5.2-Magnitude Quake Hits North-Eastern India – GFZ

DELHI, Jan 5 (NNN-PTI) – An earthquake, with a magnitude of 5.2, jolted north-eastern India at 2247 GMT yesterday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicentre, with a depth of 10 km, was initially determined to be at 26.43 degrees north latitude, and 92.45 degrees east longitude.–…

Worker Dies In North-East Australian Mine Collapse

SYDNEY, Jan 4 (NNN-AAP) – Authorities found the body of a missing worker, after a coal mine collapsed, in the north-east Australian state of Queensland, on Friday afternoon. An emergency search and rescue operation was launched for a missing man, after the collapse at the underground mine, at the Curragh…

Sri Lanka To Allocate Nearly One Billion USD This Year For Roads: Minister

COLOMBO, Jan 4 (NNN-LNW) – Sri Lanka plans to allocate nearly one billion U.S. dollars this year, for road construction and the repair of roads damaged by floods and landslides, caused by Cyclone Ditwah, a senior minister said, yesterday. Minister of Transport, Highways and Urban Development, Bimal Rathnayake, told journalists…

More Snow Forecast For Eastern, Northern Japan

TOKYO, Jan 3 (NNN-NHK) — Japan’s weather agency, today warned that, a strong cold mass over the nation will bring more snow to the country’s eastern and northern regions. Snowfall has intensified in Chugoku and Hokuriku regions, yesterday and today, due to the cold mass, along with a winter-type pressure…

Over One Million People In Gaza Still Urgently Need Shelter Assistance: UN

UNITED NATIONS, Jan 3 (NNN-XINHUA) – An estimated more than one million people, or every other person in Gaza, still urgently need shelter assistance, the Office of the Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General said, yesterday. The shelter assistance needs remain, although humanitarians have distributed thousands of tents and hundreds of…

Dense Fog Disrupted Flight Services At Bangladesh’s Main Airport

DHAKA, Jan 3 (NNN-BSS) – Dense fog enveloped the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, yesterday, disrupting flight services to and from the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport. In a notice yesterday afternoon, the airport authority said that, nine flights were rerouted for safety, due to heavy fog. Flight operations at the airport resumed…

Collapsed River Embankment Left Four Dead In Central Vietnam

HANOI, Jan 2 (NNN-VNA) – Four people were killed, after a concrete embankment collapsed, in Vietnam’s Central Highlands province of Dak Lak, today. According to the report, the incident occurred at around 9:30 a.m., when four people took shelter beneath a concrete section of an embankment during heavy rain, and…

Pakistan Reported Sharp Decline In Polio Cases Last Year

ISLAMABAD, Jan 1 (NNN-APP) – Pakistan reported a sharp decline in polio cases last year, due to sustained vaccination campaigns and improved disease surveillance, health authorities said. Official data showed polio cases fell from 74 in 2024, to 30 in 2025, with no new cases reported nationwide since Sept. Six…

5.7-Magnitude Earthquake Struck Off Japan’s Iwate Prefecture

TOKYO, Jan 1 (NNN-NHK) – An earthquake, with a preliminary magnitude of 5.7, struck, off Iwate Prefecture, in northern Japan yesterday, the country’s weather agency said. The temblor occurred at 11:27 p.m. local time, off Iwate’s eastern coast, at a depth of about 30 kilometres, measuring 4 on Japan’s seismic…

One Dead, One Missing In Separate Incidents At Eastern Sydney Beaches

SYDNEY, Jan 1 (NNN-AAP) – A woman has drowned and a man has gone missing, while swimming in separate incidents at Sydney beaches, in the early hours of this morning. A police statement said that, emergency services were called to reports that a person had been swept out into the…
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