CANBERRA -- Australia's Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has declared that the country now protects more ocean than any other nation after the government finalized a major marine park expansion.

Plibersek announced on Tuesday that the federal government has signed off on quadrupling the size of the existing sub-Antarctic Heard and McDonald Islands Marine Park. (Australia-Ocean)

- - - -

TOKYO -- Mycoplasma pneumonia cases are rapidly increasing in Japan, with the weekly number of patients per medical institution reaching a record high, local media reported.

The number of mycoplasma pneumonia patients has steadily risen in Japan since June. For the week ending Sept. 29, an average of 1.64 cases per medical institution was reported, marking the highest figure since data collection began in 1999, public broadcaster NHK reported, citing health officials.(Japan-Mycoplasma-Pneumonia)

- - - -

UNITED NATIONS -- Driven by increasingly intense exchange of hostilities across the Blue Line, the humanitarian situation in Lebanon continues to rapidly deteriorate, UN humanitarians said on Monday.

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said it continues to be concerned over attacks on the health system, with airstrikes expanding geographically affecting civilians and civilian infrastructure. (UN-Lebanon)

- - - -

LOS ANGELES -- SpaceX launched the Hera mission of the European Space Agency (ESA) to interplanetary transfer orbit on Monday.

The spacecraft was launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 10:52 a.m. Eastern Time. Later SpaceX confirmed Hera's deployment. (U.S.-SpaceX-launch) Enditem

Related

Go to Forum >>0 Comment(s)