Malaysia sends half a million face masks to haze-hit state, shuts schools
Malaysia sent half a million face masks to the eastern state of Sarawak and closed more than 400 schools there on Tuesday as a haze spread from forest fires, officials said.
Japan may have to dump radioactive water into the sea, minister says
Japan’s Tokyo Electric Power will have to dump radioactive water from its destroyed Fukushima nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean as it runs out of room to store it, the environment minister said on Tuesday.
Britain will leave the EU on time, PM Johnson’s adviser Cummings says
The United Kingdom will leave the European Union on time and reporters should get outside London and speak to people who are not “rich remainers”, Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s senior adviser Dominic Cummings said on Tuesday.
Indonesian police say exiled separatist fomenting Papua unrest, 85 arrested
Police in Papua have arrested 85 suspects since ethnic unrest erupted in Indonesia’s easternmost region in mid-August, a spokesman said, accusing a separatist leader based in Britain of fomenting Papua’s most serious civil strife in years.
Japan’s Abe to pick former vice minister Sugawara as trade minister: NHK
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will hand former vice trade minister Isshu Sugawara the trade and industry portfolio and select Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasutoshi Nishimura for the post of economy minister in a cabinet reshuffle on Wednesday, …
India’s moon mission locates landing craft, no communication yet
India has located the spacecraft it was trying to land on the moon but has not been able to establish communication with it yet, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said on Tuesday.
Japan’s Abe, headed for longest premiership, seeks stability in cabinet rejig
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will likely pick a former Olympic speed skater to prepare for the 2020 Games and keep allies in key posts in a cabinet reshuffle on Wednesday as he readies a tax rise and aims to revise the pacifist constitution.
Former Erdogan ally to form rival party before year-end: paper
Former Turkish deputy prime minister Ali Babacan will form a new political party by the end of the year to challenge President Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling AK Party, announcing his intentions in an interview published Tuesday after months of speculation.
Honduras says not considering safe third country migration deal with U.S.
Honduras is not considering a so-called safe third country designation for migrants seeking refuge in the United States, Foreign Minister Lisandro Rosales said late on Monday, denying reports of a deal agreed with U.S. officials.
Honduras says not considering safe third country migration deal with U.S.
Honduras is not considering a so-called safe third country designation for migrants seeking refuge in the United States, Foreign Minister Lisandro Rosales said late on Monday, denying reports of a deal agreed with U.S. officials.
