Emergency Control Zones Set Up As Second Sydney Farm Reports Bird Flu

SYDNEY, Jul 18 (NNN-AAP) – Avian influenza, also known as bird flu, has spread to a second farm in Sydney’s north-west, with emergency control zones established, to curb the transmission of the highly contagious disease. In a statement released today, a local council said that, emergency control zones have been…

Cambodian PM Says Landmines, ERWs Still Pose Risk To Over One Million People

PHNOM PENH, Jul 18 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodian Prime Minister, Hun Manet, said today that, more than one million people in the country, still live in areas contaminated by landmines and explosive remnants of war (ERWs). Speaking at a groundbreaking ceremony for a museum of antiquities, in north-west Siem Reap province,…

Four Dead, Several Trapped After Landslide In South India

NEW DELHI, Jul 18 (NNN-PTI) – At least four persons died and several others were feared trapped, after a landslide took place in India’s southern state of Karnataka, a local police confirmed, today. The landslide hit National Highway No. 66 in Shirur area of Ankola town, in the state’s Uttara…

Wildfires Ravage 685,500 Hectares Of Land In Mongolia This Year

ULAN BATOR, Jul 18 (NNN-APA) – A total of 90 forest and steppe fires have been reported across Mongolia, since the beginning of this year, devastating 685,521 hectares of forest and grassland, the country’s National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), said yesterday. The figure for fires marks an increase of 19.3…

Mongolia’s Khar-Us Lake Added To UNESCO World Network Of Biosphere Reserves

ULAN BATOR, Jul 17 (NNN-APA) – Mongolia’s Khar-Us Lake National Park, has been added to the World Network of Biosphere Reserves of UNESCO, local media reported today, citing UNESCO. The decision was made during the 36th session of the International Coordinating Council of the Man and the Biosphere Programme, held…

Heavy Rain Watch Issued Across S. Korea’s Metropolitan Area

SEOUL, Jul 17 (NNN-YONHAP) – A heavy rain watch was issued across South Korea’s metropolitan area, which was battered by downpours overnight, the interior ministry said, today. Heavy rain watches and warnings were issued in the capital Seoul, the western port city of Incheon, and many parts of their surrounding…

4.2-Magnitude Earthquake Struck Near Tokyo

TOKYO, Jul 17 (NNN-NHK) – An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.2, yesterday struck Japan’s prefecture of Ibaraki, just north-east of Tokyo, the local weather agency, Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), said. The temblor occurred at 10:19 p.m. local time (1319 GMT), measuring 3 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale…

Cambodia Restoring Angkor Wat Ground Floor’s Southern Central Stairs, Naga Balustrade

PHNOM PENH, Jul 17 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia’s APSARA National Authority (ANA) archaeologists, have been restoring the southern central stairs and Naga balustrade, on the ground floor of the famed Angkor Wat, said an ANA’s news release, yesterday. Built in the 12th century by King Suryavarman II, Angkor Wat is a…

Death Toll Rises To 40 From Rainstorms, Flash Floods In East Afghanistan

KABUL, Jul 17 (NNN-ANA) – The death toll from rainstorms and flooding in eastern Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province, has risen to 40, and the number of injured has reached 347, the country’s Ministry of Public Health reported, yesterday. Health workers were dispatched to the affected areas for treating the injured, said…

Flood Death Toll Climbs To Eight In Philippines’ Bangsamoro

MANILA, Jul 16 (NNN-PNA) – The death toll caused by massive flooding hitting Bangsamoro, in the southern Philippines, has climbed to eight, as the area continues to grapple with torrential rains, a local official said, yesterday. Benjamin Alip, municipal disaster officer in Pagalungan of Maguindanao del Sur province, in Bangsamoro…
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