JAKARTA -- One person was killed and two others missing following flood in Parigi Moutong regency, Central Sulawesi province in Indonesia, the national disaster management agency said on Sunday.

"High-intensity rain fell in the upper Toribulu river area at 4:38 a.m. local time on Sunday, resulting in water laden with mud inundating nearby settlements," said agency spokesperson Abdul Muhari. (Indonesia-Flash Floods-Deaths)

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NEW DELHI -- The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) on Sunday completed its Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV) technology demonstration by carrying out its third and final consecutive success in the RLV Landing Experiment (LEX), the space agency announced in an official statement.

The third and final LEX test was conducted at the Aeronautical Test Range in Chitradurga in the southern state of Karnataka. (India-Space-RLV)

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TOKYO -- An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.9 on Sunday struck off the northeastern Japanese prefecture of Fukushima, said the country's weather agency.

The temblor occurred at around 12:12 p.m. local time (0312 GMT) at a depth of 50 km, measuring 4 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 in Fukushima, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said, adding that there was no threat of a tsunami. (Japan-Fukushima-Earthquake)

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TOKYO -- Only 10.4 percent of the Japanese public support Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in the upcoming ruling Liberal Democratic Party leadership race, signaling widespread dissatisfaction, a media poll showed on Sunday.

Conducted by national news agency Kyodo over the weekend, the telephone survey showed Kishida's Cabinet approval rating at 22.2 percent, a decline from 24.2 percent in May. (Japan-Kishida-Media Poll) Enditem

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