Asia Pacific
Thousands of Australians flee homes as floods inundate towns
Heavy rains deluged Australia’s east coast on Wednesday, submerging entire towns, while thousands of people fled their homes for the ...New Zealand, Fiji agree to work together on security, economy, other areas
New Zealand and Fiji signed a partnership statement on Tuesday that will see the two countries work more closely together ...Philippines on alert as volcano near capital spews more plumes
A small but restive volcano near the Philippine capital Manila ejected two more plumes on Sunday, indicating continued eruption and ...N.Korea fires possible ICBM in largest test since 2017
North Korea fired what is thought to be an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) toward the sea off its east coast ...No country met WHO air quality standards in 2021 – data
Not a single country managed to meet the World Health Organization’s (WHO) air quality standard in 2021, a survey of ...China Eastern Airlines Boeing with 132 on board crashes in China
A China Eastern Airlines passenger jet with 132 people on board crashed in the mountains of southern China on Monday while ...Ramos-Horta leads in East Timor election, with chance of runoff
Nobel laureate Jose Ramos-Horta secured a commanding lead in East Timor’s presidential poll at the weekend with two-thirds of the ...East Timor, Asia’s youngest nation, votes for president
Polls have closed in East Timor after Asia’s youngest nation held its fifth presidential election since independence on Saturday, with ...Earthquake jolts Japan’s northeast coast, cuts power in Tokyo
A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7.3 jolted Japan’s northeast coast on Wednesday, shaking buildings as far away as ...Thousands of Australians return to ‘uninhabitable’ homes as floods recede
Thousands of Australians returned to their homes on Thursday after torrential rains eased and floodwaters receded as authorities ramped up ...