WELLINGTON: New Zealand divers searched contaminated waters near the volcanic White Island for two remaining bodies yesterday, as the death toll from an eruption rose to 15 people, the police said. Waters around the island were contaminated by the massive eruption of rocks, lava and chemicals on Monday, reducing visibility.
SEOUL: Germany’s Delivery Hero has agreed to buy South Korea’s top food delivery app operator Woowa Brothers for $4 billion and form a joint venture to take on heavyweights like Uber Eats in other fast-growing Asia markets. The deal, announced yesterday by Woowa, is the biggest global play so far
TOKYO: Japanese big manufacturers’ business mood sank to a near seven year low in the fourth quarter, a closely watched central bank survey showed, as the USChina trade war and soft global demand weighed on the exportreliant economy. Companies expect conditions to remain unchanged or even worsen three months ahead,
OSLO: Telenor has picked Sweden’s Ericsson as the key technology provider for its fifth-generation (5G) telecoms network in Norway, it said yesterday, gradually removing China’s Huawei after a decade of collaboration over 4G. Fearing high-tech espionage, and battling with China over trade, the United States has pushed Nato allies such
MELBOURNE: A giant bushfire on the edge of Sydney, which has blanketed the city in smoke causing a spike in respiratory illnesses and the cancellation of outdoor sports, will take weeks to control but will not be extinguished without heavy rains, firefighters said. Thousands of weary firefighters, who have been
BEIJING/HONG KONG: The Hong Kong police will use both “hard” and “soft” approaches when dealing with protests, Hong Kong’s police commissioner Chris Tang told reporters in Beijing yesterday. The police chief spoke ahead of a potentially large pro-democracy demonstration today and following nearly six months of sometimes violent protests in
Newcomer Billie Eilish dominated Apple Music streams in 2019, scoring the top streamed album of the year with ‘When We Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?’, Apple Music said on Tuesday. Eilish, 17, who burst onto the alternative pop scene this year and is nominated for four Grammy Awards in
MELBOURNE: Australia braced yesterday for strong winds that began to whip up bushfires in two states, potentially adding to a toll of more than 270 homes destroyed and 2.5 million acres of land ravaged during the past week. The country’s weather bureau warned that winds and lightning strikes increase the
JAKARTA: At least two people were injured and some churches and homes damaged after a powerful earthquake struck eastern Indonesia, although residents who had fled to high ground fearing a tsunami had started returning, the disaster agency said yesterday. The quake in the Moluccas struck late on Thursday and had
SHENZHEN, China: Chinese telecoms giant Huawei Technologies said yesterday it will hand out 2 billion yuan ($286 million) in cash rewards to staff working to help it weather a US trade blacklisting. The world’s largest telecoms equipment provider has said it has been trying to find alternatives to US hardware
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