Day: January 18, 2020

Rainstorms douse bushfires across eastern Australia

3:33 pm January 18, 2020

Sydney: Rain and thunderstorms doused long-burning bushfires across much of eastern Australia Saturday, but they also brought a new threat of flooding in some areas. Major bushfires continued to rage in regions of the south and southeast of the country that have so far missed out on the rain, including in wildlife-rich forests on Kangaroo […]

China and Myanmar ‘stand together’ despite Rohingya backlash

3:22 pm January 18, 2020

Naypyidaw (Myanmar): China and Myanmar are set to ink mammoth infrastructure deals following a meeting on Saturday between President Xi Jinping and fallen rights icon Aung San Suu Kyi, who pledged to stand with Beijing “till the end of the world”. The Chinese leader’s two-day state visit to Myanmar’s purpose-built capital comes as Western investors […]

10 children die of mysterious disease in J&K’s Udhampur

3:17 pm January 18, 2020

Jammu: At least 10 children have died of a mysterious disease and six others taken seriously ill in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir, a senior officer said on Saturday, as various teams of doctors are camping in the affected area to ascertain the cause of the fatal disease. The deaths were reported from different […]

Kashmir Valley, Ladakh shiver at sub-zero temperatures

3:12 pm January 18, 2020

Srinagar: The cold wave conditions persisted in Kashmir Valley and Ladakh on Saturday, with the two neighbours witnessing sub-zero minimum temperatures that led to frost formation on roads and caused inconvenience to motorists, the Meteorological Department said. The famous ski resort of Gulmarg was the coldest place in Kashmir with a minimum temperature of minus […]

South Koreans among seven missing in Himalayan avalanche

3:09 pm January 18, 2020

Kathmandu: An avalanche in Nepal’s Annapurna region has left at least seven people missing, including four South Koreans and three Nepalis, officials said Saturday. The incident occurred at an altitude of around 3,230 metres (10,597 feet) close to the base camp for Annapurna, one of the highest peaks in the Himalayas, following heavy snowfall on […]