SYDNEY -- Over 2,000 kg of carrots and sweet potatoes have been airdropped to endangered Australian brush-tailed rock-wallabies since the start of the new year, as wildlife authorities scramble to deal with the country's unprecedented bushfire crisis.
The marsupials found on the east coast of Australia have been ravaged by recent wildfires and are in desperate need of food. (Australia-Wallabies-Bushfires)
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WELLINGTON -- The 2020 General Election will be held on Sept. 19, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Tuesday.
She believed it was fair to announce the dates early in advance. (New Zealand-Election)
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TOKYO -- An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.4 struck Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido, the weather agency said Tuesday.
The quake occurred at a depth of 100 km, the agency also said. (Japan-Quake)
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SEOUL -- South Korea's corporate financing through the issuance of stocks and bonds grew in 2019 as corporate bond sale increased amid the low borrowing cost, financial watchdog data showed Tuesday.
Corporate financing, which includes the sale of stocks and bonds, amounted to 175.5 trillion won (149.2 billion U.S. dollars) in 2019, up 3.3 percent from the previous year, according to the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS). (S. Korea-Corporate Financing) Enditem
