HANOI, Feb 14 (NNN-VNA) – Eight people died and several other people were injured, in Vietnam’s central province of Quang Nam, after a tractor-trailer and a 16-passenger van crashed into each other, early this morning. The tractor-trailer was travelling on National Highway 1A, in Tam Hiep Commune, Nui Thanh District,…

SYDNEY, Feb 14 (NNN-AAP) – The Australian state of Queensland is having a day of extreme weather conditions, with bushfires, severe thunderstorms and heavy rain raging. According to the Queensland Fire and Emergency Services (QFES) today, there are multiple fires in the state’s Western Downs region, where agriculture is a…

JAKARTA, Feb 14 (NNN-ANTARA) – A 5.3-magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia’s Central Sulawesi province today, but did not leave damages or casualties, the country’s weather agency said. The Indonesian Agency for Meteorological, Climatological and Geophysics, reported that the earthquake happened at 13:02 p.m. local time (0602 GMT), with its epicentre located…

TOKYO, Feb 14 (NNN-NHK) – Japan’s space agency, said today, the first launch of its new H3 rocket would be delayed again, this time due to bad weather conditions. According to the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), the scheduled maiden launch of the H3 rocket has been postponed from Wednesday…

YANGON, Feb 14 (NNN-MNA) – Three people were killed and nine others injured, when a blast hit a railway station in the Bago region of southern Myanmar yesterday, according to the Information Team of Myanmar’s State Administration Council. The explosion occurred at around 12:20 p.m. local time at Nyaunglebin township…

WELLINGTON, Feb 14 (NNN-XINHUA) – The New Zealand government announced an 11.5 million New Zealand dollars (7.25 million U.S. dollars) Community Support Package yesterday, to help tens of thousands of people affected by the recent floods, as the North Island regions prepare to respond to Cyclone Gabrielle. Community organisations and…