Environment

As Rain Keeps Falling, Laos Braces For Rising Flood Risk

VIENTIANE, Jun 29 (NNN-KPL) – As rainfall continues across Laos, rising river levels have caused flooding in several villages, leading…

Japan Launches H2A Rocket For Final Time

TOKYO, Jun 29 (NNN-NHK) – Japan’s flagship H2A rocket, was successfully launched for the 50th and final time, early this…

Water Supply Network Inaugurated In Afghanistan

KABUL, Jun 29 (NNN-BNA) – A new water supply project has been completed and put into operation, in northern Afghanistan’s…

Heavy Rain, Storms Hit Japan Amid Unstable Weather

TOKYO, Jun 26 (NNN-NHK) – A tropical low pressure system, along with a stationary front, over the Sea of Japan,…

Indonesia’s South Sumatra Declares Emergency Alert For Forest Fires

JAKARTA, Jun 26 (NNN-ANTARA) – Indonesia’s South Sumatra provincial government, declared an emergency alert status for haze-related disasters, caused by…

Over 80,000 Evacuated Amid Serious Flooding In SW China

GUIYANG, Jun 25 (NNN-XINHUA) – Continuous heavy rainfall and upstream inflows triggered severe flooding in two counties of Guizhou Province…

6.4-Magnitude Earthquake Hit Waters Off South-Eastern Philippines

MANILA, Jun 24 (NNN-PNA) – An earthquake, with a preliminary magnitude of 6.4, hit waters off south-eastern Philippines this morning,…

Brunei Held Standards Awareness Programme

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Jun 24 (NNN-ANN) – Brunei held Standards Awareness workshop, yesterday, to promote best practices in safety management…

Cambodia Records 7th Human Case Of H5N1 Bird Flu This Year

PHNOM PENH, Jun 24 (NNN-AKP) – A 41-year-old woman from north-western Cambodia’s Siem Reap province, has been confirmed for H5N1…

Philippines Voices Great Concerns Over Escalating Middle East Conflict

MANILA, Jun 23 (NNN-PNA) – The Philippines, yesterday, expressed great concerns over the escalating conflict in the Middle East, hours…