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Robots will begin moving sandbags that were used to absorb radiation-contaminated water after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster as soon as next week, a spokesman for the plant operator said.
TOKYO: Robots will begin moving sandbags that were used to absorb radiation-contaminated water after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster as soon as next week, a spokesman for the plant operator said on Friday (March 21).
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Cyclone Alfred stalled off Australia's east coast on Thursday delaying landfall as officials shut airports, schools and public transport and residents stockpiled supplies and sandbagged homes against floodwaters expected when the category-two storm hits.
VIENTIANE: Sikhottabong district authorities are engaged in a valiant effort to prevent flooding, after the Mekong River rose to over 11.5 metres as measured at May village, just below the flood level of 12 metres.
GEORGE TOWN: Despite mitigation measures taken in the last four years to soften nature's wrath, the coastal erosion at Batu Ferringhi has continued to give residents and traders sleepless nights.
SYDNEY (Reuters) -Residents in flood-hit Australian towns ramped up efforts to build levees and sandbag homes on Wednesday ahead of more rain, although authorities said the expected storms could be milder than last week's, bringing relief as recovery operations begin.
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has often done away with the trappings of office in his dealings with the media - offering access to reporters who beat him at table tennis and holding lengthy peacetime press conferences in a food court.
SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Sunday toured flood-hit parts of Victoria state, including the city of Melbourne, as three southeastern states continued to grapple with a flood crisis after days of heavy rain.
Here's a look at the news highlights from Asean countries in the Star-AseanPlus section for Friday (March 21, 2025)
Taras Shevchenko, Ukraine's national poet, was the country's foremost 19th-century bard
DADIVANK, Azerbaijan (Reuters) - Soldiers unloaded sandbags and monks donned khaki vests over their cassocks on Sunday after Russian peacekeepers arrived to guard the 12th century Armenian Dadivank monastery in territory due to be ceded to Azerbaijan within days.
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - McLaren are so fast they can already switch their attention to next year's car, Mercedes driver George Russell said on Saturday after the reigning champions locked out the front row in Australian Grand Prix qualifying.
Thousands of residents in Australia's east were ordered to evacuate ahead of Tropical Cyclone Alfred's landfall on Saturday (March 8) as the storm brought heavy rains, huge waves and strong winds that cut off power, eroded beaches and closed airports.
SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia ordered thousands of people in its eastern regions to evacuate before Tropical Cyclone Alfred hits land on Saturday, as the storm brought heavy rain, huge waves and strong winds that cut off power, swamped beaches and shut airports.
GOLD COAST: Violent winds toppled power lines Friday (March 7) as a tropical cyclone inched towards Australia's eastern coast, swelling rivers, sparking evacuation orders and leaving 80,000 homes without electricity.
Here's a look at the news highlights from Asean countries in the Star-AseanPlus section for Thursday (March 6, 2025)
SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia braced for a rare east coast tropical cyclone that is swirling towards Brisbane, its third-most populous city, with authorities urging residents in flood-prone suburbs to evacuate soon.
WROCLAW, Poland (Reuters) - A social media producer whose accounts would normally show people where to eat out and relax in the historic Polish city of Wroclaw has shifted his focus to showing people where they can volunteer to protect the city against flood waters.
Flood waters are rising in the Australian state of Queensland after heavy rainfall.
As he nears his 100 days in office, Indonesia’s eighth president is finally emerging from the shadows of Jokowi.
