JAKARTA -- A 6.1-magnitude earthquake rocked off Indonesia's Gorontalo province earlier Tuesday without triggering large waves, the country's meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency said.
The tremors occurred at 02:51 a.m. Jakarta time Tuesday (1951 GMT Monday) with its epicenter 77 km southwest of Gorontalo city at a depth of 132 km beneath the seabed, the agency reported. (Indonesia-Earthquake)
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COLOMBO -- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has expressed its eagerness to collaborate with Sri Lanka's newly elected President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, said the IMF on Tuesday.
"We look forward to working closely with President Dissanayake and his administration to build on the significant progress made, which has helped steer Sri Lanka toward economic recovery after one of its worst financial crises in 2022," said an IMF spokesperson in a statement. (Sri Lanka-IMF)
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SYDNEY -- An investigation was underway after a man was stabbed to death on a busy street in Sydney's inner west on Monday night, police said on Tuesday.
Police in the state of New South Wales said in a statement that emergency services responded to reports of a man being stabbed on a main road in the inner-city suburb of Marrickville at approximately 7:40 p.m. local time on Monday. (Australia-Stabbing)
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HONG KONG -- A pair of giant pandas gifted by the central government to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) of China will arrive in the city on Thursday, John Lee, chief executive of the HKSAR announced on Tuesday.
Lee told a press conference that the pair is expected to meet the public around mid-December this year, after they undergo quarantine at Ocean Park Hong Kong for at least 30 days and spend 30 days more to adapt to the new environment. (Hong Kong-Giant Panda-Arrival) ■
