Japan Parliament To Elect New Prime Minister On Oct 21

TOKYO, Oct 17 (NNN-NHK) – Japan’s ruling and opposition parties, agreed today, to elect a new prime minister, to replace Shigeru Ishiba on Oct 21, local media reported. The ruling Liberal Democratic Party and the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, agreed to hold the parliamentary vote to pick…

Five Hospitalised Following Chemical Leaks At Post Offices In North-East Australia

SYDNEY, Oct 17 (NNN-AAP) – Five people have been hospitalised, after being exposed to an unidentified chemical, at two post offices, in the north-eastern Australian state of Queensland, today. Emergency services were called to reports of fumes and an odour, at an Australia Post location, in the rural town of…

Five Injured In S. Korea’s Hydrogen Pipeline Explosion

SEOUL, Oct 17 (NNN-YONHAP) – Five workers were injured today, from a hydrogen pipeline explosion, at a refinery plant in south-eastern South Korea, according to local broadcaster YTN. The pipeline explosion occurred at the plant of local refiner SK Energy in Ulsan, around 300 km south-east of Seoul, at about…

Urgent: Mongolian Parliament Passes Resolution To Dismiss PM

ULAN BATOR, Oct 17 (NNN-APA) – The Mongolian parliament, today passed a resolution, to dismiss Prime Minister, Gombojav Zandanshatar.– NNN-APA  

Toddler In Western Cambodia Becomes 16th Victim Of Bird Flu This Year

PHNOM PENH, Oct 17 (NNN-AKP) – A three-year-old girl from western Cambodia’s Kampong Speu province, has been confirmed for H5N1 human avian influenza, raising the number of cases to 16 so far, this year, the Ministry of Health said in a statement late yesterday. A laboratory result from the National…

Hot Spring Worker Missing In Suspected Bear Attack In North-Eastern Japan

TOKYO, Oct 17 (NNN-NHK) – A worker at a hot spring facility, in the north-eastern Japan prefecture of Iwate, has gone missing, following a suspected bear attack, local media reported. At around 11:15 a.m. local time yesterday, the Iwate prefectural police were alerted by the facility, located in Waga district,…

Cambodia To Repatriate 59 South Korean Nationals: National Police

PHNOM PENH, Oct 17 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia’s National Police, said yesterday that, the kingdom will repatriate 59 South Korean nationals, including four women, to their country, today. “They have been rescued by the Cambodian authorities, or been arrested for various crimes,” the National Police said in a press release, adding…

Tajik Investment Forum Concludes With Agreements Worth 4.1 Billion USD

DUSHANBE, Oct 17 (NNN-KNA) – A total of 52 cooperation agreements worth 4.1 billion U.S. dollars were signed, following the “Dushanbe Invest 2025” International Investment Forum, the Asia-Plus News Agency reported, yesterday, citing Tajikistan’s State Committee on Investments and State Property Management. The agreements include five deals worth 2.5 billion…

Zionist Israeli Airstrikes Killed One, Wounded Seven In Southern Lebanon: Health Authorities

BEIRUT, Oct 17 (NNN-NNA) – One person was killed and seven others were wounded yesterday, in a series of Zionist Israeli airstrikes on Hezbollah positions in southern Lebanon, the Health Ministry’s Emergency Operations Centre said. The centre said in a statement that, one person was killed in the eastern town…

Cambodia, South Korea Discuss Joint Efforts To Combat Online Scams

PHNOM PENH, Oct 17 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodian Prime Minister, Hun Manet, said yesterday that, he met here with South Korea’s second vice minister of foreign affairs, Kim Jina, discussing joint efforts to combat online scams. In a post on his official social media platforms, Hun Manet said, cooperation between the…