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Pakistani census officials rode camels to tally tribespeople living in a far-flung area of Balochistan in March, 2023. Balochistan is a western province of Pakistan with the largest land area and the smallest population in the country. Only three families live there, with no power lines, TV signal or roads to keep t…
An out-of-control truck smashed into several vehicles on a road, injuring three people in southern China.
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Video circulating on social media showed the moment two trucks shunted into one another on the passing lane of the North Lantau Highway in Hong Kong on the morning of March 30, 2023. Later, a taxi slammed into the rear of one of the heavier vehicles and caught fire. The driver of the taxi was confirmed dead at the s…
Fresh strikes and protests roiled France on March 28, 2023, when a record number of police officers were deployed to back President Emmanuel Macron’s defiant stance over a pensions reform bill that has sparked turmoil across the country. It was the tenth day of unrest since protests against the measure began in mid-…
Indonesia is the world’s largest nickel producer. The Southeast Asian country has seen a huge rush of domestic and foreign enterprises eager to mine the critical component used in electric vehicle batteries. In areas such as Wawonii, in the resource-rich Indonesian island of Sulawesi, local residents and rights grou…
Video circulating on social media shows the moment several vehicles collided into each other on a Hong Kong highway on March 24, 2023. The five-vehicle pile-up involving four coaches and a truck happened at around 1pm near the Kowloon entrance of the Tseung Kwan O Tunnel. About 85 people were injured, including 15 w…
The Mother Earth Foundation, an environmental charity in the Philippines, is trying to stop food waste being buried in landfills, and instead using it to make fuel and compost. Residents and waste-pickers in Malabon remove food and other organic materials from general rubbish, and then send them for recycling. Mothe…
Unverified video circulating on social media shows a double decker bus in Hong Kong crashing into a barrier on March 20, 2023. Seventy-six people were trapped for up to an hour, after a KMB vehicle travelling along Ching Cheung Road in Cheung Sha Wan tilted on its side near Lai Chi Kok Park at 9.43am. Most of those …
A speeding bus veered off a major road in central Bangladesh and plunged into a ditch, killing at least 19 people and injuring dozens. Police said the death toll from the accident, which happened on March 19, 2023, could rise further. The bus carrying more than 40 passengers was travelling to the capital, Dhaka, fro…
Several accidents on Hong Kong roads involving elderly taxi drivers in 2023 have sparked public debate on whether stricter medical requirements or even an age limit should be imposed on commercial drivers. Wong Po-keung, who is still driving his taxi after 55 years, said elderly taxi drivers help ease Hong Kong’s la…
The 1500 inhabitants of Pari Island say they have not contributed to the climate crisis, yet, they are suffering the consequences. Under current CO2-emission levels, environmentalists say most of the 42-hectare (103-acre) island could sink by 2050 because of rising sea levels. Environmental litigation against govern…
A mother turned used cardboard boxes into toys, including a pink castle, a Transformer car and a Chinese lion dance headpiece for her 4-year-old triplet daughters.
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Indonesia’s tourism hotspot Bali wants to cancel a visa-on-arrival policy for tourists from Russia and Ukraine after finding some of them working illegally. The Indonesian resort island has seen a rash of reports about badly-behaved foreigners since it fully reopened to international tourism in March 2023. At least …
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Strong winds blew away a makeshift toilet while a man was still inside it at a car park in eastern China's Shandong province.
A BMW fell into the sea after the driver accidentally reversed the vehicle off a pier in southern China’s Hainan province.
More than 60,000 protesters flooded the streets in major cities across Greece on March 8, 2023, more than a week after a February 28 train crash claimed 57 lives. Large-scale demonstrations, led by student organisations in Athens and Thessaloniki, erupted in violence at times, with skirmishes between protesters and …
Thousands of fishermen in the Philippines have been banned from fishing and ordered to stay ashore as authorities struggled to contain an oil spill from a tanker that sank in waters south of the capital Manila. The Princess Empress, carrying 800,000 litres (210,000 gallons) of industrial fuel oil, suffered engine tr…
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A deadly fire broke out at a fuel storage depot in the Indonesian capital Jakarta on March 3, 2023. The blaze spread from the Plumpang fuel storage station to the nearby neighbourhood of Tanah Merah, killing at least 19 people and injuring at least 50 others. Police were still working to establish the cause of the f…
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Two brave boys held tightly onto a girl who was dangling dangerously from a wall for several minutes while shouting for the help of adults in a car park in southwestern Chongqing. Another quick-thinking girl was also seen spreading her arms at the foot of the wall to catch her friend in case she slipped.
