Asias

‘Asia’s El Chapo’ faces extradition to Australia after being arrested in Europe

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An alleged drug lord dubbed ‘Asia’s El Chapo’ Tse Chi Lop (pictured) has been arrested in the Netherlands An accused drug lord dubbed ‘Asia’s El Chapo’ has been arrested following a two-year manhunt led by Australian investigators.  Tse Chi Lop, 57, was dragged off a plane in the Netherlands on Friday after Australian Federal Police issued … Read more

Climate change to blame for wiping out Central Asia’s medieval river civilisations 700 years ago 

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Climate change – not Genghis Khan – was to blame for wiping out Central Asia’s medieval river civilisations 700 years ago, a new study claims.  UK researchers investigated the river channels around the Aral Sea in Central Asia, which was historically a vast body of water but is now a fraction of its former size.  Hundreds … Read more

Asia’s ‘Oldest bone and arrow’ unearthed in Sri Lanka

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Scientists have discovered evidence of the oldest use of bows and arrows by prehistoric humans outside of Africa, in a cave in Sri Lanka.  Fragments of arrowheads, made from the bone of boar, deer, primates and other creatures, were used to hunt tree-dwelling animals at least 45,000 years ago.  The preserved shards, found in the … Read more

Asia’s ‘King of Gambling’ billionaire dies at the age of 98

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Macau gambling king Stanley Ho, who built a business empire from scratch in Macau and became one of Asia’s richest men, has died at the age of 98, his family said on Tuesday.  Known as the ‘godfather’ of Macau’s casinos, Ho was instrumental in turning the semi-autonomous city from a sleepy Portuguese outpost into the world’s … Read more

Race to stop coronavirus rampaging through Asia’s ‘biggest slum’ in Mumbai after man catches virus

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Authorities in India are battling to stop coronavirus ripping though a vast slum in Mumbai with a population of more than half a million people after two fatalities from the virus were recorded. Indian police barricaded parts of the area, which is one of Asia’s biggest slums, after two coronavirus deaths, including a 56-year-old man … Read more

India told to ‘prepare for onslaught’ as one of Asia’s biggest slums suffers first coronavirus death

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Indian doctors have warned that the country must prepare to face an ‘onslaught’ of cases that could cripple the health system after it suffered its first death.   A 56-year-old man died due to Covid-19-related illness in Dharavi slum, in Mumbai on Wednesday. The Dharavi slum is home to roughly one million people and its population … Read more