KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): Caretaker Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin hopes the Kedah government and related agencies will immediately provide assistance to villagers affected by the upstream rush of water which caused massive floods in the Yan district on Wednesday (Aug 18).
The United Kingdom will double its humanitarian and development aid to Afghanistan to 286 million pounds ($393.34 million) this year, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said in a tweet.
Japan is in close contact with a "small number" of its nationals still in Afghanistan, seeking to ensure their safety after Taliban militants took over Kabul, the government's top spokesman said on Wednesday.
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Las Bambas copper mine in the Peruvian Andes have blocked a road
used to transport the metal after a two-week truce, community
leaders said on Tuesday. The road,. | August 18, 2021