Hundreds flee homes as 4.4 magnitude quake strikes Indonesia, Asia News,JAKARTA – A shallow earthquake brought down hundreds of poorly built buildings in Indonesia, forcing more than 2,000 people to flee their homes, rescue officials said on Thursday. The 4.4 magnitude quake hit the Banjarnegara dis
Thai vets perform mass sterilisation as hungry monkeys terrorise tourist city, Asia News,Thailand has started sterilising hundreds of monkeys in a city famous for its macaque population, as the coronavirus pandemic leaves them hungry, aggressive and wrestling food from terrified residents. Lopburi p
South Korea to reinstate distancing curbs amid spike in Covid-19 cases, Asia News,SEOUL – South Korea said on Thursday (Dec 16) it will reinstate social distancing rules a month-and-a-half after lifting them under a 'living with Covid-19' policy, as spiralling numbers of both new infection
India’s Covid-19 crisis pushes up the cost of living – and dying, World News,Ashok Khondare, a 39-year-old vegetable seller in the western Indian city of Pune, had already borrowed money to pay for his sister’s treatment when she died in a private hospital two weeks after contacting Covid-19. While
