South Wales, were successfully rescued.( Reporting by Renju Jose in Sydney; Editing by Neil Fullick)....

SEOUL( Reuters)-South Korea's Gangwon province warned residents to take precautions and evacuate to higher grounds after a massive earthquake hit north central Japan on Monday and triggered tsunami warnings, according the safety ministry. South Korea's meteorological agency earlier said sea levels in some parts of the Gangwon province on the east coast may rise after an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 hit north central Japan and issued an advisory for caution.It said tsunami waves

( Reuters)-European Parliament President David Sassoli died on Tuesday in hospital in Italy where he was admitted on Dec.... 26, his spokesperson and office said. Sassoli, 65, died at 1.15 a.m.( 0015 GMT), his spokesperson, Roberto Cuillo, said on Twitter. Sassoli, an Italian socialist and former journalist from Florence, had been hospitalised last month due to a" serious complication" related to his immune system, his office had said https:// reut.rs/ 3K15gyq on Monday.He had been president of

SEOUL( Reuters)-North Korea fired on Monday what could be a ballistic missile, Japan's coast guard said, in what would be the fourth test this month as Pyongyang forges ahead with new military developments amid stalled stalks with the United States and South Korea. South Korea's military also reported that the North had fired an" unidentified projectile" toward the ocean off its east coast. Since New Year's Day, North Korea has conducted three other tests, an unusual frequency of weapons tests..

TOKYO: A tsunami has struck parts of Japan's west coast after a massive earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 hit central Japan on Monday( Jan 1). The tsunami was around 1m high but a larger wave was expected, public broadcaster NHK reported. Footage aired by NHK appeared to show buildings collapsing in Ishikawa, and tremors shook buildings in the capital Tokyo on the opposite coast. More than 36, 000 households lost power in Ishikawa and Toyama prefectures, utilities provider Hokuriku

DHAKA( Reuters)-A court in Bangladesh on Monday sentenced Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus to six months in prison for labour law violations, prosecutors said, for what he said was a crime he did not commit. Yunus, 83, and his Grameen Bank won the 2006 peace prize for their work to lift millions out of poverty by granting tiny loans of under$ 100 to the rural poor of Bangladesh, pioneering a global movement now known as microcredit. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, however, accused him of" sucking blo

SYDNEY( Reuters)-The Australian government has apologised to three women who worked for the country's most powerful court, awarding them an undisclosed settlement after they were found to have been sexually harassed by a High Court justice. The settlement was reached almost two years after a review conducted for the court found six female staff had been sexually harassed by Dyson Heydon, who served on the High Court of Australia for a decade until 2013. Attorney-General Michaelia Cash said in a

Federal Emergency Management Minister Murray Watt said the government will deploy up to 70 military veterans and retired emergency service workers across southeast Queensland to assist with the cleanup efforts from recent storms. The latest storms follow severe weather on Dec.... Temperatures in one such town, Julia Creek, could touch 45°C( 113°F) on Sunday, according to weather forecasts. But the weather in the country's southeast is expected to be mild.... Sydney is set for its iconic New Ye

( Reuters)-Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy honoured his people's resilience in times of bloodshed in a long and lyrical New Year speech, while Russian leader Vladimir Putin stressed his country's unity in a short and stern message that made only passing reference to the war. The speeches-traditional Dec.... 31 messages in both Russia and Ukraine-came as both countries marked the end of the year with increased air attacks on each other's territories.... " But this year we can add:'No matt

By Yew Lun Tian5 Min ReadBEIJING( Reuters)-Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said a Chinese court’s sentencing of Canadian businessman Michael Spavor to 11 years in prison for espionage on Wednesday was “ absolutely unacceptable ” and called for his immediate release.U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken also condemned the sentencing in a statement, saying that proceedings against Spavor and another Canadian charged with espionage were an attempt to use people as “ bargaining chips ”....