A portable phone charger burst into flames on a double-decker bus in Hong Kong’s Yuen Long district Tuesday night, injuring a passenger and the driver and forcing an emergency response, police said.
The incident occurred shortly before 8:30 p.m. aboard...
Classes at kindergartens and schools for children with disabilities were suspended Tuesday as Severe Tropical Storm Fengshen continued to impact Hong Kong, bringing strong winds, rain, and cooler temperatures, authorities said.
The Hong Kong Observatory maintained the Tropical Cyclone Warning...
Amazon.com's cloud computing unit said Monday it had largely contained a widespread internet outage originating from a data center in northern Virginia, but lingering issues continued to frustrate users of popular apps like Snapchat, Reddit and Venmo.
The disruption, which...
A catastrophic accident at Hong Kong International Airport early Monday claimed two lives when an Emirates cargo plane veered off the runway during landing, struck a ground vehicle, broke apart, and plunged into the sea, authorities said.
The incident occurred...
ILOILO CITY, Philippines — Roxas City in Capiz province declared a state of calamity on Sunday as Tropical Storm Ramil unleashed relentless rains and widespread flooding, submerging nearly all of the city's barangays in what officials described as an...
Two men remained in critical condition Sunday after a three-alarm blaze tore through the Chinachem Tower, a commercial building on Connaught Road in Hong Kong's bustling Central district, fire officials said.
The fire, reported at 4:24 p.m. Saturday, engulfed the...
LEGAZPI CITY, Philippines — Tropical Storm Ramil, internationally known as Fengshen, prompted the evacuation of nearly 8,000 families across the Bicol Region as a precautionary measure, the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) Region 5 reported Saturday.
According to OCD-Bicol spokesperson...
Ang dalawang OFWs na nabalitang nawala ng ilang araw at natagpuan ng Pulis ng Hong Kong sa isang mall sa Shatin noong Huwebes ay nakatakda ng umuwi sa Pilipinas, ayon sa Konsulado ng Pilipinas.
Ang pag uwi ni Aleli Perez...
Philippine immigration authorities at Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila have intercepted a suspected human trafficking victim and her alleged recruiter attempting to board a flight to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) reported on Saturday.
The 21-year-old...
MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) met with 10 Filipino seafarers safely repatriated after a bombing attack on the MV Minervagracht in the Gulf of Aden on Sept. 29, officials said Friday.
DMW Secretary Hans Leo J....
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