Developments across China, Japan, Korea, India, and the Pacific
A deadly earthquake in Japan on July 31 halted production at Toyota, Nissan, Mitsubishi and Daihatsu factories after the disaster disrupted key suppliers including Aisin and Renesas.
A major earthquake struck Japan's southern Kumamoto prefecture on Tuesday, injuring at least 50 people, knocking out power to thousands of homes, and rupturing roads.
Pakistan, Turkey push ITI rail corridor to boost Iran trade
Joint currency intervention by the US and Japan to support the yen remains ongoing, according to Reuters.
Five people, including an 11-month-old infant, were killed in a boarding house fire in Caloocan City, Metro Manila, on Sunday, according to local media reports cited by Xinhua. The fire protection bureau said the victims were trapped inside the rented house as the fire spread, and the blaze also affected 15 people from six families living in the apartment. Authorities said the cause remains under investigation and the extent of the damage is still being assessed.
Thousands of survivors of a powerful earthquake in southwestern Japan spent Friday sleeping in crowded cars amid sweltering heat as the death toll rose to 34, according to AP reporting from Yatsushiro.
Japanese authorities ended a dayslong search-and-rescue operation Saturday at a collapsed shopping mall in southwest Japan following a powerful earthquake that killed 34 people earlier this week.
A M5.0 earthquake was recorded 62.32 km east-northeast of Fudai, Iwate, Japan at 00:45:38 on Aug 2, 2026, at a depth of 48.4 km with an underwater epicenter, according to a crisis monitoring feed.
Liebherr-Aerospace Technology's newly founded Shanghai subsidiary recently held an official groundbreaking ceremony at the Large Aircraft Industrial Park in Shanghai's Lingang New Area.
The death toll from a powerful earthquake that struck Japan's Kumamoto Prefecture has risen to 38, the prefectural government said on Sunday. At a Sunday morning disaster response meeting, officials confirmed the figure, including deaths still under investigation to determine whether they were caused by the magnitude 7.1 tremor.
Famed mountaineer Nirmal Purja has died in an avalanche in Pakistan, according to Channel News Asia. Purja, made famous by a Netflix documentary, held the record for the fastest ascent of the world's 14 highest mountains.
One Nation leads the primary vote in some polls in Victoria ahead of the November election, with analysts citing infighting and voter disillusionment.
Japan's JRA installs donation boxes at all racecourses in response to the Reiwa 8 Kumamoto Earthquake, with condolence messages and half-mast flags planned for this week's events.
Rescue workers in Kumamoto, Japan are operating in 100-degree heat after a major earthquake, with limited air-conditioning in shelters raising heatstroke risk for displaced residents in what officials call a 'double disaster.'
China's KJ-600 carrier-based airborne early warning and control aircraft has begun land-based EMALS catapult launch tests, described as a critical step toward deployment aboard the PLA Navy's next-generation aircraft carriers.
Mountaineer Nirmal Purja was killed in an avalanche on Broad Peak in Pakistan, according to his company. His final social media post revealed he had changed plans to attempt a historic double ascent of both G2 and Broad Peak.
An automated seismic feed reported a M4.8 earthquake in West Papua, Indonesia, at 09:26 UTC on August 1, 2026. No damage or casualty reports were immediately available.
Record-breaking climber Nirmal Purja, known for summiting all 14 eight-thousand-meter peaks, has died in an avalanche while leading 10 climbers up Broad Peak in Pakistan, according to Al Jazeera.
Paytm, a major Indian digital payments platform, experienced an outage lasting more than three hours on August 1, 2026, with users across Delhi-NCR, Mumbai and other Indian cities reporting service disruptions.
Indonesia's Antara News reports the country is boosting cloud seeding operations to counter drought and wildfires.
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck 48 km ESE of Tsunō, Japan, at a depth of 26.2 km, according to USGS.
India cracks down on protesters accused of 'abusing' Modi, according to Al Jazeera reporting.
Most Australian teens remain online three months after the country's under-16 social media ban took effect, according to Al Jazeera reporting.
A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck near Uto, Japan, according to real-time global monitoring data, the strongest of 14 earthquakes of magnitude 5.5 or greater recorded recently.
Australian booksellers are raising alarm over what they call 'horrific' destruction of rare book titles to feed AI systems, warning the losses are more than just physical objects.
A 5.4-magnitude earthquake struck southeast of Shikoku, Japan at 1910 GMT on Saturday, August 2, 2026, at a depth of 10 km, according to the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences. The epicenter was located at 31.81°N latitude and 132.04°E longitude.
Australia's men's 4x100m relay team won gold in a shock result at the Commonwealth Games, extending the host nation's medal rush.
India's cabinet approved a $531 million grant to build 5 gigawatts of floating solar capacity over five years, as the nation rushes to meet its climate goals for the end of this decade.
Defending champion Poland swept Slovenia 3-0 and the United States defeated Japan 3-2 in Saturday's semifinals in Ningbo, China, setting up a final between Poland and the United States at the 2026 FIVB Men's Volleyball Nations League Finals.
British-Nepali mountaineer Nirmal Purja, star of the Netflix documentary '14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible', has died in an avalanche in Pakistan at age 43.