUZA / BAHIA STATE GOVERNMENT / AFP) […]
HONG KONG, July 26, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE via SEAPRWire.com) — WIMI Hologram Academy, working in partnership with the Holographic Science Innovation Center, has written a new technical article describing their exploration of VR-based intelligent monitoring system for robot’s working conditions. This article follows below: Accurate monitoring of robot’s working status can improve robot’s free operation. In this paper, […]
TOKYO (AFP, REUTERS) – Japan will hold a state funeral for assassinated former prime minister Shinzo Abe on Sept 27, the government announced on Friday (July 22), with foreign leaders expected to attend. The ceremony will be held at Tokyo’s Nippon Budokan, a large venue that has hosted concerts and sports events, and was used […]
TOKYO (REUTERS) – The Japanese government is planning to hold a state funeral for former prime minister Shinzo Abe, who was shot to death at a campaign rally earlier this month, on Sept 27, NHK public television said on Wednesday (July 20). The site will be the Nippon Budokan, an arena originally built for the […]
YANGON (AFP) – A Myanmar ethnic rebel group said on Tuesday (July 19) it had captured 14 junta troops and killed an unspecified number, in the latest blow to a fragile peace in the only region to have seen no post-coup crackdown. Days after its putsch last year, the junta reaffirmed a ceasefire with the […]
COLOMBO (REUTERS, AFP) – Sri Lanka’s acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe has declared a state of emergency, according to a government notice released late on Sunday (July 17), as his administration seeks to quell social unrest and tackle an economic crisis gripping the island nation. Sri Lanka’s beleaguered leaders have issued imposed a state of emergency […]
SYDNEY (REUTERS) – Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has called a snap meeting of federal and state leaders next week as he faces pressure to reinstate compensation pay for casual workers forced to isolate due to Covid-19 amid a fresh wave of infections. A renewed surge in cases fuelled by the BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron […]
KUALA LUMPUR (REUTERS) – Malaysian state oil company Petronas said on Tuesday (July 13) it would defend its legal position after two of its subsidiaries were seized in Luxembourg. The units were seized by the descendants of a late sultan, escalating a US$15 billion (S$21 billion) legal dispute linked to an agreement signed 144 years […]
In this file photo dated July 1, 2021, a general view of a burnt house in Rwangoma, Beni, Democratic Republic of Congo after ten people were killed in an attack overnight by suspected members of the Allied Democratic Forces Islamist militia. (SEBASTIEN KITSA MUSAYI / AFP) CAIRO – Islamic State claimed responsibility for an attack […]
A fisherman stands on dry sands at the confluence between the Ticino and Po River at Ponte della Becca, near Linarolo, south of Pavia on June 17, 2022. (PIERO CRUCIATTI / AFP) ROME – Italy on Monday declared a state of emergency for areas surrounding the river Po, which accounts for roughly a third of […]
MELBOURNE (REUTERS) – Thousands of residents were ordered on Sunday (July 3) to evacuate south-west Sydney, Australia’s biggest city, with torrential rain and damaging winds pounding the east coast and threatening floods in areas that were hammered in March. The weather bureau warned of heavy rainfall potentially leading to flash floods and landslides along the […]
Indigenous people and peasants burn tires and wicker baskets at a blockade in Cutuglagua neighborhood, southern Quito, on June 19, 2022 as they wait for the arrival of their comrades who are mobilizing from the Province of Cotopaxi. (CRISTINA VEGA RHOR / AFP) QUITO – Ecuadoran President Guillermo Lasso on Wednesday declared a 30-day state […]