BBC News: At least 33 people have died in floods and landslides across western Nepal in the past week, local media reported. The worst of the monsoon rains hit Karnali province in the north-west, where thousands of residents were evacuated, officials said. Hundreds of homes have been damaged in the avalanches and flooding. At least […]
Reuters: KYIV, Oct 12 – U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday he doubted whether Russian President Vladimir Putin would use a tactical nuclear weapon as Ukraine pleaded for a rapid increase in Western military aid to defend against missile strikes on its cities. The Russian president, under domestic pressure to ramp up the war […]
Reuters: SYDNEY, Oct 12 – Residents in Australia’s southeast were warned on Wednesday to prepare for an intense weather system which could bring damaging winds and heavy rains over the next two days. Victoria, home to Melbourne, is expected to be the worst-hit state with authorities urging residents in remote regional areas to stock essential […]
Reuters: TAIPEI, Oct 11 – The stepped up intensity of Chinese naval patrols near Taiwan since August is putting a “heavy burden” on the island’s aging frigate fleet, which is struggling to maintain combat readiness, the Taiwanese defence ministry said on Tuesday. China, which claims democratically ruled Taiwan as its own territory, carried out war […]
Reuters: TOKYO, Oct 10 – As Japan throws open its doors to visitors this week after more than two years of pandemic isolation, hopes for a tourism boom face tough headwinds amid shuttered shops and a shortage of hospitality workers. From Tuesday, Japan will reinstate visa-free travel to dozens of countries, ending some of world’s […]
BBC News: Russia has been widely condemned after bombarding cities across Ukraine, including launching missile strikes on the centre of Kyiv for the first time. The US said the “brutal” attacks had hit non-military targets, including a university and children’s playground, and promised ongoing military aid. United Nations chief Antonio Guterres said he was “deeply […]
BBC News: North Korea says its recent barrage of missile launches were a “simulation” of a nuclear attack on the South. It comes as intelligence suggests North Korea is preparing to hold its first nuclear weapon test in five years. In recent weeks, Pyongyang has launched seven sets of missiles in response to recent US […]
BBC News: The past few hours have seen wave after wave of explosions, not just here in Kyiv, but all across this vast country, from Lviv in the west to Kharkiv in the east and Odesa in the south. For those of us who were here when Russia’s full-scale invasion began in February, there’s an […]
Reuters: BEIJING, Oct 10 – China’s Xi Jinping became the country’s top leader a decade ago when he was named general secretary of the Communist Party and chairman of the Central Military Commission at the party’s 18th congress. The following March he became president. At the 20th Party Congress, set to begin on Oct. 16, […]
Reuters: TAIPEI, Oct 10 – War between Taiwan and China is “absolutely not an option”, Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen said on Monday, as she reiterated her willingness to talk to Beijing and also pledged to boost the island’s defences including with precision missiles. Democratic Taiwan, which China claims as its territory, has come under increasing […]
