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June 19, 2018
Toll rises to five after quake in Japan’s Osaka
TOKYO — The death toll in a powerful earthquake that rocked Japan’s Osaka on Monday has risen to five, with some 370 injured, officials said on Tuesday, urging vigilance against landslides ahead of heavy rains.The fifth fatality was a 66-year-old man who was found dead on Tuesday under a number of books and CDs in his home, a local government spokeswoman said.The other casualties were a nine-year-old girl who was ...
June 19, 2018
N. Korea leader visits Beijing; S. Korea, US halt military drill
BEIJING/SEOUL — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrived in Beijing on Tuesday, where he will likely brief Chinese President Xi Jinping on his summit with US President Donald Trump last week, as Washington and Seoul agreed to suspend a major joint military exercise.This is Kim’s third trip to China this year, coming a week after he met Trump in Singapore for historic talks.Trump agreed to work with Kim toward ...
June 18, 2018
Python selfie puts Indian forest ranger in tight spot
KOLKATA, India — An India forestry ranger found himself in a bind after a python briefly strangled him while he posed for pictures with the giant snake.Wildlife officer Sanjay Dutta was called in Sunday by frantic villagers in West Bengal after they saw the 40-kilogram (88-pound) python swallowing a goat alive.Instead of placing it safely inside a bag, the ranger wrapped it around his neck and posed for pictures with ...
June 18, 2018
Indonesians’ Eid balloons force flights to divert
JAKARTA — Indonesians caught launching big, unmanned hot air balloons could face up to two years in jail or a fine of up to $35,000, authorities said, after balloons launched to celebrate the end of the holy month of Ramadan forced pilots to divert flights.Balloons, along with fireworks have long been part of festivities like Eid in Indonesia, home to the world’s largest Muslim population, but with modern materials and ...
June 18, 2018
Three dead, 300 hurt as strong quake jolts Japan’s Osaka
TOKYO — A powerful earthquake rocked Japan’s second city of Osaka on Monday, killing three people including a nine-year-old girl and injuring more than 300, according to an official tally.Television images showed buildings swaying and burst pipes spewing water after the quake, which struck at the height of rush hour in the city of around two million.However, there was no large-scale destruction and no tsunami warning issued after the earthquake, ...
June 18, 2018
Afghan Taliban frown at militants’ Eid ceasefire selfies
PESHAWAR, Pakistan — The Afghan Taliban are angry at their members swapping selfies with soldiers and government officials during their three-day ceasefire, a senior Taliban official said on Monday, after the militants roamed at will through cities before the truce ended.Speaking on condition of anonymity, the Taliban official also said Pakistan had wanted the Taliban to include US and other foreign troops in the ceasefire, but the Taliban’s leadership and ...
June 18, 2018
Afghans ‘tired of war’, say exhausted peace marchers in Kabul
KABUL — Hundreds of Afghan peace marchers arrived exhausted in the capital, Kabul, on Monday after spending the fasting month of Ramadan crossing the sunbaked, war-torn country, much of it under Taliban control.The marchers, all men, including teachers, students and war victims on crutches and one in a wheelchair, were welcomed along the way by village women carrying copies of the Holy Qur’an, men singing and dancing or offering bread ...
June 17, 2018
India to resume military strikes on Kashmir militants
NEW DELHI — India said on Sunday it was resuming military operations against rebels in disputed Kashmir after a rare 30-day suspension for Ramadan expired, with a top minister blaming militant attacks.Army operations were halted on May 16 at the start of the Muslim fasting month, despite a months-long escalation of violence in the Muslim-majority Himalayan region.Troops would stop the pursuit of militants and door-to-door house searches but would still ...
June 17, 2018
Mount Everest, the high-altitude rubbish dump
KATHMANDU — Decades of commercial mountaineering have turned Mount Everest into the world’s highest rubbish dump as an increasing number of big-spending climbers pay little attention to the ugly footprint they leave behind.Fluorescent tents, discarded climbing equipment, empty gas canisters and even human excrement litter the well-trodden route to the summit of the 8,848-metre (29,029-foot) peak.“It is disgusting, an eyesore,” Pemba Dorje Sherpa, who has summited Everest 18 times, said. ...
June 17, 2018
Taliban, roaming Afghan cities amid Eid euphoria, rule out ceasefire extension
KABUL — Taliban militants headed into cities across Afghanistan on Sunday as they celebrated their Eid ceasefire with feasts and selfies, raising questions about what happens when the ceasefire ends at midnight.President Ashraf Ghani said he would extend a government ceasefire on Saturday and urged the Taliban to do the same, garnering praise at home and international backing, but critics said such overtures have allowed the Taliban to pour into ...
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