Thailand’s Export Growth Eases In Apr

BANGKOK, May 27 (NNN-TNA) – Thailand’s exports, a key driver of the country’s economic growth, climbed 9.9 percent year on year, in Apr, data showed yesterday. The growth, below market expectation of 14.6 percent, moderated from a rise of 19.5 percent, registered in March, according to data released by the…

India’s Central Bank To Opt For “Graded Approach” Towards Proposed Digital Currency

MUMBAI, May 28 (NNN-PTI) – India’s central bank, yesterday said, it will be opting for a “graded approach” towards introducing its digital currency. In its annual report released yesterday, the Reserve Bank of India said, the design of the central digital coin needed to be in line with the objectives…

Malaysia Reports 1,877 New COVID-19 Infections, Two More Deaths

KUALA LUMPUR, May 28 (NNN-BERNAMA) – Malaysia reported 1,877 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight, bringing the national total to 4,500,934, according to the health ministry. There are four new imported cases, with 1,873 being local transmissions, data released on the ministry’s website showed. Two more deaths have been reported,…

India Records 2,685 New COVID-19 Cases, 33 More Deaths

NEW DELHI, May 28 (NNN-PTI) – India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 43,150,215 today, including 2,685 new cases registered during the past 24 hours across the country, showed the federal health ministry’s latest data. Besides, 33 deaths from the pandemic registered across the country since yesterday morning took the total death…

Nepal To Cut Taxes On Petroleum Products

KATHMANDU, May 28 (NNN-XINHUA) – The Nepali government has decided to cut taxes on petroleum products, due to rising costs of fuels, a minister announced yesterday. Addressing the House of Representatives, Dilendra Prasad Badu, minister for industry, commerce and supplies, said, a cabinet meeting last Monday, endorsed a proposal of…

Pregnant Sumatran Elephant Found Dead Of Suspected Poisoning In Indonesia

JAKARTA, May 28 (NNN-ANTARA) – A pregnant Sumatran elephant was found dead, of suspected poisoning, in an oil palm plantation area in Riau Province of Indonesia, said the Riau Natural Resources Conservation Centre (BKSDA) yesterday. Acting Head of the Riau BKSDA, Fifin Arfiana Jogasara, said, the 25-year-old elephant was found…

Turkey, UAE Pledge To Boost Cooperation, Sign Trade Agreement

ISTANBUL, May 28 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkey and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), pledged yesterday, to boost their cooperation in a wide range of fields, by increasing mutual investment opportunities. “We are working with all our institutions to improve our relations in a broad spectrum, from trade to agriculture, from the…

Feature: Turkish Supermarket Deserted Amid Ever-Increasing Food Prices

by Zeynep Cermen ISTANBUL, May 28 (NNN-XINHUA) – A supermarket in Istanbul, once thronged with shoppers for a great variety of goods, is now completely desolated as inflation drove the prices out of reach. The store was almost empty at noon yesterday. A few shoppers checked the latest price tags…

Palestinian Boy Killed, More Than 90 Injured In Clashes With Israeli Soldiers In West Bank

RAMALLAH, May 28 (NNN-WAFA) – A Palestinian teenager was killed and more than 90 others injured yesterday, in clashes with Israeli soldiers in the West Bank, Palestinian medics and eyewitnesses said. The Palestinian Health Ministry said in a statement that, Zeid Ghuneim, 15, was killed, after he was shot by…

Seven Killed In Traffic Accident In NE Egypt

CAIRO, May 28 (NNN-MENA) – Seven people were killed yesterday, after a minibus and a private car collided on the Ismailia-Suez desert road, in north-eastern Egypt, state-run Ahram newspaper reported. The collision resulted in the explosion of an oxygen cylinder inside the private car, and a gas cylinder in the…