NOVEMBER 9 — In the report “US says opposes ‘reoccupation’ of Gaza by Israel”, US State Department spokesman Vedant Patel told reporters that the US does not “support the reoccupation of Gaza and neither does Israel”. Israel has claimed that it has withdrawn from the Gaza Strip (Gaza), which it captured in the 1967 Six-Day … Read more
LOS ANGELES, Oct 29 — Gustavo Zerbino and Mamadou Kouassi have two major things in common. They both survived horrifying ordeals — one endured 72 days in the frozen Andes by eating human flesh after an infamous plane crash; the other suffered brutal imprisonment, extortion and slavery on the African migrant trail to Europe. And … Read more
LOS ANGELES, Oct 27 — Leave the World Behind, an acclaimed novel about ordinary people struggling to cope as a slow and mysterious disaster shuts down the world, felt topical when it was published during the unfurling pandemic of 2020. So the world premiere of its star-studded Netflix film adaptation at AFI Fest in Los … Read more
The government has rebranded the GDRN to GLC For Rakyat and Nation, widening its scope from being humanitarian-based to include knowledge and prosperity-based.
SYDNEY: Scores of protesters in a flood-wrecked city in eastern Australia vented their fury Wednesday as Prime Minister Scott Morrison visited the heart of the disaster zone. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd
Flood victims in Kedah welcome the government’s initiative to take strategic measures to improve disaster management and hope that the plan will be carried out so that the people are better prepared.
NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga: A coronavirus-hit Australian warship docked in Tonga on Wednesday, delivering desperately needed aid to the volcano-and-tsunami-struck nation under strict “no-contact” protocols. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd
ARBIL, Iraq: The bodies of 16 people killed when their boat sank in the Channel while trying to reach England were repatriated early Sunday to Iraqi Kurdistan where their families were awaiting them, an AFP photographer saw. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd
Disaster Management Committees at the state and district levels have been instructed to coordinate post-flood activities in the flood-affected areas.
SHREWSBURY: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday faced questions about his leadership after weeks of controversy culminated in a crushing by-election defeat in a constituency never previously lost by his Conservative Party. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd
