Gas Flaring Recorded Following Fire At Kazakhstan’s Tengiz Oil Field

ALMATY, Jan 23 (NNN-KTA) – Gas from equipment at Kazakhstan’s Tengiz oil field was diverted and burned through a flare, operated by a gas processing plant, to reduce pressure, Kazinform reported yesterday, citing regional authorities. Yerlan Yessenov, deputy head of the ecology department of the Atyrau region, said that, the…

Sri Lanka To Create Integrated Framework To Rebuild Cyclone-Hit Central Highlands

COLOMBO, Jan 22 (NNN-LNW) – Sri Lanka will establish a new integrated framework, to safeguard and rebuild the Central Highlands, following widespread damage caused by Cyclone Ditwah, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, said, yesterday. The president said, the institutions responsible for construction and land management, agriculture, livestock and environmental conservation work…

Death Toll From Shopping Mall Fire In Karachi Rose To 60

ISLAMABAD, Jan 22 (NNN-APP) – The death toll from a shopping mall fire in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi, climbed to 60, after at least 30 bodies were recovered from a shop of the multi-storey building, officials said, yesterday. The bodies were recovered from the mezzanine floor of the…

5.8-Magnitude Quake Hit Volcano Islands, Japan – GFZ

TOKYO, Jan 22 (NNN-NHK) – An earthquake, with a magnitude of 5.8, jolted Volcano Islands, Japan, at 1637 GMT yesterday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, said. The epicentre, with a depth of 10 km, was initially determined to be at 23.07 degrees north latitude, and 142.86 degrees east…

Kazakhstan To Introduce ChatGPT Edu Into National Education System

ALMATY, Jan 22 (NNN-KTA) – Kazakhstan will introduce the specialised artificial intelligence (AI) tool for education ChatGPT Edu, into its national education system, the country’s Ministry of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Development said, yesterday. The ministry said in a news release that, Kazakhstan has become the first country in Central…

Japan’s TEPCO Restarted First Nuclear Reactor Since Fukushima Disaster Despite Local Opposition

TOKYO, Jan 22 (NNN-NHK) – Japan’s Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), yesterday, restarted a reactor at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant, in Niigata Prefecture, despite local opposition, marking the first operated by TEPCO to go back online, since the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster. Reactor No. 6, at the seven-unit complex,…

Vietnam To Export 7.73 Million Tonnes Of Rice This Year

HANOI, Jan 21 (NNN-VNA) – Vietnam’s rice exports are projected at 7.73 million tonnes this year, local daily An Ninh Thu Do, reported today, citing the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment. About 75 percent of the export volume, or nearly 5.8 million tonnes, is expected to be high-quality and fragrant…

Latest MH370 Search Covers Over 7,000 Sq Km, No Significant Discoveries So Far

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 21 (NNN-BERNAMA) – The latest phase of the MH370 seabed search, in the Southern Indian Ocean, has achieved broad survey coverage, though no significant discoveries or conclusive findings have been identified so far. Search operations, conducted onboard Armada 8605, covered approximately 7,236.40 square kilometres, as of Jan…

UN report declares global state of ‘water bankruptcy’

A dried up lake in Malaysia brought about by prolonged drought PARIS, Jan 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The world is entering an era of “global water bankruptcy” with rivers, lakes and aquifers depleting faster than nature can replenish them, a United Nations research institute said. It argues that decades of overuse,…

Japanese Court Hands Life Sentence To Shooter Of Ex-PM Abe

TOKYO, Jan 21 (NNN-NHK) – A court in western Japan, today, sentenced a man to life in prison, for fatally shooting former Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, in 2022. Prosecutors had demanded a life sentence for Tetsuya Yamagami, 45, calling the act of killing the former state leader by a handmade…
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