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North Korea preparing for launch of submarine missile: US think tankWorld
North Korea preparing for launch of submarine missile: US think tank

North Korea said last October it had successfully test-fired a Pukguksong-3, a new submarine-launched ballistic missile...

5 Sept 2020 8:41 AM IST

Pro-democracy students raise a three-finger salute, a symbol of resistance, during a protest rally in front of Education Ministry in Bangkok, Thailand . (AP)World
High school students turn agitators for educational reform in Thailand

The ministry has issued statement saying schools must respect freedom of speech, allowing protests as long as they...

4 Sept 2020 3:25 PM IST

Coast guards rescuing a Filipino man off Amami Oshima island, about 120 km northwest of the sea. Japans coast guard said on September 2 one person was found during a search for a cargo ship with 43 people on board after receiving a distress call from the East China Sea during a typhoon. (Photo by Handout / 10th Regional Coast Guard Headquarters / AFP)World
More than 40 crew missing after cattle ship capsizes in storm off...

A lone crew member from the Gulf Livestock 1 had been rescued so far

4 Sept 2020 9:15 AM IST

A healthcare worker collects a nasal swab sample from a migrant worker for testing for the COVID-19 novel coronavirus at a foreign workers domitory in Singapore (AFP)World
Singapore detects new COVID-19 clusters at migrant worker dormitories

The vast majority of Singapore’s nearly 57,000 cases are from cramped dormitories that house more than 300,000 South...

3 Sept 2020 3:17 PM IST

People look at an electric pole downed by Typhoon Maysak in the southeastern port city of Ulsan on September 3, 2020. - At least one person was killed and more than 2,000 people evacuated to temporary shelters in South Korea as a powerful typhoon churned across the peninsula, authorities said on September 3. (AFP)World
Typhoon Maysak pummels South Korea, ship missing in rough waters

North Korea’s state TV showed widespread flooding in the eastern coastal cities, but the country didn’t immediately...

3 Sept 2020 9:48 AM IST

Suga, a longtime loyal assistant and the public face of outgoing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in daily media briefings, has emerged as a favorite to succeed him in an upcoming internal party vote. (AP)World
Japan-'s Yoshihide Suga announces PM bid with strong party backing

A parliamentary vote will follow two days later, with lawmakers expected to endorse the new LDP leader as prime minister

2 Sept 2020 3:11 PM IST

Japans chief cabinet secretary Yoshihide Suga (center) cemented his status as the clear frontrunner in the race to become the countrys next prime minister, ahead of a vote expected on September 14.(AFP)World
Japan-'s ruling party to hold leadership vote to find PM Abe-'s...

Key LDP factions have already thrown their support behind Suga, who is expected to formally announce his candidacy later...

2 Sept 2020 11:50 AM IST

Czech Senate President Milos Vystrcil (L) is greeted by Taiwans Foreign Minister Joseph Wu (R) upon his arrival at the airport in Taoyuan on August 30, 2020. A Czech delegation arrived in Taipei on August 30 in the second high-profile foreign visit to Taiwan this month, thwarting authoritarian Chinas campaign to keep the democratic island isolated from the rest of the world.(AFP)World
Czech delegation visits Taiwan despite China-'s protests

China last week denounced Vystrcil-'s visit as undermining the political foundation of China-Czech relations

30 Aug 2020 2:13 PM IST

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks during a press conference at the prime minister official residence in Tokyo on August 28, 2020. (AFP)World
Race kicks off to find a new PM for Japan after Abe resignation

Abe’s resignation marks the end of his tenure and the start of a several-week race to replace Japan’s...

29 Aug 2020 11:08 AM IST

Japans Prime Minister Shinzo Abe takes off his face mask prior to making a short speech to the media upon his arrival at the prime ministers office. (AFP)World
Japan-'s Shinzo Abe announces he will resign over health problems

Speculation about the prime minister-'s health has been swirling for weeks but reached fever pitch in recent days

28 Aug 2020 11:31 AM IST

A Los Angeles Unified School District student attends an online class at Boys & Girls Club of Hollywood in Los Angeles. (AP)World
30 pc of children in the world missed learning after pandemic shut...

The highest number of children affected by region were in South Asia, at least 147 million, according to the report

27 Aug 2020 2:24 PM IST

Medical staff wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) as a precautionary measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus approach Lei Muk Shue care home in Hong Kong. (AFP)World
Beijing’s offer to test all Hong Kongers for coronavirus met with...

Democracy activists share concerns that people’s DNA will be collected and abused under the cover of testing

27 Aug 2020 11:06 AM IST

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