✈️ A cargo aircraft skids off a Hong Kong runway into the sea, killing 2 airport workers
Pacific Asia • Oct 20, 2025, 4:27 PM
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A cargo aircraft skidded off a Hong Kong runway and collided with a security patrol car before both fell into the sea early Monday, killing the two people in the car.
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Mountaineers turn to lesser-known Himalayan summits
Pacific Asia • 2:46 PM
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Far from the overcrowded Himalayan summits, some mountaineers take on lesser-known, more remote parts of the mountain chain. To boost tourism in less-developed regions, the Nepalese government has waved climbing fees for 97 summits amid environmental con
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India’s Diwali causes thick smog in New Delhi
Pacific Asia • 2:10 PM
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#NewDelhi chokes as #Diwali celebrations send pollution soaring–smog levels spike to dangerous highs, turning the city into a haze.
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Hazardous smog blankets New Delhi after Diwali fireworks
Pacific Asia • 9:56 AM
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Millions of Indians celebrated Diwali on October 20, 2025, as the country marked the Hindu festival symbolising the victory of light over darkness. People ate festive meals, exchanged gifts and set off colourful fireworks across the country. But in a cou
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Japan gets its first female prime minister, ending three-month political vacuum
Pacific Asia • 8:50 AM
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Japan's parliament has voted to elect the country's first woman prime minister. Ultraconservative San-eye Taka-ichi is among Japanese politicians who have stonewalled measures for women’s advancement. She supports the imperial family’s male-only successi
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Japan's hardline conservative Sanae Takaichi elected first female prime minister
Pacific Asia • 6:27 AM
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Japan's parliament elected ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi as the country’s first female prime minister Tuesday, a day after her struggling party struck a coalition deal with a new partner expected to pull her governing bloc further to the right.
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