Vietnam Cracks Down On Drug Trafficking Ring, Seizes 220,000 Synthetic Drug Pills

HANOI, Mar 11 (NNN-VNA) – Police of northern Vietnam’s Dien Bien province, arrested four drug smugglers and seized over 220,000 pills of synthetic drugs, weighing about 21.5 kg in total, it was reported yesterday. Two smugglers were caught red-handed, transporting some 180,000 pills or 16.7 kg of drugs, in the…

Indian Gov’t Signs 125-Million-USD Loan Agreement With World Bank

NEW DELHI, Mar 11 (NNN-PTI) – India signed a 125-million U.S. dollar-loan agreement with the World Bank, to support access to social protection services, in the eastern state of West Bengal, officials said yesterday. “The Government of India, the Government of West Bengal and the World Bank, signed a 125-…

Cambodia-EU Trade Up 4.6 Percent Last Year

PHNOM PENH, Mar 11 (NNN-AKP) – Bilateral trade between Cambodia and the European Union (EU) was valued at 4.5 billion euros (4.98 billion U.S. dollars) in 2021, up 4.6 percent from a year earlier, said a joint press release yesterday. Main products Cambodia exported to EU are agricultural products, including…

Philippines Blames Western Countries Over Failing To Keep Climate Financing Promises

MANILA, Mar 11 (NNN-PNA) – The Philippines decided to pursue “practical and localised” projects of climate action, blaming the U.S. and other industrialised nations for failing to keep their promises of climate financing made years ago, its Department of Finance said yesterday. “The Western countries that polluted and continue to…

Iran Says U.S. Not Interested In Reaching “Strong Deal” In Vienna Nuke Talks

TEHRAN, Mar 11 (NNN-IRNA) – A top Iranian security official, yesterday slammed U.S. approach to the ongoing talks in Vienna, on reviving a 2015 nuclear deal, saying, Washington is not willing to reach a “strong deal” that would satisfy both sides. “U.S. approach to Iran’s principled demands, coupled with its…

Iran Calls JCPOA Parties For Immediate “Political Decisions” In Vienna Talks

TEHRAN, Mar 10 (NNN-IRNA) – A senior Iranian diplomat said, it is possible to make a successful conclusion in the Vienna talks, on restoring the 2015 nuclear deal, if relevant parties make the right political decisions immediately, to lift U.S. sanctions, Iranian state-run Press TV reported, yesterday. A successful conclusion…

Aussie Researchers Prove Sharks Too Need Good Night’s Sleep

SYDNEY, Mar 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) – A team of Australian and New Zealand researchers have, for the first time, proven that sharks need a good night’s rest, even with their eyes wide open. The research, published in the Biology Letters yesterday, was able to monitor the metabolic rates and changing posture…

Laos Targets 1.55 Billion USD In Trade Surplus In 2022

VIENTIANE, Mar 10 (NNN-KPL) – The Lao government is aiming for a trade surplus of at least 1.55 billion U.S. dollars in 2022, despite the country’s economic difficulties, triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic. The value of exports is projected to reach 7.6 billion U.S. dollars, while the value of imports…

DPRK To Launch More Reconnaissance Satellites To Space

PYONGYANG, Mar 10 (NNN-KCNA) – Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), said, his country will launch multiple military reconnaissance satellites to space, it was reported today. Kim made the remarks, during a recent inspection of the National Aerospace Development Administration (NADA). The top…

5.1-Magnitude Quake Hits 36 Km SW Of Meulaboh, Indonesia – USGS

HONG KONG, Mar 10 (NNN-XINHUA) – An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1, jolted 36 km SW of Meulaboh, Indonesia, at 04:26:53 GMT early this morning, the U.S. Geological Survey, said. The epicentre, with a depth of 50.44 km, was initially determined to be at 3.8882 degrees north latitude, and…