Tag: Asia
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Nepal and China resume flood rescue after lake threat eases, death toll tops 500
NUWAKOT, Nepal: Nepal and China resumed rescue operations that had been suspended briefly in the flood-hit Himalayas on Friday (Aug 28) after risks from an overflowing lake were found to be manageable, easing fears of fresh devastation.Wednesday’s catastrophic flood caused by a glacier collapse killed 547 peo
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Nepal floods trauma ‘enormous’: Red Cross
“We believe that at least 93,000 people have been affected and in great need,” says the IFRC head of delegation for Nepal.
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‘Ran for our lives’: Tales of survival from Nepal-China disaster
Nuwakot, NEPAL: Some survivors of the deadly floods on the Nepal-China border ran for their lives, others narrowly missed disaster, but all were eyewitnesses to a major calamity and its aftermath.
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Cambodia says it shut down over 700 cyberscam compounds
More than 3,400 suspects from 29 nationalities, including citizens from China, Vietnam, Australia, France, Japan, South Korea, Singapore and Thailand, were in custody awaiting trial.
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Lake overflows on Nepal-China border, sparking panic and halting rescue
At least 489 people in Nepal and five in China’s Tibet were killed in catastrophic floods triggered by a glacier collapse, while nearly 1,000 others remain missing.
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Nepal-Tibet disaster: Singapore to contribute US$100,000 as seed money for Red Cross fundraising
The contribution will support humanitarian relief efforts in Nepal and address the immediate needs of affected communities, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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Satellite images show bedrock and glacier collapsed on Nepal-China border, then rivers flooded
Satellite images before and after the disaster show where people were living and how the debris had buried villages.
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Transport disrupted in Indonesia’s capital after unrest following protest
Several routes on the commuter rail line in Jakarta were suspended or diverted on Friday (Aug 28) while the city’s bus system said its routes near the parliamentary building were impacted by road closures.
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Nepal does not need foreign rescue help with flood, foreign ministry says
Meanwhile, Nepal’s foreign affairs ministry has set up an emergency response team to assist foreigners affected by the floods.
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Malaysia’s former HR minister charged with receiving over US$270,000 in bribes
M Saravanan is accused of receiving the money in 2022 to approve foreign worker quotas for an engineering firm.
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