FOUR people are trapped after a light plane crashed into a ferris wheel at Taree. Two people are trapped in the plane, which crashed into the fair grounds at around 10am on Saturday at Old Bar Beach Road in Old Bar, near Taree, a spokesman from NSW Rural Fire Service told AAP. The ultra-light – […]
Kuala Lumpur – Malaysian police rescued 136 people believed to be victims of human trafficking in the first eight months of this year, a newspaper reported Friday. The alleged victims, 71 men, 40 women and 25 children, were rescued following 53 raids from January to August, said Mahmood Adam, home ministry secretary general, according to […]
BANGKOK, 30 September 2011 (NNT) – The Thai Meteorological Department has reported that Typhoon Nesat will make a landfall in Northern Vietnam later today while nine provinces in Thailand will face heavy rains caused by the Southwest monsoon. The Meteorological Department has issued its third warning against Typhoon Nesat, of which the center is currently […]
Typhoon Nesat struck the southern Chinese island of Hainan Thursday afternoon, after pounding Hong Kong with heavy winds and rains earlier in the day. Forecasters say the storm hit Wenchang city with sustained winds up to 150 kilometers an hour, making it the strongest typhoon to hit China this year. Xinhua news agency said almost […]
HA NOI – Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has instructed authorities nation-wide to prepare for Typhoon Nesat which is roiling the East Sea and headed for Viet Nam. The eye of the storm was at 17.4 degrees north and 116.8 degrees east at 7am today, around 490km north-eastern of the Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago, […]
HA NOI — Haitang, the fourth tropical storm this year, is forecast to continue to intensify, bringing heavy rain to the central region and northern parts of the Central Highlands during the next few days. As of 7pm today, the storm is forecast to be 100km northeast off the central coast of Ha Tinh and […]
The UN has certified that the Delhi Metro has aided in the reduction of greenhouse gases, earning ‘carbon credits’. This makes the Delhi Metro the first of its kind in the world to do so. This comes under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the UN under the Kyoto Protocol. The UN said the rail […]
A huge typhoon downed trees and flooded streets in Manila Tuesday, bringing traffic and commerce to a halt. Schools and offices were closed and thousands of people were evacuated from river and seafront areas. At least seven people were killed. Four of the deaths came when a house collapsed, and a Red Cross volunteer, Myrna […]
