Asia

Typhoon Hagibis Likely To Disrupt Major Transport Networks In Japan Over Weekend

TOKYO, Oct 11 (NNN-XINHUA) – A powerful typhoon, expected to hit Japan this weekend, is likely to cause major disruption…

Xi Meets Pakistani PM, Calls For Forging Closer Community Of Shared Future

BEIJING, Oct 10 (NNN-XINHUA) – Chinese President, Xi Jinping met with Pakistani Prime Minister, Imran Khan, vowing to work jointly…

Chinese Panda Dies From Heart Failure: Thailand’s Chiang Mai Zoo

BANGKOK, Oct 10 (NNN-TNA) – Thailand’s Chiang Mai Zoo, where celebrity panda, Chuang Chuang, lived and died, announced that, the…

5.5-Magnitude Quake Hits Off North Island Of New Zealand

NEW YORK, Oct 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) – A 5.5-magnitude earthquake, jolted east of the North Island of New Zealand, at 20:22…

Bangladesh Rank Slips On WEF’s Global Competitiveness Index To 105th Place

DHAKA, Oct 10 (NNN-BSS) – Bangladesh slipped two positions to rank 105th, out of 141 surveyed economies, in the 2019…

China’s GX Foundation Signs MoU To Help Eliminate Cataract Blindness In Cambodia

PHNOM PENH, Oct 9 (NNN-AKP) – China’s GX Foundation, signed here, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), to help eliminate cataract…

Militants Blow Up Power Pylon In E. Afghan, Leaving Kabul In Darkness

KABUL, Oct 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Anti-government militants blew up power pylon in Salang district of Afghanistan’s eastern Parwan province, and…

Coach Overturn Kills One, Injures Four In Vietnam

HANOI, Oct 9 (NNN-VNA) – A sleeping coach, carrying some 20 passengers, overturned in Vietnam’s central Ha Tinh province, early…

Thailand To Host RCEP Ministerial Meeting

BANGKOK, Oct 9 (NNN-TNA) – Thailand will host a ministerial meeting on the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) on Saturday,…

Cambodia’s DPM: Asean’s environmental issues, a regional issue

SIEM REAP, Cambodia, Oct 9 (NNN-XINHUA) — Environment ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) met here on Tuesday…