Housing in high-risk Himalayan areas up 45 per cent in seven years, at least 3 lakh people in danger
Housing construction in high-risk zones in northern Nepal, several areas of south-eastern Tibet and part of India’s Uttarakhand rose by nearly 45 per cent between 2016 and 2023. A new study says at least 3 lakh people are living in the Himalayan…
Manga legend Tetsuya Chiba, creator of ‘Ashita no Joe’, dies
Tetsuya Chiba, the legendary Japanese manga artist best known for the boxing series ‘Ashita no Joe’, has died. He was 87. His publishers announced his death on Tuesday, news agency AFP reported from Tokyo. Chiba’s manga tell stories of…
China demands lifting of Cuba embargo, calls Castro warrant an abuse of the judiciary
China has strongly condemned the arrest warrant issued by the United States against former Cuban president Raul Castro. Beijing alleges that Washington is unjustly abusing judicial measures with the aim of creating political pressure on Havana. At the…
Myanmar to take back migrants from Malaysia once citizenship is verified: Min Aung Hlaing
Myanmar leader Min Aung Hlaing said on Thursday that migrants from the war-torn country who are in Malaysian detention centres would be taken back home ‘as quickly as possible’. Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim invited Hlaing for talks…
Cyberattack on South Korean banks using AI, finger of suspicion points at a young man in China
US cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike suspects that a 26-year-old young man based in China’s Guangdong province may be involved behind the recent cyberattacks on several financial institutions in South Korea. The firm claims the attacker broke into the…
North Korea fires ballistic missile again
North Korea has fired a ballistic missile towards the sea off its east coast, South Korea’s military has said. Seoul said the missile launched on Saturday morning travelled more than 700 kilometres. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS)…
Fuel prices hit record as strike paralyses Philippines for third straight day
A nationwide transport strike in the Philippines, launched after fuel prices rose by a record amount, has entered its third day. Meanwhile, the price of diesel has touched a high of 147 pesos per litre in different regions of the country. Following…
Floods from continuous rain claim 8 lives in Thailand
Eight people have died in Thailand in floods caused by continuous rain since the middle of this month. Of the dead, five were residents of Sa Kaeo, two of Chanthaburi and one of Saraburi province. Although a disaster was declared in the capital Bangkok…
Authorities struggling to cope with forest fires in Indonesia
Indonesia is making ‘all kinds of’ efforts to control devastating forest fires. Although dozens of aircraft and thousands of personnel have been deployed to put out the fires, it is struggling to cope with the situation. A senior official of…