All domestic and international flights for Tuesday and Wednesday have been cancelled in the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu, which is now being hit by category-two tropical cyclone Judy. According to Radio New Zealand [Read More]
Australia’s national science agency has warned urgent action is needed to prevent the spread of drug-resistant superbugs. In a report published on Tuesday, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and Australian Academy of [Read More]
Economic growth returns to the Pacific region, said a World Bank economist for the Pacific on Tuesday. The World Bank’s lead economist for the Pacific David Gould said that debt and inflation remain key concerns [Read More]
National Australia Bank (NAB) on Monday urged people who sell unwanted or used items online to watch out for a new PayID impersonation scam, as thousands look to ramp up side hustles or become more [Read More]
Toyota Motor Corp. announced a 5.6-percent retreat year-on-year for its January global car sales on Monday, with the decline marking the second straight month worldwide sales contracted. The Aichi Prefecture-based automaker said its sales in [Read More]
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 jolted off Fiji at 0640 GMT on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said. The epicenter, with a depth of 548.13 km, was initially determined to be at [Read More]
A 5.5-magnitude earthquake jolted off Central Sulawesi province in central Indonesia on Monday morning, the meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency said. The earthquake happened at 8:26 a.m. local time (0126 GMT) with its epicenter situated [Read More]
At least 10 Mongolian provinces were experiencing the extreme wintry weather, known as “dzud,” the National Agency for Meteorology and Environmental Monitoring said on Monday. “Currently, at least 23 soums in 10 provinces of the [Read More]
Police in Australia’s state of South Australia (SA) have launched a search for an arsonist suspected of deliberately lighting several fires amid severe conditions. Firefighters on Friday evening were deployed to control eight grass fires [Read More]
Thai Airways International (THAI) reported a nearly triple profit in the final quarter of last year as foreign arrivals to the Southeast Asia destination picked up further, data showed on Friday. According to an annual [Read More]
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