Asia

Thai Finance Minister Resigns After 20 Days In Office

BANGKOK, Sept 2 (NNN-TNA) – Thailand’s Finance Minister, Pridi Daochai, resigned on Tuesday, after performing his duty for only 20…

Vietnam Records No New COVID-19 Cases, Total Remaining At 1,044

HANOI, Sept 2 (NNN-VNA) – Vietnam reported no new cases of COVID-19 infection on Tuesday, with its total confirmed cases…

Int’l Air Service Resumes In Nepal After Five-Month Halt

KATHMANDU, Sept 2 (NNN-NEPALNEWS) – The international air service in Nepal has resumed, after more than five months of shut-down.…

Australia In Recession For 1st Time In Nearly 30 Years

CANBERRA, Sept 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Australian Gross Domestic Product, fell 7.0 percent in the June quarter, the largest quarterly fall…

DPRK Takes Measures To Minimise Typhoon Damage

PYONGYANG, Sept 2 (NNN-KCNA) – With Typhoon Maysak approaching the Korean Peninsula later this week, the Democratic People’s Republic of…

US vetoes foreign fighters resolution at UN over repatriation: diplomats

UNITED NATIONS, Sept 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States has vetoed a UN resolution on the fate of foreign fighters…

Thai Central Bank Warns 2nd Wave Of COVID-19 To Delay Economic Recovery

BANGKOK, Sept 2 (NNN-TNA) – With surging COVID-19 cases in neighbouring Myanmar, the Bank of Thailand (BoT) warned that, the…

Japan Confirms 633 New COVID-19 Cases, Cumulative Infections Top 69,000

TOKYO, Sept 2 (NNN-NHK) – Japan reported 633 new daily COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, bringing the nation’s cumulative tally to…

Unemployment Rate Nears 10 Percent In Urban India

NEW DELHI, Sept 2 (NNN-UNI) – The rate of unemployment in urban India rose to 9.83 percent in Aug, from…

Thailand To Run Trams In Northeast Province

BANGKOK, Sept 2 (NNN-TNA) – The government of Thailand’s northeastern Nakhon Ratchasima province, said, it will have trams running in…