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Walking with a cane, 84-year-old apple farmer Kim Mi-ja surveys the wreckage of her village, which was reduced to rubble and covered in ash by the country's worst wildfires.
BANGKOK: Russian rescuers have arrived in Myanmar to assist in search and rescue operations after the deadly earthquake, according to Sputnik/RIA Novosti, citing a Myanmar state-run TV channel MRTV report on Sunday (March 30).
JAKARTA: (Bernama-Xinhua) An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale rocked off Indonesia's western Aceh province on Sunday (March 30), Xinhua reported, citing the country's Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency.
A gleaming new data centre sits less than half a mile from the electric substation where a fire plunged Heathrow Airport into darkness last week. The data centre's own power was also cut that day. But no one who relied on it would have noticed, thanks to a bank of batteries and backup generators designed to kick in instantly.
Here's a look at the news highlights from Asean countries in the Star-AseanPlus section for Saturday (March 29, 2025).
Lengkok Golf SS7 Kelana Jaya Rukun Tetangga (RT) hosted its annual "Program Masak Bubur Lambuk Perpaduan" to foster neighbourly ties and feed the local community during the fasting month.
NEW YORK, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- With the most powerful rainstorm of the season set to soak Southern California on Thursday, the first assessment of mudslide danger since the January firestorms showed that both the Pacific Palisades and the Altadena burn areas face significantly heightened risk of debris flows in the coming days and months, reported the Los Angeles Times.
ON her sixth birthday 80 years ago, Shizuko Nishio clung to her mother as US B-29 bombers started a firestorm that turned humans to ash and Tokyo into a wasteland.
BANGKOK: Aerial firefighting support has been requested urgently to extinguish a forest fire that has been raging since Thursday (Jan 23) at Phu Lam Yai, located on the border between Khon Buri and Wang Nam Khiao districts of Nakhon Ratchasima province.
SIBU: Residents in low-lying areas and those near rivers in the Sibu and Kapit divisions are urged to follow evacuation instructions immediately if their settlements are affected by floods to prevent any untoward incidents.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - From the air, the once-thriving Los Angeles neighborhoods wiped out by recent wildfires now appear as block after block of grayish-brown ash and rubble. Sunlight reflects off the skeletal remains of homes, restaurants and shops.
SIBU: The Sarawak Fire and Rescue Department has asked the state government to help build three new stations along the Pan Borneo Highway to ensure faster response times in handling road accidents.
NEW YORK, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) -- Thousands have fled as wildfires spread across the U.S. Los Angeles region -- what ignited the Palisades and Eaton fires, the two main blazes, is still under investigation but weather conditions have helped fuel their spread. Experts call the areas "the wildland-urban interface" (WUI).
THE iconic Riviera Country Club is being threatened while in the mandatory evacuation zone for the Pacific Palisades fire northwest of Los Angeles.
KOTA KINABALU: The usual roar of fire trucks and blaring sirens took a backseat as some firefighters from the Lintas Fire and Rescue Station traded their helmets for chef's hats in the spirit of Ramadan.
KOTA KINABALU: Firemen from the Lintas Fire and Rescue station swapped their helmets with "chef hats" to cook bubur lambuk.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Before one of the most destructive fires in California history swept through, the Pacific Palisades neighborhood on Los Angeles' west side was filled with expensive homes fronted by green, well-tended landscaping and popular boutiques and cafes.
Here's a look at the news highlights from Asean countries in the Star-AseanPlus section for Wednesday (March 19, 2025)
BANGKOK: More than 1,000 pets and ornamental fish were reportedly killed after fire broke out in Chatuchak Market in Bangkok in the early hours of Tuesday (June 11).
ALOR SETAR: Two restaurants located on Jalan Pantai Chenang in Langkawi, were destroyed in a fire last night.
