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Floods displace 122,000 people in Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR: More than 122,000 people have been forced out of their homes as massive floods caused by relentless rains swept through Malaysia's northern states, disaster management officials said on Saturday. The number...

Residents are transported on boats through flood waters after days of heavy rain in Tumpat in Malaysia's Kelantan state. — AFP

Heatstroke killed 33 Indian polling staff on last voting day: state election chief

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India's six-week election ends with enduring heatwave

Voters queue up to cast their ballots at a polling station in Varanasi, India . — AFP

A matter of survival in South Asia’s heat wave

A man offers a drink to a motorcyclist on a road in Sukkur, a city near Jacobabad, Pakistan, on Monday, May 27, 2024. (Insiya Syed/The New York Times)

India court urges heatwave emergency declaration

A delivery partner drinks water outside one of the company's dark stores

14 guilty of subversion in Hong Kong

Hong Kong democrat Helena Wong (L) waves as she arrives at the West Kowloon Magistrates' Court in Hong Kong on Thursday. — AFP

Experts warn of heat risks as India temperatures climb again

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Indian capital swelters as temperature hits 52.9 Celsius

People walk under a umbrella on a hot summer afternoon in New Delhi on May 29, 2024, amid ongoing heatwave. Temperatures in India's capital have soared to a record-high 49.9 degrees Celsius (121.8 degrees Fahrenheit) as authorities warn of water shortages in the sprawling mega-city. (Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP)

Rapid altitude drop threw unbelted passengers on Singapore flight

Singapore Airlines said in a statement on Wednesday that 42 passengers from the flight were still in Bangkok, including 26 in hospital.

World's first wooden satellite built by Japan

LignoSat is shown during a press conference at Kyoto University in Kyoto on Tuesday. — AFP

Indian capital records highest-ever temperature of 49.9 Celsius

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Cyclone kills 21 in India, Bangladesh, cuts power

Women hold a polythene sheet to take cover from rain, as Cyclone Remal hits the country, in the Shyamnagar area of Satkhira, Bangladesh

China's premier hails 'new beginning' with South Korea, Japan

S Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol speaks as Japanese PM Fumio Kishida and Chinese Premier Li Qiang listen during a joint press conference in Seoul, — Reuters

Indian police arrest hospital boss after six babies die in fire

People stand outside a baby care hospital where several newborns died in a fire

China talks security, business with S Korea, Japan

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Chinese Premier Li Qiang attend a meeting at the Presidential Office in Seoul. — Reuters

Fire kills six newborns in Delhi

The fire occurred a day after 27 people were killed in a fire at an entertainment center in the western state of Gujarat
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