Death Toll From Yemen’s Rains, Floods Rises To 61

ADEN, Aug 12 (NNN-SABA) – The death toll from recent heavy rains and floods in Yemen, climbed to 61 yesterday, according to a statement by the Executive Unit for the Management of Displaced Persons Camps in Yemen. The latest casualties were reported in the country’s north-eastern province of Marib, where…

Pakistan Committed To Eradicating Poliovirus By 2025: PM

ISLAMABAD, Aug 11 (NNN-APP) – Pakistani Prime Minister, Shehbaz Sharif, said that, his country is committed to completely eradicating poliovirus by 2025, and special measures are afoot to further enhance the vaccination coverage. “A whole-of-government approach has been adopted to eradicate polio. We are doing our best to eradicate this…

Japanese PM Cancels Overseas Trip Over Megaquake Advisory

TOKYO, Aug 10 (NNN-NHK) – Japanese Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida, yesterday, cancelled his planned four-day trip to Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Mongolia, as the country’s weather agency issued its first-ever alert, over the risk of a possible Nankai Trough megaquake. After attending a ceremony in Nagasaki, marking the 79th anniversary of…

Two Killed By Fallen Tree Branch While Exercising In Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City

HANOI, Aug 9 (NNN-VNA) – A large tree branch fell onto a group of elderly people exercising this morning, in a park in Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City, killing two and injuring three others, local media reported. Le Duc Thanh, chairman of district 1 People’s Committee, said, two people aged…

Dangerous Heat Expected For Many Parts Of Japan Today

TOKYO, Aug 9 (NNN-NHK) – Japan’s weather agency, today warned of another dangerously hot day, with daytime highs expected to surge across central and western regions. Temperatures are expected to reach 39 degrees Celsius in Nagoya City, 38 in Kyoto City, 37 in Osaka City, 36 in the cities of…

Kuwait’s Charity Sends Emergency Aid Package To Flood Victims In Yemen

KUWAIT CITY, Aug 9 (NNN-KUNA) – Kuwaiti AlNajat Charity Society Foundation, announced yesterday that, it will send urgent aid to people affected by the torrential rains and severe flooding in northern Yemen. The relief aid, consisting of food, water, and shelter supplies of tents, blankets, and mattresses, is estimated at…

Helicopter Crash In Nepal Killed Pilot, Four Chinese Passengers

KATHMANDU, Aug 8 (NNN-XINHUA) – Four Chinese passengers and the pilot were killed, when a helicopter crashed in Nuwakot district of Nepal’s Bagmati province, yesterday afternoon. “Five people onboard the helicopter, including the pilot, have been killed. We have collected all the dead bodies,” Nepal Police spokesperson, Dan Bahadur Karki,…

Hostilities, Continuing Displacements Challenge Gazans’ Access To Aid: UN

UNITED NATIONS, Aug 8 (NNN-XINHUA) – A seemingly endless cycle of violence-induced displacement, is making it increasingly difficult for Gazans to access the assistance they need, UN humanitarians said, yesterday. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), said that, relentless hostilities and recurring evacuation orders force displacement.…

Japan Started 8th Ocean Discharge Of Fukushima Nuclear-Tainted Wastewater

TOKYO, Aug 8 (NNN-NHK) – Despite persistent opposition at home and abroad, Japan yesterday, started its eighth round of release of nuclear-contaminated wastewater from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, into the Pacific Ocean. Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), the plant’s operator, will discharge about 7,800 tonnes of wastewater…

Water Shortage Deepens Suffering Of Palestinians In War-Torn Gaza

GAZA, Aug 8 (NNN-XINHUA) – For months, the six-member family of Palestinian man, Emad Abu Hamad from Khan Younis city, in the southern Gaza Strip, has been reeling from their daily suffering caused by the ongoing war. When Emad returned to his house, he was shocked that it was destroyed.…
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