Singapore will impose a stricter ban on smartphones and smartwatches in secondary schools starting January, its education ministry said, part of a global push to combat digital distractions
At least 10 of the 146 people killed in the fire were migrant workers
At least 2 cities on Indonesia's Sumatra island were still unreachable
Suffered the world's deadliest residential building fire since 1980
Earlier, Asim Munir was declared to be chief of Joint Forces with lifetime shield from persecution
An outpouring of grief swept Hong Kong yesterday as thousands paid their respects and laid flowers for the 128 people killed in one of the city’s deadliest fires, marking the start of an official, three-day mourning period.
After wowing World Expo visitors, a human washing machine is now on sale in Japan, a company spokeswoman said Friday.
Sri Lanka yesterday declared a state of emergency and appealed for international assistance as the death toll from heavy rains and floods triggered by Cyclone Ditwah rose to 132, with another 176 reported missing.
The death toll from devastating floods and landslides in Southeast Asia climbed past 400 yesterday as clean-up and search-and-rescue operations got underway in Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia.
At least 279 people are still missing
Around 200 people remain unaccounted for, 89 bodies yet to be identified
Three renovation contractors held in manslaughter probe
The party of Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister Imran Khan demanded a meeting with him yesterday, saying it was worried about his health as he has been barred from seeing his family and lawyers for over three weeks.
US President Donald Trump asked Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takiachi not to further escalate a dispute with China during talks this week, sources with knowledge of the matter said, as he tries to preserve a fragile trade war truce with Beijing.
Hong Kong firefighters yesterday brought under control a huge blaze in an apartment complex that killed at least 75 and left nearly 300 missing, while police said its cause could have been a “grossly negligent” construction firm using unsafe materials.
Flames were still visible in some of the eight-building apartment complex's almost 2,000 units well over 24 hours after the fire broke out
Jail official says Khan is in good health, denies transfer plans
Most of the deaths occurred in the central tea-growing district of Badulla
HK leader says he is considering mandate for metal scaffolding
Another four were killed in a similar manner in the adjoining Nuwara Eliya district.
The death toll from a fire that tore through a Hong Kong apartment complex has risen to 75, the city's government said late on Thursday
