Sri Lanka To Create Integrated Framework To Rebuild Cyclone-Hit Central Highlands

COLOMBO, Jan 22 (NNN-LNW) – Sri Lanka will establish a new integrated framework, to safeguard and rebuild the Central Highlands, following widespread damage caused by Cyclone Ditwah, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, said, yesterday. The president said, the institutions responsible for construction and land management, agriculture, livestock and environmental conservation work…

Death Toll From Shopping Mall Fire In Karachi Rose To 60

ISLAMABAD, Jan 22 (NNN-APP) – The death toll from a shopping mall fire in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi, climbed to 60, after at least 30 bodies were recovered from a shop of the multi-storey building, officials said, yesterday. The bodies were recovered from the mezzanine floor of the…

Iraq Received 150 Daesh Detainees From Syria

BAGHDAD, Jan 22 (NNN-NINA) – Iraq has received the first 150 Daesh detainees, previously held in Syria’s prisons, the Iraqi authorities announced, yesterday. The detainees, identified as Iraqi and foreign nationals, deeply involved in killing Iraqi civilians, were previously held in prisons under the control of the Syrian Democratic Forces,…

19 Injured, Including Journalists, In Israeli Airstrikes On S. Lebanon

BEIRUT, Jan 22 (NNN-NNA) – Israeli airstrikes injured 19 people in southern Lebanon, yesterday, including eight journalists, according to Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health. The strikes targeted several towns and villages, including Qennarit, where intense bombardment hit more than seven buildings, after Israeli forces issued evacuation warnings earlier in the…

5.8-Magnitude Quake Hit Volcano Islands, Japan – GFZ

TOKYO, Jan 22 (NNN-NHK) – An earthquake, with a magnitude of 5.8, jolted Volcano Islands, Japan, at 1637 GMT yesterday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, said. The epicentre, with a depth of 10 km, was initially determined to be at 23.07 degrees north latitude, and 142.86 degrees east…

Kazakhstan To Introduce ChatGPT Edu Into National Education System

ALMATY, Jan 22 (NNN-KTA) – Kazakhstan will introduce the specialised artificial intelligence (AI) tool for education ChatGPT Edu, into its national education system, the country’s Ministry of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Development said, yesterday. The ministry said in a news release that, Kazakhstan has become the first country in Central…

Japan’s TEPCO Restarted First Nuclear Reactor Since Fukushima Disaster Despite Local Opposition

TOKYO, Jan 22 (NNN-NHK) – Japan’s Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), yesterday, restarted a reactor at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant, in Niigata Prefecture, despite local opposition, marking the first operated by TEPCO to go back online, since the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster. Reactor No. 6, at the seven-unit complex,…

Vietnam To Export 7.73 Million Tonnes Of Rice This Year

HANOI, Jan 21 (NNN-VNA) – Vietnam’s rice exports are projected at 7.73 million tonnes this year, local daily An Ninh Thu Do, reported today, citing the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment. About 75 percent of the export volume, or nearly 5.8 million tonnes, is expected to be high-quality and fragrant…

Latest MH370 Search Covers Over 7,000 Sq Km, No Significant Discoveries So Far

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 21 (NNN-BERNAMA) – The latest phase of the MH370 seabed search, in the Southern Indian Ocean, has achieved broad survey coverage, though no significant discoveries or conclusive findings have been identified so far. Search operations, conducted onboard Armada 8605, covered approximately 7,236.40 square kilometres, as of Jan…

Japanese Court Hands Life Sentence To Shooter Of Ex-PM Abe

TOKYO, Jan 21 (NNN-NHK) – A court in western Japan, today, sentenced a man to life in prison, for fatally shooting former Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, in 2022. Prosecutors had demanded a life sentence for Tetsuya Yamagami, 45, calling the act of killing the former state leader by a handmade…