Image copyright AFP Image caption The landslide was caused by heavy rains that have struck China this summer At least 36 people are now known to have died in a landslide that struck a village in southern China on Tuesday. State-run local media also report that 15 people have been missing since a wave of […]
Media captionAuthorities rescued hundreds of people from the Mahalaxmi Express near Mumbai Indian authorities have rescued 1,050 people from a train after it became trapped by flooding near Mumbai. Helicopters, boats and diving teams were deployed by the Indian authorities after the Mahalaxmi Express was stranded on Friday night close to the town of Vangani. […]
Image copyright Reuters Image caption Police fired tear gas in an attempt to disperse the protesters Hong Kong police have fired tear gas at an unauthorised protest involving thousands of demonstrators. Protesters had been marching through the northern district of Yuen Long, condemning an assault on pro-democracy protesters by armed masked men that took place […]
Image copyright NDRF Image caption The Indian military were involved in the rescue operation Around 700 people have been rescued in India after flooding left them trapped on a train near Mumbai. Helicopters, boats and diving teams were deployed by the Indian authorities after the Mahalaxmi Express became stranded on Friday night close to the […]
Image caption Jar Lie was forced to leave her 40 acres of farming land to make way for the dam In 2011, construction work on a massive dam project in Myanmar’s restive Kachin state was halted after large protests. China is now lobbying hard for the work to resume, but as BBC News Burmese’s Soe […]
Image caption Jar Lie was forced to leave her 40 acres of farming land to make way for the dam In 2011, construction work on a massive dam project in Myanmar’s restive Kachin state was halted after large protests. China is now lobbying hard for the work to resume, but as BBC News Burmese’s Soe […]
Image caption Jar Lie was forced to leave her 40 acres of farming land to make way for the dam In 2011, construction work on a massive dam project in Myanmar’s restive Kachin state was halted after large protests. China is now lobbying hard for the work to resume, but as BBC News Burmese’s Soe […]
Image copyright Reuters Two people have died and a number are injured, after an internal balcony collapsed at a nightclub in the South Korean city of Gwangju early on Saturday, the local fire service says. A number of athletes at the world aquatic championships were slightly injured, Yonhap news agency reported. Two Americans were reported […]
Image copyright Reuters Image caption North Korea fired two short-range missiles into the Sea of Japan North Korea has called the test of two new missiles on Thursday a “solemn warning” against what it described as “South Korean warmongers”. The short-range missiles were fired into the Sea of Japan, also known as the East Sea, […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The tech giants have recently faced increased pressure from regulators Australian regulators plan to launch the world’s first office dedicated to scrutinising algorithms used by tech giants such as Facebook and Google. The idea is to reveal how these companies match adverts to users. A new, special branch of […]
