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People look at an electric pole downed by Typhoon Maysak in the southeastern port city of Ulsan on September 3, 2020. - At least one person was killed and more than 2,000 people evacuated to temporary shelters in South Korea as a powerful typhoon churned across the peninsula, authorities said on September 3. (AFP)World
Typhoon pummels South Korea, ship missing in rough waters

North Korea's state TV showed widespread flooding in the eastern coastal cities, but the country didn't immediately...

3 Sept 2020 9:48 AM IST

Suga, a longtime right-hand man for the outgoing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, has emerged as a top successor candidate. (AP)World
Japan's Yoshihide Suga announces PM bid with strong party backing

A parliamentary vote will follow two days later, with lawmakers expected to endorse the new LDP leader as prime minister

2 Sept 2020 3:20 PM IST

Japans chief cabinet secretary Yoshihide Suga (center) cemented his status as the clear frontrunner in the race to become the countrys next prime minister, ahead of a vote expected on September 14.(AFP)World
Japan ruling party sets Sept 14 vote on PM Abe's successor

Key LDP factions have already thrown their support behind Suga, who is expected to formally announce his candidacy later...

2 Sept 2020 11:50 AM IST

2 dead as Mauritius oil spill clean-up boats collide. (AFP Photo)World
2 dead, 2 missing after Mauritius oil spill clean-up boats collide

It is tragic that we lost two of the tugboat crew, while two others are still missing, Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth...

1 Sept 2020 6:24 PM IST

Czech Senate President Milos Vystrcil (L) is greeted by Taiwans Foreign Minister Joseph Wu (R) upon his arrival at the airport in Taoyuan on August 30, 2020. - A Czech delegation arrived in Taipei on August 30 in the second high-profile foreign visit to Taiwan this month, thwarting authoritarian Chinas campaign to keep the democratic island isolated from the rest of the world. (AFP)World
Defying China, Czech delegation arrives in Taiwan

China last week denounced Vystrcil's visit as undermining the political foundation of China-Czech relations

30 Aug 2020 2:13 PM IST

Party election to pick PM Abes successor around September 15World
Party election to pick PM Abe's successor around September 15

Abe's resignation marks the end of his tenure and the start of a several-week race to replace Japan's longest-serving...

29 Aug 2020 11:12 AM IST

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks to reporters at his official residence in Tokyo. (AP)World
Japan PM Shinzo Abe announces he will resign over health problems

Speculation about the prime minister's health has been swirling for weeks but reached fever pitch in recent days

28 Aug 2020 11:33 AM IST

People wearing face masks as a precautionary measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus sit together in Hong Kong. (AFP)World
China's offer of coronavirus tests for all in Hong Kong meets with...

Democracy activists share concerns that people's DNA will be collected and abused under the cover of testing

27 Aug 2020 11:09 AM IST

Vorayuth \Boss\ Yoovidhya, whose grandfather co-founded energy drink company Red Bull, walks to get in a car as he leaves a house in London. (AP File)World
Thai court issues new arrest warrant for notorious Red Bull scion

Earlier this year prosecutors had decided to drop charges against him, which caused widespread anger in the country

26 Aug 2020 2:01 PM IST

This combination of photos shows Edmond Kok, a Hong Kong theater costume designer and actor, wearing a variety of face masks he made to protect against the coronavirus in Hong Kong.World
Hong Kong scientists discover case of man getting reinfected with...

The man had mild symptoms the first time and none the second time

25 Aug 2020 3:34 PM IST

There was a second blast a short time later in the same street when a female suicide attacker blew herself up as police cordoned off the area. (Representational Image: AP)World
10 dead, dozens wounded in twin bombing in Philippines

The attack happened in Jolo in Muslim-majority Sulu, where government-backed security forces have long been fighting the...

24 Aug 2020 3:13 PM IST

Japans Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks to the media upon his arrival at the prime ministers office. (AFP)World
Second hospital visit stokes health worries about Japan's Abe as he...

Abe surpassed a record for longest consecutive tenure as premier set by his great-uncle Eisaku Sato half a century ago

24 Aug 2020 11:31 AM IST

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