TOKYO -- About 14,000 birds have been culled in the southern Japanese prefecture of Kagoshima after an avian influenza outbreak was confirmed, local authorities said on Monday.

The bird flu has been confirmed on a poultry farm in the Minamisatsuma City of Kagoshima, according to the prefectural government, adding that the culling operations for it and nearby farms under the same management were completed within a short span. (Japan-Bird Flu-Culling)

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KATHMANDU -- More than 20 percent of Nepal's population was living below the poverty line, although the South Asian country had brought down the poverty rate in the last 12 years, the government said on Monday.

The fourth Nepal living standards survey 2022-23 report released by the National Statistics Office revealed that 20.27 percent of the population lived below the poverty line in 2023. (Nepal-Poverty Rate)

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WELLINGTON -- New Zealand's property prices have doubled in a decade in most regions, with Auckland's Hauraki Gulf Islands almost having tripled in price.

Despite the fall in property prices last year, the latest data proves that prices inevitably go up in the long run, a report from realestate.co.nz said on Monday. (NZ-Property Prices)

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PHNOM PENH -- Cambodia recorded some 1.05 million domestic and foreign tourists during the celebrations of the Chinese Lunar New Year, or the Spring Festival, according to a Ministry of Tourism's report released on Monday.

About 993,991 locals and 57,481 foreigners traveled within the Southeast Asian nation during the festival from Feb. 9 to Feb. 11, the report said. (Cambodia-Chinese New Year) Enditem

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