Tag: asia & pacific

DHAKA, April 26 (Xinhua) -- A series of lightning strikes in different parts of Bangladesh killed 12 people on Sunday amid heavy rain, local media reported. The majority of the ...

BEIJING, April 27 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 jolted near east coast of Honshu, Japan at 1657 GMT on Sunday, the GFZ German Research Centre for ...

BEIJING, April 27 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 jolted Hokkaido, Japan at 2023 GMT on Sunday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, ...

TOKYO, April 27 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.1 struck Japan's northern prefecture of Hokkaido at around 5:24 a.m. local time Monday, the Japan Meteorological Agency ...

SYDNEY, April 27 (Xinhua) -- Two bodies were found following a house fire in Sydney's northwest, local police said on Monday. Emergency services were called to Lieutenant Bowen Road, Bowen ...

TOKYO, April 27 (Xinhua) -- Two U.S. Marines stationed in Japan's southernmost prefecture of Okinawa were arrested by local police on Sunday on suspicion of illegal entry and drunk driving, ...

TOKYO, April 27 (Xinhua) -- Tokyo stocks rose Monday morning, with the benchmark Nikkei stock index hitting a fresh intraday high above 60,000, buoyed by leading technology shares and optimism ...

YANGON, April 27 (Xinhua) -- A fire broke out at a market in Danubyu township, Ayeyarwady region, destroying 271 shops, an official from the Danubyu Township Fire Services Department told ...

KABUL, April 27 (Xinhua) -- Three commuters lost their lives and four others sustained injuries as a car veered off the road in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan on Monday, the ...

MANILA, April 27 (Xinhua) -- Construction workers alerted police and airport authorities after uncovering several old, corroded bomb items during excavation at the Juliet Extension Taxiway within the Ninoy Aquino ...