Xinhua
05 Sep 2022, 02:18 GMT+10
PHNOM PENH -- Seven people were seriously injured in a gas station explosion in Sen Sok district in Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia, a firefighting police chief said on Sunday.
The blast happened on Saturday afternoon at a gas depot, sparking a fire that spread across the street to some houses opposite, said Colonel Prohm Yorn, director of the Phnom Penh Municipal Fire Prevention and Rescue Police Office.(Cambodia-Gas Station-Explosion)
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ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan's Meteorological Department has forecasted rain and thundershower with isolated heavy falls in parts of the South Asian country over the next few days that may trigger landslides in its northern areas.
The department informed in its weather forecast report that weak monsoon currents from the Arabian Sea were penetrating upper and central parts of Pakistan.(Pakistan-Weather-Rains)
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MANILA -- Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos left for Indonesia on Sunday in his first overseas trip since he assumed office on June 30.
After a three-day state visit to Indonesia, Marcos will also visit Singapore from Sept. 6 to 7.(Philippines-Marcos-State Visits)
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TOKYO -- Powerful typhoon Hinnamnor arrived in the south of the Japanese prefecture of Okinawa on Saturday, resulting in orders for residents of three municipalities to evacuate.
As of Saturday evening, the typhoon, the 11th of the season, had caused power outages for more than 3,000 households in Miyakojima and Ishigaki in Okinawa Prefecture, while one woman was slightly injured in Naha.(Japan-Typhoon Hinnamnor)
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