Five people were killed and two remain missing after a landslide hit a village in Northwest China's Qinghai province Thursday morning, according to local authorities.
Japan's daily COVID-19-related deaths surpassed 300 for the third consecutive day, amid a strain on the country's medical system fueled by the seventh wave of infections.
South Korea reported 89,586 new COVID-19 cases as of midnight Thursday compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 23,417,425, the health authorities said Friday.
At least 27 people were killed and 87 others injured in heavy monsoon rain-triggered flash floods and other rain-related accidents in the last 24 hours in Pakistan, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said.
Sri Lanka's Disaster Management Center (DMC) on Wednesday warned that there is a risk of floods and landslides in several parts of the country, following heavy rainfall of more than 150 mm in the last 24 hours.
