At least 17 people were killed and 40 injured when a Philippine military aircraft carrying troops crashed and burst into flames after missing the runway in the country's south, officials said.

At least 17 people were killed and 40 injured when a Philippine military aircraft carrying troops crashed and burst into flames after missing the runway in the country's south, officials said.

NAKHON RATCHASIMA: This northeastern province on Sunday registered a record number of 77 new Covid-19 infections in one day -- the highest since the beginning of the outbreak, according to the provincial communicable disease committee.

HONG KONG: Hong Kong authorities on Sunday warned residents against mourning a man who killed himself after stabbing a policeman, saying that encouraging such memorials was the same as "supporting terrorism".

At least six provinces are welcoming back Covid-positive residents working in Greater Bangkok and other places with open arms in an attempt to keep new infections at bay.

BEIJING: Two astronauts conducted China's first tandem spacewalk on Sunday, working on the outside of their nation's new Tiangong station in orbit around Earth.

NAKHON SI THAMMARAT: A man surrendered to police after killing his own son in Cha-uat district on Saturday night.

BEIJING: Astronauts at China's new space station conducted their first spacewalk Sunday, state media reported, as Beijing presses on with its extraterrestrial ambitions.

ATAMI, Japan: Rescuers in a Japanese holiday town hit by a deadly landslide searched for survivors Sunday, climbing across cracked roofs and checking cars thrown onto engulfed buildings as more rain lashed the area.

NAKHON RATCHASIMA: Another workers' camp in this northeastern province has been closed for 14 days from Sunday after ten workers were found infected with Covid-19.