According to bdnews24.com, “The government’s disease monitoring agency has recorded five more deaths from the fatal nipah across Bangladesh since the bat-borne virus made a comeback when it took the life of a minor boy recently in Dhaka.” Read Article
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As reported by banglanews24.com, “A 24-year-old youth was killed in a road accident in city’s Badda area early Monday. The deceased was identified as Mushfiqul Haq Imon, resident of Kodomtoli of the capital.” Read Article
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As reported by scmp.com, “Many expatriates in Beijing used to find the capital a pleasant city to live in, especially right after the 2008 Olympics. But some are now considering relocating because of its chronic air pollution.” Read Article
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According to chinadaily.com, “A high concentration of fine particle pollutants was spotted moving from southeast Beijing from 3 pm Tuesday before shrouding the entire city, said an official with the center.The PM2.5 data, a gauge monitoring airborne particles of 2.5 microns or less in diameter which can embed deep in people’s lungs, reached 200 to […]
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NHK is being sued by a French employee who claims the broadcaster unfairly dismissed her after she took a leave of absence from work following the Fukushima nuclear disaster in March 2011. Emmanuelle Bodin, 55, who worked as a translator and did radio work for NHK for 20 years, says she confirmed with her employer […]
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All Nippon Airways (ANA) grounded its fleet of 17 Dreamliners when its flight NH 692 from Yamaguchi Ube was forced to land shortly after take-off. Japan Airlines followed suit, saying it would ground its fleet of seven 787s from 16 January until further notice. Read Article
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The work of Sombath Somphone is well-known across southeast Asia, but his disappearance in Laos on December 15 is a mystery. It was Sombath’s development work and help to poor farmers that won him one of Asia’s most prestigious civil service awards. Laos authorities told Sombath’s wife that they don’t have him; they say he […]
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Officials in the Chinese capital Beijing have had to implement emergency measures for the first time to combat pollution which rose to the worst ever at the weekend. Residents were warned to stay indoors, as the concentration of harmful particles in the air reached up to 45 times the recommended safety levels. Read Article
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The sound of Mandarin-speaking tourists and the cash tills they set ringing have become rare in Tokyo’s upmarket Ginza district, retailers say, since a flare-up in an island row between China and Japan. “Until September, we had many Chinese customers and you could hear Chinese spoken in our shop,” said Mika Nakatsugawa, who trains clerks […]
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JAKARTA: An 18-year-old schoolie narrowly escaped being arrested in Bali this week for punching a woman in the face while under the influence of hallucinogenic mushrooms.The young woman, who was a tourist in Bali from the Czech Republic, is believed to still be in hospital being treated for facial injuries. Read article
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