China reported two new deaths from Covid-19 on Monday, both elderly Beijing residents, as several major cities persisted with strict virus curbs despite a much-touted recent loosening.. But Asian markets fell Monday as Sunday's Covid death sparked fears officials would reimpose strict, economically painful restrictions.
A shallow 5.6-magnitude earthquake shook Indonesia's main island Java on Monday, killing at least 44 people and injuring hundreds, local officials said, with buildings damaged and a landslide triggered.. A 6.2-magnitude quake that shook Sulawesi island in January last year killed more than 100 people and left thousands homeless. dsa-agn/jfx/mca
As barman Michael Anderson cowered on the patio of a nightclub, hiding from the gunman who was killing his friends and colleagues, he was convinced he was going to die too.. When Anderson next looked up, he saw the gunman pinned to the floor.
Disney ousted chief executive Bob Chapek on Sunday and announced that it had brought back former CEO Bob Iger to once again take the reins.. "We thank Bob Chapek for his service to Disney over his long career," Susan Arnold, chair of Disney's board, said.
A deadly volcanic eruption near Tonga in January was the largest ever recorded with modern equipment, a New Zealand-led team of scientists revealed Monday.. The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai eruption rivals the infamous Krakatoa disaster which killed tens of thousands in Indonesia in 1883 before the invention of modern measuring equipment.
The gunman who opened fire inside an LGBTQ Colorado nightclub, killing at least five, was stopped by two "heroic" people inside the club, police told a press conference Sunday.. The suspect in Colorado Springs entered Club Q and immediately began shooting at people inside, police chief Adrian Vasquez told a press conference.
Rival Malaysian political blocs on Monday tried to woo smaller parties to form a coalition government after the weekend's general election that saw major gains by a conservative Islamist party.. - Big gains for Islamists - The latest election saw PAS become the largest party in Muhyiddin's bloc, sparking worries among analysts about its influence on national policy.
Asian markets fell Monday as China's first Covid death in six months sparked fears officials would reimpose strict, economically painful restrictions to fight outbreaks across the country.. Demand concerns caused by China's Covid woes further hit oil prices, with both main contracts in the red, having tumbled last week.
A woman who lost her British citizenship after joining the Islamic State group in Syria will on Monday have her case reviewed, with her lawyers arguing that she was a "victim of trafficking".. Some 900 people are estimated to have travelled from Britain to Syria and Iraq to join the IS group.
US Vice President Kamala Harris will meet Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos on Monday during a visit to the Southeast Asian nation aimed at boosting ties and countering China's growing regional clout.. Harris is the highest-ranking US official to visit Manila since Marcos took power in June, signalling a growing rapport between the longtime allies after years of frosty relations under his Beijing-friendly predecessor Rodrigo Duterte.
