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A new NASA model visualization traces brown-carbon smoke from July 14 through July 20 as unhealthy air spread through major U.S. and Canadian cities.
Demonstrations over Indonesia’s wildfire haze have continued across several cities. The Health Ministry says 333,470 acute respiratory illness cases were recorded in seven affected provinces since mid-August; haze has also crossed borders into neighboring countries.
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19 stories in this desk.A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck northern Nagqu on October 22. The reported death toll remains 16, but injury totals differ: AP cited 54, while Reuters later cited 65. Rescue and damage assessments are continuing.
Updated Oct. 23: Taiwan’s emergency center reports one death and 94 injuries, while the Associated Press cites a higher injury tally. Taiwan also reported 977 canceled flights and 96 suspended ferry sailings as Champi moved past.
Seoul proposes military talks on the disputed land demarcation line, military hotlines and steps to prevent accidental clashes.
Taiwan’s competition regulator rejected Grab’s proposed purchase of Delivery Hero’s Foodpanda Taiwan business, citing risks to competition in the food-delivery market.
Updated Oct. 23: Authorities report 16 deaths and 54 injuries after the quake. Rescue work continues while rockfalls keep part of a key highway restricted to emergency traffic.
The European Union and the Philippines have reached a substantial political agreement on a free-trade pact, with technical work and formal approval still required before it can take effect.
Indonesian rescuers continued searching for people missing from the KM Virgo Transport 8 after authorities rescued dozens of passengers and crew.
The court acquitted a man in a counterfeit-card case, ruling that agents could not use cards seized under a warrant limited to illegal drugs.
Pakistan’s government opened an investigation after a fire swept through a nursery at a major public hospital in Islamabad, killing 14 newborn babies while staff rescued one infant.
A vast ice-and-rock collapse sent destructive floodwater and debris through Himalayan valleys on both sides of the Nepal–China border, while rescue teams continued searching isolated communities.
Accredited Philippine hospitals must attach Claim Form 5 to claims for patients discharged from August 1 as the insurer prepares a diagnosis-based payment system.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said 13 people had been found dead after the magnitude 7.1 Kumamoto earthquake, with others injured or still missing.
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