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Cambodia Launches Mobile Payment App For Int’l Tourists

PHNOM PENH, Aug 20 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia, yesterday, launched a mobile payment system, to enable tourists to scan and pay…

53 Taken To Hospital For Suspected Heatstroke In Tokyo

TOKYO, Aug 20 (NNN-NHK) – Fifty-three people in Tokyo, suspected of suffering heatstroke were sent to the hospital as of…

Paramilitary Officer Killed In Militant Attack In Indian-Controlled Kashmir

NEW DELHI, Aug 20 (NNN-PTI) – An officer from the paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force, was killed yesterday, in a…

215 Killed In Monsoon Rains In Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Aug 20 (NNN-APP) – At least 215 were killed, in rain-triggered accidents and floods in Pakistan so far, in…

S. Korean Civil Groups Rally Against Joint Military Exercise With U.S.

SEOUL, Aug 20 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korean peace groups, held a protest rally yesterday, against the country’s joint military exercise…

Pakistani PM Directs Strict Measures To Monitor, Control Monkey Pox

ISLAMABAD, Aug 19 (NNN-APP) – In wake of the World Health Organisation’s (WHO’s), declaration of monkey pox a public health…

187 Killed, 333 Injured In Monsoon Rains, Flash Floods In Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Aug 19 (NNN-APP) – Torrential rains and flash floods starting in July, have killed 187 people and injured 333…

Russian volcano erupts triggering ash cloud alert for aircraft amid stronger second earthquake warning

The eruption of the Shiveluch volcano reportedly caused by 7.0-magnitude earthquake on the Kamchatka peninsula MOSCOW, Aug 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) —…

Europe must prepare for more mpox cases: EU health agency

 STOCKHOLM, Aug 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The European Union health agency urged its member states to get ready for more cases…

Bangladesh’s Interim Gov’t Plans National Elections Soon After Reforms

DHAKA, Aug 19 (NNN-BSS) – Chief Adviser to the Bangladeshi interim government, Muhammad Yunus, said, a free, fair and participatory…