MANILA: The Philippines is now free of the highly pathogenic H5N6 bird flu virus, the Department of Agriculture said on Tuesday (Jan 19), citing a declaration by the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE). "As of Jan 8, the country is now free of the last remaining A(H5N6) strain of the avian ...
JAKARTA: Indonesia's air accident investigator is still hoping to recover the cockpit voice recorder from a crashed Sriwijaya Air jet to better understand information obtained from the flight data recorder, an official said on Tuesday (Jan 19). The 26-year-old Boeing 737-500 plane crashed into the ...
MAMUJU, Indonesia: Relief workers worked to clear up rubble of collapsed buildings on Tuesday (Jan 19) on an Indonesian island where a deadly earthquake left thousands of people homeless. The 6.2 magnitude earthquake on Friday that killed at least 84 people was one of multiple recent disasters in ...
BEIJING: Rescuers are in telephone contact with workers trapped for more than a week following an explosion in a gold mine in China and have been able to send them food and medicine, an official said on Tuesday (Jan 19). Chen Fei, the mayor of the city of Yantai, said it appeared at least 12 of...
HSINCHU, Taiwan: Taiwanese troops using tanks, mortars and small arms staged a drill on Tuesday (Jan 19) aimed at repelling an attack from China, which has increased its threats to reclaim the island and its own displays of military might. “No matter what is happening around the Taiwan Strait, our ...
As Vietnam's ruling Communist Party gears up for its most important meeting in years, its leadership has presided over an intensified crackdown on dissent, according to rights groups, activists and data collated by Reuters.
TOKYO: Yuichiro welled up as he collected a food parcel at a Tokyo outreach event offering help to the growing number of Japanese pushed into poverty by the COVID-19 pandemic. "There is no work. Absolutely none," said the 46-year-old, until recently a construction worker, while clutching a small ...