Thailand’s Rice Export Up 11.9 Percent In Jan-Aug

BANGKOK, Sept 1 (NNN-TNA) – Thailand’s rice export surged 11.9 percent, year on year, to 5.29 million tonnes as of Aug 29, this year, official data showed yesterday. The country exported rice valued at 2.56 billion U.S. dollars, in the first seven months of this year, an increase of 20.73…

Indonesia To Import Live Cattle From Brazil: Minister

JAKARTA, Sept 1 (NNN-ANTARA) – Indonesia planned to start importing live cattle from Brazil, to meet the rising domestic market demand and stabilise beef prices, Minister of Trade, Zulkifli Hasan, said yesterday. “It will be good for us to add the options of sources to buy live cattle and to…

Brunei’s Economy Needs To Be Resilient To Face Global Challenges: Minister

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Sept 1 (NNN-BBN) – Haji Mohd Amin Liew, Brunei’s Minister at the Prime Minister’s Office and Second Minister of Finance and Economy, emphasised the critical importance of not only diversifying and sustaining Brunei’s economy, but also making it resilient in the face of global economic challenges, it…

Five Injured In Hospital Bomb Blast In Myanmar’s Mandalay

YANGON, Sept 1 (NNN-MNA) – Five people were injured yesterday, in a hospital bomb blast, in Myanmar’s second largest city, Mandalay, the information team of Myanmar’s State Administration Council said. The explosion occurred at around 1:30 p.m. local time yesterday, at a hospital in Mandalay, it said. The information team…

Five Killed After Truck Fell Off Cliff In Central Java

JAKARTA, Aug 31 (NNN-ANTARA) – At least five people reportedly died and more than 20 others injured, after a pickup truck fell off a cliffside, in the Indonesian province of Central Java, last night, a local official said. According to the preliminary investigation report, released today, the truck, which was…

UAE To Send 140 Athletes To Hangzhou Asian Games

DUBAI, Aug 31 (NNN-WAM) – The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will send 140 athletes to the 19th Asian Games, hosted by Hangzhou, China, from Sept 23 to Oct 8. The UAE National Olympic Committee announced yesterday that, its delegation includes 102 male and 38 female athletes. They will compete in…

UNRWA Seeks 15.5 Million USD To Address Emerging Needs In Lebanon’s Palestinian Refugee Camp

BEIRUT, Aug 31 (NNN-NNA) – The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), yesterday said, it is seeking 15.5 million U.S. dollars, to address the emerging needs arising from armed clashes in Ain Al-Helweh Palestinian refugee camp, in southern Lebanon. “Thousands of civilians were forced to flee…

UAE Non-Oil Trade Hits Record High Of 337 Billion USD In H1

DUBAI, Aug 31 (NNN-WAM) – The United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced yesterday, a 14.4 percent year-on-year (YoY) increase, in the country’s non-oil foreign trade in the first half (H1) of this year. The country’s non-oil foreign trade reached a record 1.239 trillion UAE dirhams (about 337 billion U.S. dollars) in…

Indian Police Ban Drones, Hot Air Balloons In Delhi Ahead Of G20 Summit

NEW DELHI, Aug 31 (NNN-PTI) – Indian police have banned flying sub-conventional aerial platforms, including drones and hot air balloons, in the national capital territory (NCT), ahead of the G20 summit scheduled next month, officials said yesterday. The ban that was announced on Tuesday night, will remain in force until…

15 Killed In House Fire In Philippine

MANILA, Aug 31 (NNN-PNA) – Fifteen people were killed in a fire that gutted a house in the Philippine capital region, before dawn today, the Bureau of Fire Protection of the Philippine government said. The bureau said, three others survived the fire that broke out at around 5:30 a.m. local…