Coal Mine, Power Station Under Threat From Bush-fire As Australia’s East Coast Faces Extreme Heatwave

SYDNEY, Dec 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Fire authorities in Australia are locked in a desperate battle to save a coal mine and a power station today (Tuesday), that have come under threat from a massive bush-fire northwest of Sydney, which local media dubbed the “mega-blaze.” Already burning through 400,000 hectares of…

Lebanon Eyes New Guinness World Record For Biggest Plastic Bottles Christmas Tree

BEIRUT, Dec 17 (NNN-XINHUA) – Lebanon’s municipality of Chekka, lightened a Christmas tree on Monday night, which is expected to win the Guinness World Record for being the largest model made from plastic bottles. The tree, which is 28.5 metres tall, made with 129,000 plastic bottles, was built in 20…

Fiji Measles Vaccination Programme Moves To Rural Communities

SUVA, Dec 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Health teams in Fiji are reaching out to all rural communities, during the mass measles vaccination campaign, which has so far cost more than two million Fijian dollars (around 900,000 U.S. dollars). There are now 21 confirmed cases of measles in Fiji, and Health Minister,…

Update: Philippines Quake Kills One Child, Injures Several

DAVAO, Dec 16 (NNN-PNA) – The strong earthquake which struck near the Philippine city of Davao on Sunday, killed a child, damaged buildings and caused several injuries, officials said. The magnitude 6.8 quake centred 61 km southwest of Davao in Mindanao, at a depth of 28.2 km, the U.S. Geological…

Bus Crash Kills At Least 14 In Central Nepal

KATHMANDU, Dec 15 (NNN-NEPALNEWS) – At least 14 passengers were killed, while 16 others were injured, in a bus crash at Sindhupalchowk district, in central Nepal, on Sunday morning, authorities confirmed. Ganesh Khanal, spokesperson at district police office Sindhupalchowk, said, “12 passengers died on the spot, while two breathed their…

Three Killed In Indian Capital’s Building Fire

NEW DELHI, Dec 15 (NNN-PTI) – Three women were killed and four people injured in a fire, that engulfed a four-storey residential building, in the Indian capital on Saturday, police said today (Sunday). The fire broke out Saturday evening at Shalimar Bagh locality, northwest of Delhi. “Last evening a fire…

Kuwait Launches Beach Cleaning Campaign

KUWAIT, Dec 15 (NNN-XINHUA) – Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR), launched on Saturday, a campaign to clean the country’s beach. Themed “We Lead the Change,” the campaign called on people, to clean the shore of Al-Sabah Medical Area, in Kuwait City, where dozens of volunteers, including those with disabilities,…

First Ever Traditional Chinese Medicine To Enter Pakistan

KARACHI, Dec 15 (NNN-APP) – The first ever traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) for bronchitis, the Yinhuang Qingfei Capsule, passed a one-year trial against its competitor antibiotic medicine, at a clinical research centre in Pakistan and has been declared suitable and effective for Pakistani population. Raza Shah, general manager of the…

Landmine Explosion Kills Three Children In Syria

DAMASCUS, Dec 14 (NNN-SANA) – Three children were killed and four others were injured on Friday, when a landmine exploded, in the southern province of Daraa. The landmine is part of the leftovers of the rebels’ weaponry, in the town of Nasib, located in the countryside of Daraa, said the…

Update: New Zealand Rescue Team Recovers Six Bodies From Volcanic Island Despite Eruption Risk

WELLINGTON, Dec 14 (NNN-XINHUA) – The recovery team retrieved six bodies from New Zealand’s White Island volcano, despite eruption risks, four days after it erupted. Efforts are still being made to recover two more bodies, including one that was spotted in the water, near the shore of the volcano Island,…
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