Minister: France faces huge task on Mayotte after Cyclone Chido

Paris/Cape Town, Dec. 17, (dpa/GNA) – France faces a huge task in rescue operations on its overseas territory of Mayotte after the small group of islands in…

Search for survivors after cyclone on French territory of Mayotte

Paris, Dec. 16, (dpa/GNA) – Rescuers in the French overseas territory of Mayotte in the Indian Ocean were urgently searching for survivors on Monday, amid fears that hundreds…

South Korea’s Yoon won’t resign, but his party leader wants him out

Seoul, Dec. 12, (dpa/GNA) – Shortly before the second impeachment vote of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, the chairman of the ruling party has said he’s…

Nearly 10,000 residents flee homes after Philippine volcano erupts

Manila, Dec. 10, (dpa/GNA) – Nearly 10,000 residents have fled their homes near an erupting volcano in the central Philippines, the national disaster agency said on Tuesday,…

China’s leadership agrees more intervention to boost the economy

Beijing, Dec. 9 (dpa/GNA) – China’s leadership has promised further aid for the country’s struggling economy next year, following a series of stimulus measures during 2024. The…

President Yoon banned from leaving South Korea

Seoul, Dec. 9, (dpa/GNA) – South Korea’s Ministry of Justice has banned President Yoon Suk Yeol from leaving the country, as the country’s political crisis deepens. The…

South Korea ruling party leader calls to block impeachment motion

Seoul, Dec. 5, (dpa/GNA) – The chairman of South Korea’s ruling party has urged his party to vote against the opposition-led impeachment proceedings against President Yoon Suk…

South Korean defence minister reportedly resigns

Seoul, Dec. 4, (dpa/GNA) – South Korean Defence Minister Kim Yong Hyun has offered his resignation over the martial law turmoil in the country, media reports said on Wednesday.…

South Korean opposition moves to impeach Yoon after martial law flop

Seoul, Dec. 4, (dpa/GNA) – Pressure on South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol to resign following his flubbed martial law declaration mounted on Wednesday as opposition parties…

US Space Force launches Japanese branch in western Tokyo

Tokyo, Dec. 4, (dpa/GNA) – The US Space Force (USSF) on Wednesday launched a unit at Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo as part of its goal…

China boosts AIDS prevention with timely post-exposure care

BEIJING, Dec. 3, (Xinhua/GNA) — “Amid a chaotic struggle, a police officer was accidentally scratched by a drug dealer known to be HIV-positive,” a…

Death penalty confirmed in Vietnam’s biggest-ever fraud case

Bangkok, Dec. 3, (dpa/GNA) – The death sentence for Vietnamese real-estate tycoon Truong My Lan was upheld on Tuesday as the plaintiff in the country’s largest-ever financial fraud…

Taiwan’s leader embarks on first overseas trip including US stopovers

Taipei, Nov 30, (dpa/GNA) – Taiwan President, Lai Ching-te, departed Taipei on Saturday for what is his first overseas trip to the allies of…

Floods, landslides kill 31 people in Indonesia’s North Sumatra

Jakarta, Nov. 29, (dpa/GNA) – A week of relentless rainfall has unleashed a series of floods and landslides across Indonesia’s North Sumatra province, leaving at least 31…

Taiwan leader to transit through Hawaii, Guam on first overseas trip

Taipei, Nov. 28, (dpa/GNA) – Taiwan President Lai Ching-te is set to make stopovers in the US state of Hawaii and Guam, a US territory, during his…

Sri Lankan flooding, landslides kill 12

Colombo, Nov. 28, (dpa/GNA) – At least 12 people have been killed due to flooding and landslides in the eastern and central parts of Sri Lanka after…

Former Bank of China chairman handed death sentence with reprieve

JINAN, Nov. 27, (Xinhua/GNA) — Liu Liange, former chairman of Bank of China, was on Tuesday sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve for…

100-year record snowfall in Seoul paralyses air traffic

Seoul, Nov. 27, (dpa/GNA) – Seoul has recorded the heaviest snowfall in more than 100 years, with the South Korean capital blanketed under 16 centimetres on Wednesday…

Philippine vice president summoned over threat to President Marcos Jr

Manila, Nov. 26, (dpa/GNA) – Philippine investigators on Tuesday summoned Vice President Sara Duterte to answer questions about her public threat to have President Ferdinand Marcos Jr…

UN urges protection for journalists and media sector in Afghanistan

Islamabad, Nov. 26, (dpa/GNA) – The media in Afghanistan is operating in an “environment of censorship and tight restrictions on accessing information,” according to a United Nations…