World’s 1st 4th-Generation Nuclear Power Plant Goes Into Commercial Operation In China
BEIJING, Dec 7 (NNN-XINHUA) – The world’s first fourth-generation nuclear power plant, China’s Shidaowan high temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTGR) nuclear…
Indonesia’s Ibu Volcano Erupts, Ash Up To 1,200 Metres
JAKARTA, Dec 7 (NNN-ANTARA) – The Ibu volcano on Halmahera Island, in the eastern Indonesian province of North Maluku, erupted…
Death Toll Of 7.4-Magnitude Quake Rises To Three In The Philippines
MANILA, Dec 6 (NNN-PNA) – The death toll in the 7.4-magnitude earthquake that hit the southern Philippine Surigao province, last…
ADB Approves Loan To Improve Indonesia’s Flood Management
MANILA, Dec 6 (NNN-PNA) – The Asian Development Bank (ADB), said today that, it has approved a 250-million-U.S. dollar-loan, to…
Cyclone Michaung Kills Seven In South India
NEW DELHI, Dec 6 (NNN-PTI) – The death toll in India’s southern coastal state of Tamil Nadu has reached seven,…
Sudan Cholera Cases Up 70 Percent With 160 Deaths
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 5 (NNN-SUNA) – UN humanitarians yesterday reported a 70 percent surge in cholera cases, in strife-torn Sudan,…
Death Toll Rises To Five, Airport Shut As Rains Play Havoc In South India
NEW DELHI, Dec 5 (NNN-PTI) – The death toll in India’s southern city of Chennai rose to five, amid heavy…
New Zealand’s Sustained Predator Control Pays Off For Threatened Kiwi Birds
WELLINGTON, Dec 4 (NNN-RNZ) – Surveying of brown kiwi in New Zealand’s Eastern Coromandel has shown a 10 percent increase…
Japan Confirms Season’s Fourth Bird Flu Outbreak
TOKYO, Dec 4 (NNN-NHK) – Japan has confirmed an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza, at a poultry farm in…
Climate Change To Incur Up To 20 Percent Loss To Pakistan’s GDP By 2050: World Bank
ISLAMABAD, Dec 3 (NNN-APP) – Pakistan’s gross domestic product (GDP), is expected to decrease by a minimum of 18 to…