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Philippines races to avoid 'environmental catastrophe' from oil spill
AFP News via Yahoo News Singapore· 5 days agoThe Philippine Coast Guard on Friday raced to offload 1.4 million litres of industrial fuel oil from...
Typhoon Gaemi displaces nearly 300,000 in eastern China
AFP News via Yahoo News Singapore· 5 days agoAuthorities evacuated nearly 300,000 people and suspended public transport across eastern China on...
Oil spill detected as tanker carrying 1.5m litres of fuel capsizes and sinks near Philippines
The Independent via Yahoo News Singapore· 6 days ago“We are racing against time. We will do our best to contain the fuel,” he said. The coast guard is...
Typhoon Gaemi hits China after deaths in Taiwan and Philippines
BBC via Yahoo News Singapore· 5 days agoThe storm caused the MT Terra Nova, a tanker that was heading to the Philippine city of Iloilo, to...
Powerful Typhoon Gaemi hits Taiwan, expected to drench an already soaked China
CNN via Yahoo News Singapore· 6 days agoA powerful typhoon made landfall in northeastern Taiwan early on Thursday, killing at least two...
Butterflies, Balloons and Paris Olympics: Photos of the week
BBC via Yahoo News Singapore· 4 days agoSome attempted to walk through the flooding in Manila, while others tried to drive or even swim to...
Ship with nine crew sinks off Taiwan as typhoon hits
BBC via Yahoo News Singapore· 6 days agoMetro Manila, home to nearly 15 million people, was placed under a state of calamity as rivers and creeks overflowed. Footage circulating on social media...
Inside the dark world of Philippine scam centres
AFP News via Yahoo News Singapore· 6 days agoIt started with a raid on a Chinese-run online gambling centre north of Manila where hundreds of foreigners and Filipinos were forced to run scams or...
Typhoon Gaemi mapped: Storm heads for China after pounding Taiwan and Philippines
The Independent via Yahoo News Singapore· 6 days agoIn the Philippines authorities are searching for a missing crew member from the tanker, and warn...
China calls on Asean to resist US, Nato moves in 'zone of peace, freedom, neutrality'
South China Morning Post via Yahoo Singapore Finance· 3 days agoTop Chinese diplomat Wang Yi hammered home the message on the sidelines of an Asean foreign...