Asia

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Chinese 'robotaxis' take riders for a spin

As technology companies race to put self-driving vehicles on the road, some Chinese companies are launching taxi pilot projects in cities.

09/08/2020

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Enormous Chinese string dance show sets world record

The World Record Certification Agency said it's "the biggest one around the world".

09/08/2020

Japan

Nagasaki pleads for nuclear ban on 75th anniversary of US bombing

"The true horror of nuclear weapons has not yet been adequately conveyed to the world at large", said Nagasaki's mayor Tomihisa Taue.

09/08/2020

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Protesters clash with police in Beirut demonstration

Fury mounted in Lebanon in the wake of the massive explosion which devastated much of Beirut, as protesters poured into the streets to call for political change.

08/08/2020

Lebanon

Two Lebanese ministers resign amid protests after deadly Beirut blast

Protesters showed up in large numbers ahead of a planned anti-government demonstration following the explosion in Beirut that killed more than 150.

08/08/2020

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Lebanese student plays piano for volunteers in Beirut hospital

Lebanese student Chadi Haddad went to the nearby Saint George hospital in Beirut. Amidst volunteers clearing up the rubble, he started playing the hospital’s piano.

08/08/2020

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Survivors of deadly India crash say plane swayed violently

Survivors of the Air India Express plane crash said that the plane swayed violently before crash landing at the Kozhikode airport, in southern India.

08/08/2020

Lebanon

In photographs: Beirut residents show inside their destroyed homes

300 000 people became homeless in Beirut after a massive explosion partly levelled the city on Tuesday, August 4. The photographs of Beirut residents inside their homes reveal the scale of devastation caused to the Lebanese capital.

08/08/2020

Lebanon

Owner of cruise ship sunk by Lebanon blast sues 'those responsible'

"Entrepreneur Merhi Abou Merhi, the owner of the Orient Queen cruise ship, has filed a lawsuit against all those responsible for this catastrophic blast," the National News Agency said.

07/08/2020

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Russian teams search rubble from Beirut explosion

A Russian search and rescue team in Beirut has unearthed three bodies under the rubble near the city's port, three days after the deadly explosion that killed more than 150 people.

07/08/2020

Lebanon

Beirut blast: Distraught families await news of missing relatives

Rescue teams continue to search for survivors in the rubble of Beirut's port, nearly three days after a massive explosion sent a wave of destruction through Lebanon's capital, killing more than 150 people and wounding thousands.

07/08/2020

India

Eighteen dead and over 120 injured after plane crash in India

More than a dozen people have died after a plane carrying up to 200 people skidded off a runway and broke in two pieces while landing at an airport in southern India amid heavy rain, according to authorities.

07/08/2020

China

US imposes sanctions on Hong Kong chief executive Carrie Lam

The sanctions were authorised by an executive order that President Donald Trump signed recently to levy penalties against China for its efforts to curtail anti-government protesters in Hong Kong.

07/08/2020

Lebanon

Beirut blast: Lebanese president knew about ammonium nitrate stockpile

Security agencies raised alarms at least 10 times over the past six years about a massive stockpile of explosive chemicals held unsafely in the heart of Beirut.

07/08/2020

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How Chinese companies responded to Covid-19 and its economic impact

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China was among the first countries to successfully contain and control the Covid-19, and consequently Chinese businesses had a headstart in finding ways to adapt to the new reality.

07/08/2020

Lebanon

Beirut blast: How Lebanon is facing crisis after crisis

Before this week's devastating explosion, Lebanon's economy was predicted to shrink by 12 per cent this year and its currency had lost 80 per cent of its value since October.

07/08/2020

Lebanon

Beirut: Anger among anti-government protesters rises after blast

Discontent is growing in Beirut after the deadly explosion in the Lebanese capital on Tuesday.

07/08/2020

India

COVID-19: India hits 2 million coronavirus cases as deaths pass 40,000

India hits 2 million coronavirus cases as deaths pass 40,000

07/08/2020

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Volunteers help in clear-up after deadly Beirut blast

Volunteers from around Beirut worked to clean up a hard-hit residential area near the port following the massive explosion that devastated much of the city on Wednesday.

06/08/2020

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Woman plays Auld Lang Syne amid debris from Beirut blast

Amid the debris and damage of an apartment caught in Beirut's blast, an elderly woman plays Auld Lang Syne on the piano.

06/08/2020

Lebanon

50,000 sign petition calling for France to take control of Lebanon

"We believe Lebanon should be placed under French mandate in order to establish clean and durable governance," reads a petition that has collected more than 50,000 signatures.

06/08/2020

Lebanon

How did so much ammonium nitrate make it to Port of Beirut? | #TheCube

An investigation by The Cube has tracked down a ship that arrived in the Lebanese capital nearly seven years ago.

06/08/2020

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Japan marks 75th anniversary of Hiroshima atomic bomb with ceremony

People in Japan are taking a moment to pause and remember the victims of the catastrophic event.

06/08/2020

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Macron visits Beirut in aftermath of devastating blast

French President Emmanuel Macron visited shell-shocked Beirut, pledging support and urging change after a massive explosion devastated the Lebanese capital.

06/08/2020

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Lebanese diaspora hold vigil to honour victims of Beirut blast

Vigils for the victims of the Beirut blast were held in Tel Aviv, the Palestinian Territories, Tehran, Paris and London.

06/08/2020

Lebanon

Before and after photos from Beirut's port reveal scale of disaster

Satellite images, taken before and after the twin explosions in Beirut, reveal the sheer scale of Tuesday's disaster.

06/08/2020