Thailand Pushes Forward AI-Driven Transformation To Become Regional Digital Hub

BANGKOK, May 30 (NNN-TNA) – Thailand is pushing forward its national transformation strategy, with a bold vision to become a regional hub for artificial intelligence (AI) and digital innovation, Thai Deputy Prime Minister, Prasert Jantararuangtong, said, yesterday. In a video keynote address, at the Huawei Thailand Digital & AI Summit…

Iran Not To Allow Disruption To Bilateral Ties With Saudi Arabia: FM

TEHRAN, May 30 (NNN-IRNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister, Abbas Araqchi, yesterday reaffirmed Saudi Arabia’s pivotal position, in Tehran’s policy of neighbourliness, pledging to safeguard the “brotherly relations” between the two countries. Amid reports of an Iranian cleric’s detention in Saudi Arabia during Hajj, Araqchi said, he had immediately conferred with…

Early Voting Begins For S. Korea’s Snap Presidential Election

SEOUL, May 29 (NNN-YONHAP) – Early voting began today for South Korea’s snap presidential election scheduled for Jun 3. The early voting, which was adopted in 2013, and first applied to the 2014 local election, will be carried out for two days through Friday. Among 44,391,871 eligible voters, those who…

Three Dead, Seven Injured In Road Crash In Philippine Capital

MANILA, May 29 (NNN-PNA) – Three people have died and seven others were injured, after an 18-wheeled trailer truck plowed into five vehicles, while travelling along a four-lane road, in the Philippine capital, police said, today. Police Lieutenant Colonel, Geoffrey Lim, told reporters that, the crash happened around 11:30 p.m.…

India’s Industrial Production Rose By 2.7 Percent

NEW DELHI, May 29 (NNN-PTI) – India’s index of industrial production (IIP), registered a growth of 2.7 percent during Apr, this year, compared to the same month last year, according to official data, released by the federal Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, yesterday. The IIP in Apr fell from…

Thai PM Proposes 115 Billion USD Budget To Parliament To Boost Economy

BANGKOK, May 29 (NNN-TNA) – Thai Prime Minister, Paetongtarn Shinawatra, yesterday proposed the government’s 3.78 trillion baht (115.66 billion U.S. dollar) budget, for the 2026 fiscal year to parliament, aiming to shore up a sluggish economy, amid global trade tensions. The draft bill projects a 0.7 percent increase in expenditure…

Bangladesh Began Exporting Mangoes To China

DHAKA, May 29 (NNN-BSS) – The first consignment of Bangladeshi fresh mangoes was exported to China yesterday. Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh, Yao Wen, Bangladeshi officials, as well as, representatives of import and export companies from both countries, and representatives of Chinese companies in Bangladesh, attended the event. Yao said that,…

UN Rejects Israeli Claim Of Failure To Pick Up Aid For Gaza

UNITED NATIONS, May 29 (NNN-XINHUA) – A UN spokesman, yesterday, rejected Israel’s claim that the world body has failed to pick up humanitarian supplies for Gaza, at a border crossing. UN humanitarians in Gaza, continue to put their lives at risk, trying to pick up aid from Kerem Shalom/Karem Abu…

Azerbaijan Hosted Trilateral Summit With Turkiye, Pakistan

BAKU, May 29 (NNN-TNA) – President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan, Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and Pakistani Prime Minister, Shehbaz Sharif, convened yesterday, in the Azerbaijani city of Lachin, for a trilateral summit, which coincided with Azerbaijan’s Independence Day, and the inauguration of the Lachin International Airport, AZERTAC news agency…

Israeli Regime Continues To Obstruct Means Of Survival For Gazans: UN

UNITED NATIONS, May 29 (NNN-XINHUA) – The Zionist Israeli military operations continue to dismantle the means of survival for 2.1 million Palestinians, 600 days since the outbreak of the war in Gaza, UN humanitarians said, yesterday. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), said that, dozens of…