Asia Pacific
Earthquake rescue efforts underway as death toll rises in Myanmar and Thailand
By Hla-Hla Htay and Sebastien Berger, with Thanaporn Promyamyai in Bangkok AFP The death toll from a huge earthquake that hit Myanmar ...Scores dead, many missing as strong earthquakes rock Myanmar, Thailand
BY DAVID RISING and JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI AP A powerful earthquake rocked Myanmar and neighboring Thailand on Friday, destroying buildings, a bridge and a dam. ...Powerful earthquakes rock Thailand and Myanmar, triggering the collapse of a Bangkok high-rise
BY DAVID RISING and JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI AP A high-rise building under construction in Bangkok collapsed after a 7.7 magnitude earthquake rocked Thailand ...South Korea’s wildfires kill 24, wreak ‘unprecedented damage’
By Kang Jin-kyu and Sue Han Kim AFP One of South Korea’s worst-ever wildfire outbreaks has killed at least 24 people, officials ...South Korean wildfires spread, three more disaster zones named
Deadly wildfires spread further across South Korea on Monday as authorities designated three more counties ‘special disaster zones’. At least four people ...Japan, China, and South Korea agree to promote peace, cooperation
By Natsuko Fukue and Katie Forster AFP Japan, South Korea and China agreed Saturday that peace on the Korean peninsula was a ...China, EU vow countermeasures against sweeping US steel tariffs
By Peter Catterall with Beiyi Seow in Washington AFP China and the EU vowed Wednesday to strike back and defend their economic ...Ex-Philippine president Duterte arrested for crimes against humanity
By Pam CASTRO AFP Former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte was arrested Tuesday in Manila by police acting on an International Criminal Court ...Thousands of Australians without power as storm Alfred lashes Queensland
Hundreds of thousands of people in Australia’s Queensland state were without power on Sunday after Alfred, a downgraded tropical cyclone, brought damaging ...China and Canada retaliate as Trump tariffs take effect
BY JOSH BOAK, PAUL WISEMAN and ROB GILLIES AP China and Canada announce retaliatory action as US President Trump’s tariffs against Canada, Mexico ...