New Zealand Addresses Energy Security, Affordability

WELLINGTON, Aug 26 (NNN-RNZ) – The New Zealand government has moved to address the serious risk to energy security and affordability, “New Zealand currently has an energy shortage. The lakes are low, the sun hasn’t been shining, the wind hasn’t been blowing, and we have an inadequate supply of natural…

Philippines Grapples With Leptospirosis, Dengue Surge: President

MANILA, Aug 24 (NNN-PNA) – Philippine President, Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos, yesterday said, his country has been experiencing a surge in leptospirosis and dengue cases, due to “improper garbage disposal and poor waste management.” “Local chief executives must work harder to utilise environmentally sound methods and waste minimisation measures, to protect…

UN Warns Delayed Humanitarian Pause In Gaza Could Fuel Polio Outbreak Among Palestinian Children

GAZA, Aug 24 (NNN-XINHUA) – Delaying a humanitarian pause in the Gaza Strip, increases the risk of polio spreading among Palestinian children, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) warned, yesterday. Philippe Lazzarini, commissioner-general of UNRWA, emphasised on social media platform X…

Landslides Claimed 10 Lives In India’s Tripura State

NEW DELHI, Aug 23 (NNN-PTI) – At least 10 persons died, in landslides in India’s north-eastern state of Tripura, a senior state government official, said, yesterday. Among the dead were seven persons from two families. The landslides occurred in the South Tripura district, amid heavy rains. According to media reports,…

S. Korea’s Capital City Records Longest Tropical Nights

SEOUL, Aug 23 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea’s capital, Seoul, recorded its longest tropical nights this year, with the capital city’s overnight temperature hovering above 25 degrees Celsius, the weather agency said today. The temperature in Seoul remained above 25 degrees Celsius from 6:01 p.m. local time yesterday, until 9:00 a.m.…

Typhoon No. 10 Heads Northwest Towards Japan’s Kyushu, Tokai Regions

TOKYO, Aug 23 (NNN-NHK) – Typhoon No. 10 has formed, near the Mariana islands in the Pacific Ocean, and is expected to reach the Japanese archipelago next week, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said, yesterday. According to the JMA, the newly formed typhoon was slowly moving north-westward yesterday morning, and…

Flash Floods Killed 10 In Afghanistan

KABUL, Aug 22 (NNN-ANA) – Ten people have been killed, due to flash floods across Afghanistan recently, an official from the country’s national disaster authority said, last night. According to Mullah Janan Saeq, spokesman for the authority, in recent days, 10 people have lost their lives and eight others sustained…

Indonesia Ready To Export Electricity To Singapore

JAKARTA, Aug 22 (NNN-ANTARA) – The Indonesian government said yesterday that, the country is ready to begin supplying electricity to neighbouring Singapore. Indonesian Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs, Airlangga Hartarto, said that, Singapore would off-take or buy electricity from Indonesia’s solar power plants in Batam, Bintan and Karimun islands. “We…

Restoration Work Underway At Millennium-Old Brick Tower In Cambodia’s Angkor Complex

PHNOM PENH, Aug 22 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia’s APSARA National Authority (ANA) archaeologists, have begun to restore the Phnom Bakheng temple’s G15 brick tower, in the famed Angkor Archaeological Park, in north-west Siem Reap province, said an ANA’s news release, yesterday. The ruined brick tower, situated south of the ancient Phnom…

Roundup: Millions Stranded As Floods Hit Bangladesh’s Greater SE Noakhali Region

by Naim-Ul-Karim DHAKA, Aug 22 (NNN-XINHUA) – The floods in the greater Noakhali region in south-eastern Bangladesh, have affected millions of people and displaced tens of thousands. The worse-than-usual seasonal floods were caused mainly by floodwater from India, through several rivers which travel through the region. In the greater Noakhali…
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