Digital Art Museum Opens In Saudi Arabia

RIYADH, Apr 29 (NNN-SPA) – A digital art museum, featuring immersive experiences, opened in the Red Sea coastal city of Jeddah, in Saudi Arabia, yesterday. The museum, launched by the Tokyo-based art collective teamLab, comprises over 50 artworks, spreading across its expansive and labyrinthine spaces, including “Borderless World,” “Athletics Forest”…

Israeli PM’s Family Receives Second Death Threat This Week

JERUSALEM, Apr 29 (NNN-PNA) – The family of Israeli Prime Minister, Naftali Bennett, received another death threat letter with a live bullet, in a mail, the police said yesterday. The police said in a statement that, an investigation was launched and their “Lahav 433” special unit and the internal security…

China, Tunisia Sign New Agreements On Health Care Cooperation

TUNIS, Apr 29 (NNN-TAP) – China yesterday signed with Tunisia, two agreements on continuing to dispatch Chinese medical teams to Tunisia, and equipping a China-built hospital in south-eastern Tunisia’s Sfax Province. The two deals were signed at the headquarters of the Tunisian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, between Tunisian Minister of…

Gov’t Agency Expects Nepal’s Economy To Grow By 5.84 Percent

KATHMANDU, Apr 29 (NNN-XINHUA) – Nepal’s economy is projected to grow 5.84 percent, in the current 2021-22 fiscal year, ending in mid-July, the country’s Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) said yesterday. Officials from the agency said that, the vaccination rate against COVID-19 has motivated the general public to operate as…

Traders Eye Speeding China-Myanmar Border Trade After RMB Accounts Allowed In Private Banks

YANGON, Apr 29 (NNN-MNA) – Myanmar traders hoped that the Chinese currency, renminbi (RMB) accounts, in four private banks would accelerate border trade. “Allowing private banks authorised to offer RMB accounts is good for merchants, and the use of RMB will increase border trade with China,” said U Min Thien,…

At Least Nine Killed In Twin Blasts In Afghanistan

MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan, Apr 29 (NNN-ANA) – At least nine civilians were killed and 13 others wounded, in twin blasts yesterday in Mazar-i-Sharif, capital of Afghanistan’s northern Balkh province, provincial police spokesman confirmed. “The blasts occurred in a span of short time, roughly at 7:00 p.m. local time in Police Districts…

India Reports 3,303 New COVID-19 Cases

NEW DELHI, Apr 28 (NNN-PTI) – India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 43,068,799 today, as 3,303 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country, showed the health ministry’s latest data. This is the first day when the number of new cases breached the 3,000-mark, after lying low…

S.Korea Reports 57,464 New COVID-19 Cases

SEOUL, Apr 28 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea reported 57,464 more COVID-19 cases as of midnight, compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 17,144,065, the health authorities said today. The daily caseload was down from 76,787 the previous day and lower than 90,852 tallied a week…

Japan’s Industrial Output Grows Record 5.8 Percent In FY 2021

TOKYO, Apr 28 (NNN-NHK) – Japan’s industrial production in the fiscal year 2021, grew at a record 5.8 percent, after being hit by the downside effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the government said in a report today. According to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), from Apr, 2021,…

Samsung Electronics’ Revenue Hits Record High In Q1

SEOUL, Apr 28 (NNN-YONHAP) – Samsung Electronics, South Korea’s tech behemoth, recorded its highest revenue in the first quarter, the company said today. Consolidated revenue advanced 19 percent from a year earlier to 77.78 trillion won (61.1 billion U.S. dollars) in the Jan-Mar quarter. Samsung’s revenue kept a record-breaking trend…