From flooding in Brazil and Houston to brutal heat in Asia, extreme weather seems nearly everywhere In sweltering Brazil, flooding killed dozens of people and paralyzed a city of about 4 million people. Voters and politicians in India, amid national elections, are faint... (photo: AP / Andre Penner) Independent Online Brazil Floods Climate Change Extreme Weather Photos Wikipedia: Climate change Rape, terror and death at sea: How a boat carrying Rohingya children, women and men capsized MEULABOH, Indonesia — The boat glided across waters that were dark and still, under a night sky that was cloudless and calm. But on board, the 12-year-old girl quaked w... (photo: AP / Reza Saifullah) Hindustan Times Indonesia Myanmar Photos Rohingya Why too many homes and not enough people is a problem for Japan The number of vacant houses in Japan has surged to a record high of nine million – more than enough for each person in New York City – as the east Asian country conti... (photo: Creative Commons / 663highland) CNN Asia Japan Photos Population Japan tells US that Biden’s ‘xenophobia’ comment is regrettable Japan has described as “regrettable” U.S. President Joe Biden’s comment that “xenophobia” is stifling the Asian nation’s economic grow... (photo: AP / Doug Mills/The New York Times via AP, Pool) Philenews China Japan Photos US States Russia's Image Remains Tarnished in Its Own Backyard This article is the fourth in a series detailing the results from the latest Rating World Leaders report, which analyzes trends in approval ratings of the leadership of t... (photo: Creative Commons / Pavel Kazachkov) Gallup Photos Politics Russia Ukraine Myanmar’s faltering junta in a do-or-die offensive After six disastrous months of serial defeat, Myanmar’s military has finally swung back onto the offensive with a high-stakes campaign already teetering precariously be... (photo: AP) Asiatimes Human Rights Myanmar Photos United Nations Australia’s Qantas to pay $79m over ‘ghost flights’ furore ​​Australia’s flagship airline Qantas has agreed to pay $120 million Australian dollars ($79m) to settle a lawsuit over the sale of tickets for already cancelled fl... (photo: AP / dapd, Axel Heimken) Al Jazeera Australia Photos Qantas Travel Debunking China’s overcapacity myth During the past four years, China shifted the preponderance of its exports to the Global South away from developed markets, and at the same time built production faciliti... (photo: AP / Ng Han Guan) Asiatimes Business China Global Trading Photos
