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Taiwan mourns after deadliest train disaster in decades

Taiwan mourns after deadliest train disaster in decades

HUALIEN, Taiwan: Salvage teams began removing mangled train carriages on Saturday after Taiwan’s worst rail disaster in decades killed at least 50 people, as flags flew half-mast across an island plunged into mourning. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd Website developed by Gias Ul Hassan – Best Website Developer – WordPress Web Design – […]

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Papua New Guinea faces Covid disaster, aid too slow: Experts

Papua New Guinea faces Covid disaster, aid too slow: Experts

PORT MORESBY: International help is not coming fast enough to avert a Covid-19 disaster in Papua New Guinea, experts warned Friday, as the country braced for a further spike in infections by shuttering schools and approving the use of mass graves. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd Website developed by Gias Ul Hassan –

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Covid-19 leads to global baby drought; demographic disaster feared

Covid-19 leads to global baby drought; demographic disaster feared

MORE than a year since the global pandemic struck, its damage to population growth is starting to become starkly clear, and not just because of the grim death toll. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd Website developed by Gias Ul Hassan – Best Website Developer – WordPress Web Design – Custom Website Design

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Japan marks decade since 2011 quake, tsunami and nuclear disaster

Japan marks decade since 2011 quake, tsunami and nuclear disaster

HISANOHAMA, Japan: Japan on Thursday marks 10 years since the worst natural disaster in the country's living memory: a powerful earthquake, deadly tsunami and nuclear meltdown that traumatised a nation. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd Website developed by Gias Ul Hassan – Best Website Developer – WordPress Web Design – Custom Website Design

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UN finds 'no adverse health effects' from Fukushima disaster

UN finds 'no adverse health effects' from Fukushima disaster

VIENNA: Japan’s 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster has not harmed the health of local residents 10 years on, according to a report published Tuesday by United Nations researchers. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd Website developed by Gias Ul Hassan – Best Website Developer – WordPress Web Design – Custom Website Design

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