Thailand braces for floods, residents lay bricks, sandbags
Businesses in Thailand’s southwestern Petchaburi province blocked doors with sandbags and bricks against possible flooding on Tuesday as heavy rains threatened to cause a dam to overflow.
Woman rescued from rubble of deadly quake on Indonesia’s Lombok
A woman was pulled alive from a collapsed building on Indonesia’s tourist island of Lombok on Tuesday, two days after a powerful earthquake that killed dozens, destroyed villages and left thousands of people homeless.
China’s Xi congratulates Zimbabwe’s Mnangagwa after disputed vote
Chinese President Xi Jinping has congratulated Emmerson Mnangagwa on his election as Zimbabwe’s president, state news agency Xinhua said on Tuesday, offering support after the African nation’s opposition cried foul.
HRW decries short sentences for Congo peacekeepers guilty of murder
Three Congo Republic peacekeepers were given sentences of just three years in jail for murdering civilians and are now already free, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday, describing the sentences as inadequate and unlikely to discourage future abuse.
Eleven U.S. passengers sue Aeromexico over plane crash
Eleven U.S. passengers who survived an Aeromexico crash in the northern Mexican state of Durango on July 31 filed lawsuits against the airline in Chicago on Monday, according to a statement by Chicago-based attorneys Corboy & Demetrio.
Indonesian rescuers struggle to reach cut-off villages after deadly quake
Indonesian rescue workers and military personnel resumed their search for survivors and evacuated more victims on the tourist island of Lombok on Tuesday, two days after a major earthquake killed dozens, destroyed villages and stranded thousands.
Singapore tests eye scans at immigration checkpoints
Singapore has started scanning travellers’ eyes at some of its border checkpoints, its immigration authority said on Monday, in a trial of expensive technology that could one day replace fingerprint verification.
Coal mine blast kills four in southern China, another nine missing – Xinhua
Four workers were killed and nine were missing after an explosion at a small coal mine in China’s Guizhou province on Monday night, state-owned Xinhua News reported on Tuesday citing local authorities.
Lula drops release petition to avoid ruling on eligibility
Lawyers for jailed former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Monday withdrew a request before Brazil’s Supreme Court that he be freed because it risked shutting the door on his candidacy in the October presidential election.
UK PM May to meet Scotland’s Sturgeon after Brexit standoff
Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon accused the British government of “talking-up” a no-deal Brexit, making it more likely the United Kingdom will just drop out of the European Union at great cost to the economy.
