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Day: 11 March 2023

Rescuers airlift residents from remote Australia floods

RESCUERS flew residents out of a remote Australian town by helicopter today as record-high floods rose rapidly and authorities issued a “final alert” to evacuate. Police said helicopters and other aircraft had already flown out 53 vulnerable people over the past few days from the small community of Burketown in northeastern Australia.

Perak refusal to supply water to Penang will be studied, says PM

ANY decision by the Perak government regarding water supply to Penang will be studied in detail, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said. He said any decision by Perak, including wanting to prioritise the state’s needs first before supplying water to Penang, is a policy that needs to be respected.

Japan mourns 2011 disaster as nuclear support grows

JAPANESE offered tearful prayers today on the anniversary of the deadly tsunami that triggered the Fukushima disaster, but public support for nuclear power is growing as memories of the 2011 meltdown fade. The 9.0-magnitude quake – the fourth strongest in earth’s recorded history – devastated northeastern Japan 12 years ago.