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Australia Prime Minister defers visits to India, Japan amid bushfire emergency
Published On: January 4, 2020 09:05 PM NPT By: Reuters
MELBOURNE, Jan 4: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has cancelled official trips to India and Japan that were scheduled for the second half of January as he battles a bushfire emergency at home.
Hong Kong steps up response to mystery disease from China
Published On: January 4, 2020 06:25 PM NPT By: Associated Press
HONG KONG, Jan 4: Hong Kong authorities activated a newly created “serious response” level Saturday as fears spread about a mysterious infectious disease that may have been brought back by visitors to a mainland Chinese city.
China removes Hong Kong liaison office head Wang Zhimin
Published On: January 4, 2020 05:40 PM NPT By: Reuters
SHANGHAI, Jan 3: China has removed the head of its Hong Kong liaison office Wang Zhimin, according to a Saturday post on the official website of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security.
Thousands gather in Baghdad to mourn Soleimani, others killed in U.S. air strike
Published On: January 4, 2020 02:30 PM NPT By: Reuters
BAGHDAD, Jan 4: Thousands of mourners gathered in Baghdad on Saturday ahead of a funeral procession for Iran’s slain military commander Qassem Soleimani, Iraqi militia leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis and others killed in a U.S. air strike in Iraq.
'Too late to leave': Bushfires out of control across southeast Australia
Published On: January 4, 2020 01:51 PM NPT By: RSS
SYDNEY/MELBOURNE, Jan 4: Bushfires burned dangerously out of control on Australia’s east coast on Saturday, fuelled by soaring temperatures and strong winds that had firefighters battling to save lives and property, and authorities said the worst of conditions was yet to come.
Australia urges people to flee as fires set to surge at weekend
Published On: January 3, 2020 08:50 PM NPT By: Reuters
BATEMANS BAY, Australia/SYDNEY, Jan 3: Authorities urged Australians on Friday to evacuate parts of the eastern states of Victoria and New South Wales to escape bushfires they fear are set to burn out of control this weekend.
Iran promises to avenge U.S. killing of top Iranian commander Soleimani
Published On: January 3, 2020 04:33 PM NPT By: Reuters
BAGHDAD, Jan 3: Iran threatened on Friday to hit back hard after a U.S. air strike in Baghdad on Friday killed Qassem Soleimani, commander of Iran’s elite Quds force and architect of its growing military influence in the Middle East.
India’s LGBTQ community joins citizenship law protests
Published On: January 3, 2020 04:32 PM NPT By: Associated Press
NEW DELHI, Jan 3: More than 1,000 members of India’s LGBTQ community, rights groups and their supporters marched through the streets of the capital on Friday to protest a citizenship law that excludes Muslims.
U.S. embassy urges citizens to depart Iraq immediately: statement
Published On: January 3, 2020 02:58 PM NPT By: Reuters
BAGHDAD, Jan 3: The United States embassy in Baghdad urged on Friday all citizens to depart Iraq immediately, hours after the U.S. killed Iranian Quds Force leader Qassem Soleimani and Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis in an air-strike.
Indonesia plans cloud seeding to halt rain, floods death toll rises to 43
Published On: January 3, 2020 02:46 PM NPT By: Associated Press
JAKARTA, INDONESIA, Jan 3: The death toll from floods in Indonesia’s capital rose to 43 on Friday as rescuers found more bodies amid receding floodwaters, disaster officials said.
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