Asia

Cambodia Increases Monthly Minimum Wage For Garment Industry

PHNOM PENH, Sept 20 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia, yesterday, set a new monthly minimum wage for the country’s garment, footwear and…

Gunman On The Run After Shooting In Sydney

SYDNEY, Sept 20 (NNN-AAP) – A gunman is on the run, after a man was shot in Sydney’s western suburbs,…

Conflict, climate threaten fight against diseases: Global Fund report

GENEVA, Sept 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Climate change and conflicts are threatening progress in the fight against infectious diseases like AIDS,…

Uzbekistan To Host 4th World Conference On Creative Economy

TASHKENT, Sept 20 (NNN-UzA) – The 4th World Conference on Creative Economy (WCCE), will be held in Tashkent on Oct…

Nepal Spends Nearly 30 Percent Of Gov’t Revenues For Debt Service

KATHMANDU, Sept 20 (NNN-XINHUA) – The Nepali government spent about one-third of its revenues in repaying loans, in the 2023-24…

ASEAN, Mekong River Commission Committed To Addressing Water Security Challenges

VIENTIANE, Sept 20 (NNN-KPL) – Representatives from member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Mekong River…

World better positioned against mpox than for Covid: vaccine alliance

GENEVA, Sept 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Lessons learned from the Covid pandemic have left the world in a much better position…

ADB Approves 109.5 Million USD In Financing To Kyrgyzstan

MANILA, Sept 19 (NNN-PNA) – The Asian Development Bank (ADB), today said, it has approved 109.5 million U.S. dollars in…

Road Accident Killed Nine In W. Afghanistan

HERAT, Afghanistan, Sept 19 (NNN-ANA) – Nine persons of a family were killed in a deadly road accident, in western…

Over 100 Hospitalised After Food Poisoning In Myanmar’s Nay Pyi Taw

YANGON, Sept 19 (NNN-MNA) – Over 100 individuals in Chaungchar village, in Tatkon township of Nay Pyi Taw, were hospitalised…