SYDNEY -- Some local residents rallied in a town on Australia's eastern coast on Saturday to protest against possible plans to establish a local base for nuclear submarines as part of the AUKUS agreement.

Members and supporters of the local activist group Wollongong Against War and Nukes (WAWAN) joined the annual May Day March in Wollongong, some 85 km south of Sydney, to voice their concerns. (Australia-AUKUS-Protest)

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JAKARTA -- At least 15 people were killed after flooding and landslides struck Indonesia's South Sulawesi province, an official from the country's disaster agency said on Saturday.

The natural disasters, which were triggered by heavy downpours, had occurred since Friday in Luwu regency, Spokesman of the National Disaster Management and Mitigation Agency Abdul Muhari said. (Indonesia-Flooding)

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COLOMBO -- Up to 33 people, including 25 schoolchildren, were injured when two buses collided in Ampara in the Eastern province of Sri Lanka on Friday afternoon, the police said in a statement.

The accident occurred when a school bus collided with a passenger transport bus at around 2:30 p.m., the police said. The drivers of the two buses are in critical condition. (Sri Lanka-Car-Accident)

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JAKARTA -- Thousands of people have been evacuated after Mount Ruang on the northern side of the Indonesian island of Sulawesi erupted intensely since last month.

The multiple eruptions of Ruang have forced the country's disaster mitigation agency BNPB to urge more than 12,000 people to evacuate. (Indonesia-Volcano Eruption-Evacuation) Enditem

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