There are no cheering multitudes to welcome the athletes at Tokyo’s New National Stadium as the 32nd Olympiad—delayed by a year and toned down because of the coronavirus pandemic—finally kicks off on Friday night. (Photo from Reuters) [Asia News = Reporter Reakkana] TOKYO—In the empty spaces at the New National Stadium where spectators would have sat down a... 2021-07-25
Sierra Leone's President Julius Maada Bio addresses the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York City, New York, U.S., September 26, 2019. (Photo by= Reuters/Carlo Allegri) [Asia News = Reporter Reakkana] DAKAR: Sierra Leone's parl... 2021-07-25
Lorna Jane sells a range of activewear. (Photo by= Lorna Jane) [Asia News = Reporter Reakkana] An Australian activewear firm has been fined £2.6m (5m Australian dollars) for claiming its clothing "eliminated" and stopped the spread of Covid, BBC reported. Lorna Jane ... 2021-07-25
Heavy flooding was reported in many parts of Metro Manila and Mimaropa following persistent rains brought by the southwest monsoon enhanced by Fabian (In-fa). (Photo from Philstar) [Asia News = Reporter Reakkana] MANILA — Tropical cyclone wind signal No. 1 remained hoisted o... 2021-07-25
A health worker (R) stands at the entrance of a Covid-19 coronavirus vaccination center in Mandaluyong City, suburban Manila on July 15, 2021. (Photo by=Ted Aljibe/ AFP) [Asia News = Reporter Reakkana] MANILA — At least 18 of the 47 individuals who contracted the highly transm... 2021-07-25
The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest living structure. (Photo by= AFP/Sarah LAI) [Asia News = Reporter Reakkana] BRISBANE: Australia on Friday (Jul 23) avoided having the Great Barrier Reef listed as an endangered world heritage site by UNESCO, despite concerns about cl... 2021-07-25
The killer whale was being cared for by a team of volunteers. (Photo by= Getty Images) [Asia News = Reporter Reakkana] A baby orca found stranded in New Zealand has died, after a huge effort to reunite him with his mother failed, BBC reported. The killer whale - named Toa - washed a... 2021-07-25
Rescue operations have been hampered by heavy downpours. (Photo by= NDRF) [Asia News = Reporter Reakkana] At least 110 people have been killed in landslides and flooding triggered by heavy rains in the western Indian state of Maharashtra, BBC reported. The rains overwhelmed hundreds... 2021-07-25
The archipelago is regularly rocked by quakes due to its location on the Pacific "Ring of Fire". (Photo from PH Red Cross) [Asia News = Reporter Reakkana] MANILA— A magnitude-6.6 quake struck waters off Calatagan, Batangas at 4:48 a.m. on Saturday, PhilStar reported.... 2021-07-25
Retired Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio and President Rodrigo Duterte. (Photo from Inquirer) [Asia News = Reporter Reakkana] Retired Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio issued this challenge to President Duterte, saying Filipino fishermen have... 2021-07-25