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Myanmar: Cyclone Mocha set to crash over Myanmar, Bangladesh
KYAUKTAW, Myanmar: The Bay of Bengal‘s most powerful cyclone for over a decade was set to make landfall Sunday, with hundreds of thousands evacuated from…
Turkiye: Crucial polls today in Turkiye, Thailand
ISTANBUL: As President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkiye approaches the toughest election of his career on Sunday, he has marshalled many of the resources of…
Bangladesh: Thousands along Bangladesh, Myanmar coast told to seek shelter as powerful Cyclone Mocha approaches
DHAKA: Volunteers in Bangladesh’s coastal districts were using loudspeakers to urge people to seek shelter on Saturday as the delta nation braced for an extremely…
Thousands flee as Cyclone Mocha approaches Myanmar, Bangladesh
SITTWE, Myanmar: Thousands fled Myanmar‘s west coast and officials in neighbouring Bangladesh raced to evacuate Rohingya refugees on Saturday as the most powerful cyclone in…
Tropical cyclones and storm surges: Why they are deadly
YANGON: Five facts about tropical cyclones and storm surges ahead of powerful Cyclone Mocha, which is expected to hit Myanmar and Bangladesh on Sunday:Cyclones are…
Thailand: Explainer – What you need to know about Thailand’s election
BANGKOK: Thailand holds an election on May 14 after nearly a decade of a government led or backed by its royalist military after a coup…
War, natural disasters left record 71 million people internally displaced in 2022, report says
The war in Ukraine helped push the global total of people left internally displaced by conflict or natural disasters to a record high of 71.1…
Tonga: 7.6-magnitude quake rattles Tonga
WELLINGTON: A 7.6-magnitude earthquake rattled the Pacific island nation of Tonga in the early hours of Thursday but there were no reports of injuries or…
Woah: Indonesia confirms outbreak of African swine fever, WOAH says
PARIS: Indonesia has reported an outbreak of African swine fever on a farm on the Riau Islands near Singapore, the World Organisation for Animal Health…
Over 7 lakh displaced internally in Sudan since mid-April: UN
GENEVA: Heavy fighting in Sudan has led to 700,000 people being internally displaced since the middle of April, the United Nations said on Tuesday, adding…