Australia PM defends coal as climate-fuelled bushfires burn

The fires razed scores of homes across two states on the weekend SYDNEY, Dec 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison rejected calls for “reckless” and “job-destroying” cuts to the country’s vast coal industry in the face of a deadly climate-fuelled bushfire crisis. Morrison’s government has fiercely defended the…

Tourist train across grasslands, mountains launched in North China

File Photo: Inner Mongolia, China: Cavalrymen drive a group of horses during sunshine at Bashang Grassland. Photo courtesy of Zhou Zhiyong/SIPA Asia via ZUMA Wire/dpa HOHHOT, (China) Dec 24 (Bernama) — A tourist train was launched Monday offering views across the vast expanses of north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, reported…

U.S. aviation agency warns commercial airlines about possible N.K. missile launch

SEOUL, Dec 24 (NNN-YONHAP) — U.S. aviation authorities issued a warning for commercial airlines earlier this month about the possibility of North Korea launching a long-range missile in the coming weeks, a news report has said. The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued the alert “warning of longer-range missile test…

Update: China hosts Japan, South Korea with eyes on nuclear North

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (centre) flanked by Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (right) and South Korean President Moon Jae-in, posing before the trilateral meeting in Chengdu CHENGDU (China), Dec 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — China hosts the leaders of squabbling neighbours South Korea and Japan on Tuesday, flexing its diplomatic muscle with…

Update: At least 24 dead in Indonesia bus plunge

PALEMBANG (Indonesia), Dec 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least two dozen people died and 13 others were injured after a bus plunged into a ravine in Indonesia, police said. The bus carrying dozens of passengers careered into a 150-metre ravine in South Sumatra province just before midnight on Monday and ended…

Fijians urged to prepare for cyclone Winston after Christmas

Tracking map for Tropical cyclone Winston  SUVA, Dec 24 (NNN-Xinhua) — The National Disaster Management Office (NDMO) has urged Fijians to stay alert in this festive season and focus on disaster preparedness as a tropical cyclone is anticipated to develop and affect Fiji after Christmas. NDMO said the Divisional Emergency…

At least 24 dead in Indonesia bus plunge

PALEMBANG, Dec 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — AAt least two dozen people died and 13 others were injured after a bus plunged into a ravine in Indonesia, police said. The bus carrying dozens of passengers careered into a 150-meter ravine in South Sumatra province just before midnight on Monday and ended up…

Uzbekistan announces preliminary results in parliamentary elections

Mirza-Ulugbek Abdusalomov, Chairman of the Central Election Commission of Uzbekistan TASHKENT, Dec 24 (NNN-Xinhua) — In Sunday’s vote, 128 deputies of the 150-seat lower house of the Uzbek parliament were elected and the second round of the elections will be held in two weeks, the Central Election Commission (CEC) said.…

New Zealand police suspend volcano body search

WELLINGTON, Dec 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — New Zealand police on Tuesday called off the search for two people missing after the White Island volcanic eruption. There were 47 people, mainly Australian tourists, on the island when it erupted on Dec 9, and 25 remain in hospital. Many are still in a…

US, North Korea talks ‘more important than anything’, South Korea tells China

South Korean President Moon Jae-in (left) shaking hands with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping ahead of their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing BEIJING, Dec 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — It is “more important than anything” to keep up the momentum for talks between the United States and…
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