13 Hospitalised In Sri Lanka After Elephant Rampage

COLOMBO, Jul 7 (NNN-XINHUA) – Around 13 people were injured last night, after an elephant went on a rampage, during a religious event in southern Sri Lanka, the police said, today. The Ruhunu Kataragama Mahadevala procession is a major religious and cultural event held at Kataragama, in the Uva Province…

Dengue Grips India’s Southern State Karnataka, Delhi Too Registers 240 Cases

NEW DELHI, Jul 7 (NNN-PTI) – Dengue has gripped several parts of India’s southern state of Karnataka, even as nearly seven persons were suspected to have died due to the viral disease, and over 7,000 cases registered, confirmed a state health department official. Over 1,000 cases were registered in the…

Lightning Strikes Killed 19 In Bihar

NEW DELHI, Jul 7 (NNN-PTI) – At least 19 people were killed and seven others injured, due to lightning strikes, in India’s eastern state of Bihar, state-run broadcaster All India Radio (AIR) said, yesterday. Heavy rains and thunderstorms accompanied by lightning strikes lashed the state during the past 24 hours,…

New Book By Japanese Scholar Reveals Japan’s WWII Clandestine Warfare Truths

TOKYO, Jul 7 (NNN-NHK) – Japanese scholar, Seiya Matsuno’s new book, which unveils the historical truths of Japan’s various “clandestine operations” during World War II (WWII), was officially published, today. Titled “Materials Related to Imperial Japanese Army, Noborito Research Institute,” the book includes 125 documents and over 1,500 original historical…

Indian Gov’t To Present Budget In Parliament On Jul 23

NEW DELHI, Jul 7 (NNN-PTI) – India’s federal minister of parliamentary affairs, Kiren Rijiju, yesterday said, the newly elected government will present its first federal budget in the lower house of parliament, on Jul 23. According to Rijiju, the budget presented will be for the fiscal year 2024-2025. “Hon’ble President…

Three Children Died In Fatal House Fire In Sydney

SYDNEY, Jul 7 (NNN-AAP) – Police of Australia’s State of New South Wales (NSW), said today that, three children, one ten-month-old girl and two boys aged two and four, were dead in a fatal house fire in western Sydney. The NSW police said in a report that, emergency services were…

Man Shot Dead By Australian Police After Threatening Officers With Knife

SYDNEY, Jul 7 (NNN-AAP) – A man who threatened police officers with a knife, in a police station, was shot dead by police, last night, in Australia’s state of Queensland. A Queensland police report issued this morning said that, a 46-year-old man allegedly entered a police station in Kirwan, a…

Yesterday’s Israeli Bombing In Gaza Killed 16: Total Death Toll Has reached 38,098

GAZA, Jul 7 (NNN-WAFA) – At least 16 more Palestinians were killed, most of them children and women, in an Israeli bombing of a school, sheltering displaced people in the Nuseirat area, in the central Gaza Strip, yesterday afternoon. The Al-Jaouni school was bombed for the third time, since the…

Egypt To Host Israeli, U.S. Delegations To Discuss Gaza Truce: Media

CAIRO, Jul 7 (NNN-MENA) – Egypt will host Israeli and U.S. delegations, to discuss the “outstanding points” regarding a ceasefire deal in the Gaza Strip, Egypt’s Al-Qahera News TV channel reported yesterday, without revealing the specific timing of the meeting. Egypt has been holding intensive meetings with relevant parties this…

Singapore Police Arrested 309 For Scams

SINGAPORE, Jul 7 (NNN-XINHUA) – Singapore police arrested 309 suspects for scam offenses, in about two weeks, from Jun 21 to Jul 4, according to a statement issued by the police, yesterday. The suspects were involved in over 1,300 cases, including love scams, e-commerce scams, friend impersonation scams, investment scams…