Along a road shaded with trees in the Chinese megacity of Shanghai, a bookshop is focused on bringing the joy of reading to people with vision impairments and other disabilities. But the Xinhua Bookstore Backlight 226 also aims to inspire people from all walks of life with stories of perseverance. The first store of…
After almost three years under Covid mask rules, Hong Kong lifted its face-covering requirement on March 1, 2023. Residents and visitors no longer need to wear masks indoors, outdoors or on public transport. But despite the eased policy, only a few people were seen without masks on the first day. The rules also stil…
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A cargo truck disintegrated after crashing into a 2.8 metre-tall height restriction barrier on a road in northern China’s Liaoning province.
One passenger was killed and a driver injured after an out-of-control Tesla crashed into two vehicles in eastern China’s Zhejiang province.
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the first stage of the Delhi-Mumbai expressway on February 12, 2023. The 1,386km (861 miles) route is the country’s longest expressway, and will cut travel time between the two major cities in half, to about 12 hours. The US$13 billion project is part of New Delhi’s in…
China’s tourism industry has bounced back after three years of zero-Covid, but the economic recovery comes too late for some business owners. Domestic tourism, which suffered during the pandemic, has also rebounded, with tourists spending billions over the Lunar New Year holiday. Nevertheless, economic activity stil…
Thousands of Boeing employees, both new and old, bid an emotional farewell to the iconic 747 upon its final delivery to Atlas Air in Washington state on January 31, 2023. Known as the “Queen of the Skies”, the Boeing 747 is the world’s first twin-aisle aeroplane and was at one point the largest commercial aircraft t…
An infrastructure push in India's northern Himalayan state of Uttarakhand is having some devastating consequences: towns are sinking. Hundreds of residents were recently evacuated from the city of Joshimath after their homes sank by 5.4 centimetres (2.1in) in less than two weeks. Similar scenes are playing out in vi…
The recent rise in imported petrol and diesel prices has taken a toll on residents in Pakistan as the country’s rupee plummeted 12 per cent a week earlier. Government officials have said the move aims to combat the higher cost of energy in the global market. But many Pakistanis fear that the fuel price hike could un…
In a major loosening of Covid rules, South Korea has eased its mask mandate for indoor premises for the first time in three years, as the country saw a downward trend in Covid infections. Residents can opt out of wearing masks in some indoor facilities including bars, gyms and restaurants, while masks on public tran…
Atlanta police saved a suspect’s life, just seconds before a train crashed into an overturned police patrol car that he stole on January 28, 2023. Aerial footage and an officer’s body cam showed the man fled with the stolen patrol car while an officer was conducting a traffic stop. The suspect was charged with theft…
A bus carrying around 48 people fell into a ravine and caught fire after it crashed into a bridge in the southern Pakistani province of Balochistan on January 29, 2023. At least 41 people were killed and three who were injured were sent to a local hospital. On the same day, another transport accident claimed the liv…
Ukrainian military pilots operating in the country’s east have voiced hopes that a decision by Western allies to provide battle tanks will open the door to the flow of aviation combat hardware to support Kyiv’s fight against Russian invasion forces. The United States announced on January 25, 2023, it will supply Ukr…
Cambodia’s appetite for sand has exploded as construction continues to fuel economic growth in the capital Phnom Penh. But as the thirst for sand grows, so does the uncertainty over the future of the river. Two families who rely on the river for a living share their stories of how sand dredging is causing pain and c…
Newly released body camera footage shows the dramatic rescue of a woman who was trapped in her car after it broke through ice on a frozen pond in the US state of Wisconsin. The December 22, 2022, incident happened during a winter blizzard when the motorist reportedly lost control of the vehicle in the city of Milwau…
Survivors are recalling the moments after a helicopter crashed near a kindergarten outside the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on January 18, 2023, killing 18 people, including three top officials and at least four children. Mykola Antonov, father of a five-year-old boy who was attending the nursery, recalled the moment h…
A witness of the Nepal plane crash on January 15, 2023, said that the pilot may have deliberately changed the aircraft’s direction to avoid hitting a residential area. The Yeti Airlines flight crashed into the Seti River Gorge near the city of Pokhara. Nepal’s Civil Aviation Authority said the pilot wanted to land o…
Icy road conditions are being blamed on a multi-car crash in South Korea that killed one person and left dozens injured on January 15, 2023. Nearly 50 vehicles were involved in the crash, said to be the most serious among the multiple traffic accidents that happened over the weekend caused by poor weather. Three mot…
The first high-speed train from Hong Kong to mainland China departed on the morning of January 15, 2023, after the resumption of service following a three-year suspension because of Covid. Launched in 2018, the rail link stopped operating in late January 2020 as Hong Kong closed most of its border crossings to the m…
