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TOKYO -- An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 on Saturday jolted southern Sea of Okhotsk near the coast of Hokkaido, Japan, the country's weather agency said.
The temblor occurred at 12:29 p.m. local time, measuring 3 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7, said the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). (Japan-Earthquake)
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SYDNEY -- Former Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating accused the Albanese government of bending to the will of the United States over AUKUS, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) reported on Saturday.
Keating said in a TV program that AUKUS is really about, in American terms, the military control of Australia.
"The Albanese government and their policy is likely to turn Australia into the 51st state of the United States," he said. (Australia-AUKUS)
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TOKYO -- Toyota Motor Corp. has lowered its global production target in 2024 to around 9.8 million units from the initial goal of around 10.3 million units, local media reported.
The downward revision, marking the first year-on-year production fall in four years, followed a partial production halt due to the recent vehicle testing scandals and recalls in the Toyota group, Kyodo News reported, citing sources familiar with the matter. (Japan-Toyota-Output Target)
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ISLAMABAD -- At least three soldiers and four terrorists were killed in fire exchanges on Friday in Khyber district of Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, said the Pakistani military.
The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of the Pakistan Army, said in a statement that the fire exchanges took place between security forces and the terrorists at three different locations in the Tirah Valley area of the Khyber district. (Pakistan-Counter Terrorism)
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COLOMBO -- Sri Lanka's Department of Wildlife Conservation will conduct a countrywide census on wild elephants on August 17, 18 and 19, state media reported on Saturday quoting an official.
Director General of the Wildlife Conservation Department Chandana Sooriyabandara said 3,130 survey centers have been established across the country for the census. (Sri Lanka-Elephants-Census) Enditem
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