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KATHMANDU, Oct 2 - Nepal will kick off a high-stakes effort this fiscal year to drain four glacial lakes perched high in the mountains, as it scrambles to reduce flood risks, officials said, after a recent disaster that killed more than 1,400.
They also prefer handwritten letters or postcards or printed ones with a handwritten note added.
LONDON, Oct 2 - Brazil's voters will choose from a field of presidential contenders with two familiar frontrunners on Sunday - President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and right-wing challenger Flavio Bolsonaro - in a closely watched race.
"I could feel that the aircraft was going down. I knew this was the last push," says flydubai pilot Smit Machchhar during a call with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
As local artists grapple with sluggish comic book sales, some are turning to artificial intelligence to cut production time and take their creations beyond the printed page.
The airline was forced to cancel flights and suspend cargo operations when the floods hit last week.
TOKYO – China gave global investors one of 2026’s biggest AI thrills. Yet the country that helped ignite excitement about artificial intelligence is home to one of the worst-performing major stock markets. While AI fever has propelled Seoul, Taipei and Tokyo higher, Chinese
Urbanites trade late-night drinks for gruelling 5 am workouts, driving commercial growth and a wave of sports injuries.
A look back at the more than 16-year journey of the Johor Bahru-Singapore RTS Link.
More time is needed to complete testing, obtain independent safety certification and secure regulatory approvals before the cross-border rail service can open, Singapore and Malaysia authorities said on Friday (Oct 2).
Lee Chean Chung hints he wants to contest Petaling Jaya seat again but stays mum on joining Bersama.
Protesters demanded his resignation over alleged voter-roll irregularities.
It comes after the Thai capital experienced some of its worst flooding in years in late September.
Labour shortage from severe flooding across Bangkok led to an accumulation of about 10,000 suitcases at Suvarnabhumi Airport.
The war between the United States and Iran is no longer just a confrontation between Washington and Tehran. A second contest is taking shape alongside and behind it. China is not fighting the United States directly, but its economic, technological and diplomatic links to Iran
TAITUNG, Taiwan, Oct 2 - The first two of a batch of 66 new F-16V Block 70 fighter jets ordered in 2019 arrived in Taiwan on Friday after months of delays, helping to strengthen an air force that has to scramble almost daily to shadow China's military.
Oct 2 - The Indian pilot stabbed by his co-pilot on a flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv replayed the dramatic attack and his desperate effort to open the cockpit door to seek help, in a video call with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday.
Mukhriz said the loss was weighing heavily on Mahathir, who was married to Siti Hasmah for 70 years.
Steel shipping containers, packed with sand and welded together, have lined the roads into Islamabad for weeks.
Capt Smit Machchhar tells Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi he opened the cockpit door to let others in during the attack.
The flight captain was reported to be receiving medical care in the UAE.
The great Bogong migration began to collapse in 2017 due to drought, pesticides and habitat destruction.
The shortage of workers caused an operational disruption which prompted reductions in flights on Oct 1 and Oct 2.
Rights groups say serious abuses continue in the region, including forced labour.
HONG KONG, Oct 2 - Chinese construction of a runway on Antelope Reef in the Paracels archipelago is well underway with analysts estimating it could be completed by mid-2027, strengthening Beijing's military control over the disputed South China Sea.
Shoko Kawata's maternity leave drew mixed reactions in Japan, a country struggling to lift birth rates.
The individual is a Chinese Malaysian and among the solo travellers who went missing.
TAIPEI, Oct 2 - Former Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen said on Friday that she would visit the United States next week to speak at a Stanford University security conference, her first trip to the country since leaving office in 2024.
The protests mark the latest escalation in a dispute that has put unprecedented scrutiny on India's Election Commission.
The protests mark the latest escalation in a dispute that has put unprecedented scrutiny on India's Election Commission.
He carried equipment and kept guide ropes usable for the rescuers to bring the boys out.
Faced with rising great-power suspicions and the challenge of verifying clandestine, cavity-muffled detonations, the US is turning to high-precision subterranean blast experiments in the Nevada desert to strip covert nuclear testing of its technical cover. Last month, the US
Dense patches of green could be seen stretching along parts of Ko Lan's coast.
Only five leaders outside the Pacific bloc have confirmed their attendance to the gathering.
The Cockroach Janta Party has asked supporters to turn out for a protest in Mumbai to demand electoral reforms.
Oct 2 - Nearly 1,500 Myanmar nationals sent back from Malaysia aboard navy ships are expected to reach the war-torn country's commercial hub of Yangon within days, state media reported on Friday, despite warnings from the United Nations and rights groups that the returnees
On September 30, SK Hynix’s American depositary shares closed at US$184.15 on the Nasdaq. Earlier that day in Seoul, one ordinary share closed at 1,776,000 won, about $1,308.80. Ten ADSs represent one Seoul share, so each ADS’s slice was worth about $130.88. Comparing those two
Offences include operating vehicles without a valid licence, road tax, or insurance, as well as failing to wear a helmet.
Just 112 bodies have been identified and returned to their families.
SEOUL, Oct 2 - South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Friday threatened unspecified measures against Ukraine unless Kyiv acknowledged a confidentiality agreement that Seoul says covered the transfer of two captured North Korean soldiers and issued an apology.
Women outnumber men roughly 5 to 1 among the country’s centenarians.
Seoul said confidentiality was key to protecting the POWs’ relatives from repercussions in North Korea.
“Zombie vapes”, online dealers and new, unlisted narcotics. CNA examines how deadly drug-driving cases are a visible sign of a much wider drug problem in Taiwan.
China’s railway network is handling the heaviest passenger flow in its history.
Here’s how to get to Sepang circuit and navigate KL during a busy weekend.
TAITUNG, Taiwan, Oct 2 - The first two of a batch of 66 new F-16V fighter jets ordered in 2019 will arrive in Taiwan on Friday after months of delays, helping to strengthen an air force that has to scramble almost daily to shadow China's military.