Fire-Damaged Trees Can Be Valuable Habitats For Recovering Wildlife: Aussie Researcher

SYDNEY, Jan 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Damaged trees and half-burnt logs, left by bushfires, can be valuable habitats for recovering wildlife, according to latest Australian environmental research. “Fires burn patchily, and small unburnt patches, half burnt logs and dead or fire-damaged trees are commonly left behind,” Professor David Lindenmayer from the…

New Sultan Of Oman To Follow Footsteps Of Late Sultan

MUSCAT, Jan 12 (NNN-ONA) – New Sultan of Oman, Haitham bin Tariq al-Said, said, he will follow the steps and approach of the late Sultan Qaboos bin Said, and will complete the progress achieved in the Omani renaissance process. He stressed that, he will pursue a policy of distancing the…

Sri Lanka Records Highest Number Of Elephant Deaths In 2019

COLOMBO, Jan 12 (NNN-SLNEWS) – The highest number of elephant deaths in Sri Lanka’s history occurred in 2019, when 361 deaths were recorded, local media quoted the Centre for Environment and Nature Studies, as saying. Media reports said that, over 100 people were killed in the human-elephant conflict in the…

Two U.S. Soldiers Killed In S. Afghanistan’s Explosion

KABUL, Jan 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Two U.S. service members were killed, and two others were wounded, in an explosion in Afghanistan’s southern Kandahar province on Saturday, the coalition forces confirmed. “This happened when their vehicle struck an IED, in Kandahar Province,” the NATO-led Resolute Support Mission forces said, in a…

Ukraine PM Says State, Airline Will Give Money To Families Of Iran Crash Victims

KIEV, Ukraine, Jan 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Ukrainian Prime Minister, Oleksiy Honcharuk, said, on Saturday, that, Ukraine would pay 200,000 hryvnia ($8,350) each, to the families of those who died in a plane crash in Iran this week. He said, Ukraine International Airlines, would make payments to the families of the…

Eight Persons Killed After Explosion In Chemical Factory In India

MUMBAI, India, Jan 12 (NNN-PTI) – Eight persons have died and several more are feared trapped, following an explosion in a factory at Tarapur Industrial Area, 111 km from Mumbai, in Palghar district of India’s South Western state of Maharashtra, on Saturday evening (last night). A local police official confirmed…

Update: Australian Firefighter Dies Battling Blazes, Raising Death Toll To 28

MELBOURNE, Jan 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) – A firefighter died while on duty on Saturday (Jan 11), in Australia’s state of Victoria, raising the toll from this season’s devastating bushfires to 28 deaths, as the government deploys mental health services to aid those in affected areas. “It is with great sadness that…

Robber Kills Three In Shooting Spree In Central Thailand

BANGKOK, Jan 11 (NNN-TNA) – The Thai police launched a manhunt for a robber on Friday, who killed three, including a two-year-old boy, and injured four others, at a gold shop in Lop Buri, central Thailand. The gunman, who wore black from head to toe, arrived alone at the gold…

Rain Helps Alleviate Drought In New South Wales

VICTORIA, Jan 11 (NNN-XINHUA) – Weather brings relief to New South Wales (NSW) and Victoria, but fire danger is far from over. Residents in most of Victoria’s bushfire-stricken areas are welcoming an extended reprieve, after the latest threat appears to have wrought less carnage than feared, as just a man…

15 Die In Road Mishap In North India

NEW DELHI, Jan 11 (NNN-PTI) – At least 15 people died and more than 25 injured, in a mishap involving a passenger bus and a truck, late on Friday night, in India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh, confirmed a local police official. The passengers died due to burn injuries, after…
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