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US: Heavy Rain in Newark Valley, NY Leads to Flash Flooding

Heavy rains and flooding threatened Tioga and Broome counties in New York, with warnings issued for Sunday evening, July 13. This heavy rain caused significant damage and temporarily shut down Route 38 in Newark Valley for several hours. A state of emergency has been declared in Newark Valley.

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Uber to pay Aussie taxi drivers about 178.5 mln USD in class action settlement

STORY: Uber to pay Aussie taxi drivers about 178.5 mln USD in class action settlement SHOOTING TIME: March 17, 2024 DATELINE: March 18, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:47 LOCATION: SYDNEY, Australia CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of vehicles and taxi cars on streets in Sydney, Australia STORYLINE: After a five-year class action, the ride-sharing giant Uber has agreed to pay 272 million Australian dollars (about 178.5 million U.S. dollars) to compensate taxi drivers in the country for operating services without being licensed. "There has been a historic settlement reached in the Uber class action, with Uber to pay 272 million Australian dollars - the fifth-highest class action resolution ever in Australian legal history," Maurice Blackburn, the plaintiff firm that filed the case in 2019, announced on Monday. "As a result, the Supreme Court (of Victoria) trial due to begin today will not be proceeding. The Court will need to approve the settlement as being in the best interests of group members, and work

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Muharram Procession In Srinagar - India

Kashmiri mourner touches a glass case containing a copy of the Koran during a Muharram procession on the fifth day of Ashura, in Srinagar. Ashura is a period of mourning in remembrance of the seventh-century martyrdom of Prophet Mohammad's grandson Imam Hussein, who was killed in the battle of Karbala in modern-day Iraq, in 680 AD. Srinagar Kashmir, India, July 24, 2023. Photo by Firdous Nazir/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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New York beefs up security measures amid uncertainties over Trump case

STORY: New York beefs up security measures amid uncertainties over Trump case DATELINE: March 22, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:14 LOCATION: NEW YORK, U.S. CATEGORY: POLITICS/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Manhattan District Attorney's Office and Manhattan Criminal Court in Lower Manhattan, New York City 2. various of Trump Tower on 5th Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, New York City STORYLINE: Law enforcement in New York City stepped up security measures in sensitive areas after former U.S. President Donald Trump recently suggested that he would be arrested on Tuesday and called for his supporters to stage protests. The New York Police Department erected many barricades and deployed police around Manhattan Criminal Court and Manhattan District Attorney's Office in Lower Manhattan as well as at Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue in Midtown. So far, no big crowd was seen in the city despite a heavy presence of media representatives at the venues. There is no report of Trump's charge by the Manhattan District Attorney's Office

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Japan revamps policy to tackle new flu

OSAKA, Japan - A child touches the feet of a mask-wearing wooden statue of the Billiken, which is located on the fifth-floor observation deck at Tsutenkaku Tower in Osaka, on May 22, a week after the first case of the new influenza infection was confirmed in Japan. In Japan, it is widely said that touching the Billiken's feet will bring good fortune.

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Kanagawa to destroy 37 cows on farm in latest BSE case

YOKOHAMA, Japan - A cow is pulled into a truck on Sept. 6 at a dairy farm in Isehara, Kanagawa Prefecture, where Japan's fifth case of mad cow disease was found last month, to be destroyed due to fear it may be infected. A total of 37 cows at the farm will be destroyed.

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5th case of mad cow disease found in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Experts meet at the health ministry Aug. 23 following reports that Japan's fifth case of mad cow disease has been found in an inspection of slaughtered cows in Kanagawa Prefecture.

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Kanagawa officials inspect dairy farm over mad cow disease

YOKOHAMA, Japan - A health official of the Kanagawa prefectural government inspects a dairy farm in Isehara in the prefecture on Aug. 23, one day after a Holstein dairy cow raised there was confirmed infected with mad cow disease, Japan's fifth case of the disease.

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5th case of mad cow disease found in Japan

ATSUGI, Japan - Japan's fifth case of mad cow disease has been found in an inspection of slaughtered cows at a meat examination facility (in the photo) in Atsugi, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Aug. 22.

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Nuclear reactor in Shimane prefecture passes safety screening: it sits in Japan’s sole nuclear plant in a prefectural capital

The Nuclear Regulation Authority held a regular meeting on Sept. 15 and decided to certify that safety measures taken at the No. 2 unit of Chugoku Electric Power Co.'s nuclear plant in the Shimane prefectural capital of Matsue meet Japan’s new regulatory standards, formally granting safety approval for a restart to the reactor. It is the 17th reactor in a total of 10 nuclear plants across the country cleared by the NRA. The No. 2 unit is a boiling water reactor, the same type as those installed at the disaster-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. It is the fifth boiling water reactor among such reactors at four nuclear plants that have passed the NRA’s safety screenings. The Shimane nuclear plant is the only one located in a Japanese prefectural capital, raising concern about the evacuation of residents in case of an accident. ==Date: Sept. 11, 2021, Place: Matsue City, Shimane Prefecture, JAPAN

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Japan revamps policy to tackle new flu

OSAKA, Japan - A child touches the feet of a mask-wearing wooden statue of the Billiken, which is located on the fifth-floor observation deck at Tsutenkaku Tower in Osaka, on May 22, a week after the first case of the new influenza infection was confirmed in the city. In Japan, it is widely said that touching the Billiken's feet will bring good fortune. (Kyodo)

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Kanagawa to destroy 37 cows on farm in latest BSE case

YOKOHAMA, Japan - A cow is pulled into a truck on Sept. 6 at a dairy farm in Isehara, Kanagawa Prefecture, where Japan's fifth case of mad cow disease was found last month, to be destroyed due to fear it may be infected. A total of 37 cows at the farm will be destroyed. (Kyodo)

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Kanagawa officials inspect dairy farm over mad cow disease

YOKOHAMA, Japan - A health official of the Kanagawa prefectural government inspects a dairy farm in Isehara in the prefecture on Aug. 23, one day after a Holstein dairy cow raised there was confirmed infected with mad cow disease, Japan's fifth case of the disease. (Kyodo)

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5th case of mad cow disease found in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Experts meet at the health ministry Aug. 23 following reports that Japan's fifth case of mad cow disease has been found in an inspection of slaughtered cows in Kanagawa Prefecture. (Kyodo)