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New Zealand Pays Tribute To Maori King

WELLINGTON, Sept 5 (NNN-RNZ) – New Zealand paid tribute to the Maori King, as Kiingi Tuheitia Pootatau Te Wherowhero VII,…

Singapore Police Investigate 98 For Illegal Money Lending

SINGAPORE, Sept 5 (NNN-XINHUA) – Singapore police are investigating 98 suspects for unlicensed money lending cases, following an enforcement operation…

Indian Gov’t Forces Killed Nine Naxals In Gunfight

NEW DELHI, Sept 5 (NNN-PTI) – Nine Naxals, including six women carders, were killed, in a fierce gunfight with government…

UN Allocates Four Million USD For Flood-Hit Bangladesh

UNITED NATIONS, Sept 5 (NNN-BSS) – The United Nations has allocated four million U.S. dollars from its Central Emergency Response…

Japanese Gov’t Ministry Budget Requests For FY 2025 Hit Record 117 Trillion Yen

TOKYO, Sept 5 (NNN-NHK) – Budget requests from Japanese government ministries and agencies, for fiscal 2025 totalled 117.61 trillion yen…

Indonesia Targets Two Million Tonnes Of Rice Reserves By Dec Amid Production Concerns

JAKARTA, Sept 5 (NNN-ANTARA) – Indonesia aims to have rice reserves of two million tonnes by the end of Dec,…

Egypt’s 1st Int’l Airshow Kicked Off With China’s Homegrown Plane On Solo Display

CAIRO, Sept 4 (NNN-MENA) – The first edition of the Egypt International Airshow, kicked off yesterday, at a northern airport…

Sri Lankan Gov’t Cancels Crop Loans

COLOMBO, Sept 4 (NNN-XINHUA) – The Sri Lankan government, announced an immediate cancellation of all crop loans taken by farmers,…

Mongooses Eradicated On Japan’s World Heritage Island: Gov’t

TOKYO, Sept 4 (NNN-NHK) – Japan’s Environment Ministry, yesterday, declared that non-native mongooses have been eradicated from Amami-Oshima Island, a…

Laos, Cambodia To Strengthen Anti-Corruption Cooperation

VIENTIANE, Sept 4 (NNN-KPL) – Officials from the State Inspection Authority of Laos, and Cambodia’s Anti-Corruption Unit, gathered in the…