PAKISTAN-BAD WEATHER-CASUALTIES

PAKISTAN-BAD WEATHER-CASUALTIES

(240305) -- KARACHI, March 5, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People travel on a motor tricycle in the rain in Karachi, Pakistan on March 1, 2024. At least 36 people were killed and 41 others injured in different rain and snowfall that triggered incidents in Pakistan as heavy rains swept across the country from Feb. 27 till March 3, Pakistan's National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said. The deceased included 21 children, nine males and six females, the NDMA mentioned in a situation report released on Sunday night. (Str/Xinhua)

PAKISTAN-BAD WEATHER-CASUALTIES

PAKISTAN-BAD WEATHER-CASUALTIES

(240305) -- LAHORE, March 5, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An auto rickshaw runs in hailstorm Lahore, Pakistan on March 2, 2024. At least 36 people were killed and 41 others injured in different rain and snowfall that triggered incidents in Pakistan as heavy rains swept across the country from Feb. 27 till March 3, Pakistan's National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said. The deceased included 21 children, nine males and six females, the NDMA mentioned in a situation report released on Sunday night. (Photo by Sajjad/Xinhua)

6 killed, over 100 injured after tornado hits central Myanmar

STORY: 6 killed, over 100 injured after tornado hits central Myanmar DATELINE: April 22, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:54 LOCATION: YANGON, Myanmar CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the tornado-hit areas 2. various of rescue work after tornado STORYLINE: Six people were killed and 109 others injured after a deadly tornado hit central Myanmar on Friday, local authorities said. The tornado struck the villages in Lewe township of Nay Pyi Taw Union Territory at around 6:45 p.m. local time (GMT 1215) on Friday, the Myanmar Fire Services Department said. "Six died on the spot and 109 others were injured due to the heavy winds. 16 of the injured were in critical condition," a local police officer told Xinhua on Saturday, adding that no more deaths were reported until this morning. The death toll included two males and four females, the fire services department said, adding that more than 200 houses were also damaged due to the tornado. The injured are being treated at the hospitals in Nay Pyi Taw Union

Guide dogs born through artificial insemination

Guide dogs born through artificial insemination

SAPPORO, Japan - Tsukushi, a 4-year-old Labrador retriever bred by Akiko Toki of Sapporo's Teine Ward, feeds her six puppies which she gave birth to through artificial insemination. The Hokkaido Guide Dogs for the Blind Association said May 8 it conducted the artificial insemination, using sperm of another guide dog, for the first time in Japan. The puppies, six males, were born in March and are in good health.

Death toll from Nigeria's building collapse rises to nine

STORY: Death toll from Nigeria's building collapse rises to nine DATELINE: May 3, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:07 LOCATION: LAGOS, Nigeria CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of site of building collapse 2. various of rescue workers trying to search for people STORYLINE: The death toll from the collapsed three-story building in Nigeria's southwest Lagos state has risen to nine after rescue workers recovered another body, an emergency management official said Monday. Ibrahim Farinloye, the coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency in the southwest region, told Xinhua that the building in the Onyigbo area of Lagos state collapsed at about 11 p.m., local time, Sunday, and rescuers have so far found the bodies of nine victims. The dead included six males and three females. He said 24 occupants of the building were rescued alive and are being treated in a hospital. Rescue operations were ongoing at the site in search of people trapped under the rubble. An investigation has been launched to determine

Russian Officers Relax during Japanese War

Russian Officers Relax during Japanese War

A group of six Russian officers relax in their dugout during the second and final year of the Russo-Japanese War. Date: 1905