Australia: 5 hospitalised after voucher giveaway stampede at Sydney mall

 Several people were injured during a stampede at a Westfield shopping centre Christmas shopping promotion in Sydney SYDNEY, Dec 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Five people have been taken to hospital after a pre-Christmas balloon drop at a Sydney shopping centre caused a dangerous crowd crush. Police say a number of people were knocked…

Philippines: Tropical storm ruins Christmas for thousands of Filipinos

MANILA, Dec 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Thousands of people in typhoon-prone central Philippines have had their Christmas plans ruined after they were told to leave their homes as a severe tropical storm approaches. Officials on Christmas Eve said residents should evacuate coastal areas, and thousands more were stranded at ports with ferry…

India has stood by Iran in hard times – Iranian govt spokesman

TEHRAN: Iranian Government spokesman Ali Rabie. Photo courtesy of IRNA TEHRAN, Dec 24 (NNN-IRNA) — Iranian Government spokesman Ali Rabie has described India as Iran’s strategic partner and that the country had stood by Iran in hard times. Speaking to Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA), Rabie referred to the importance…

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…
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