Tunis Int’l Book Fair Opened With China As Guest Of Honour

TUNIS, Apr 26 (NNN-TAP) – The 39th Tunis International Book Fair, kicked off here yesterday, with China as the guest of honour, presenting a diverse collection of Chinese publications. The Chinese pavilion offers a curated selection of books that showcase China’s rich traditional culture, and important translations that highlight China-Africa…

Chinese FM Met With Tajik Counterpart

ALMATY, Apr 26 (NNN-XINHUA) – Wang Yi, member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs, met with his Tajik counterpart, Sirojiddin Muhriddin, here yesterday. Wang stated that, in July last year, President Xi Jinping paid a milestone state visit to…

Poll Shows Less Support For Australian Opposition Ahead Of Elections

CANBERRA, Apr 26 (NNN-AAP) – Australian Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, and his governing Labour Party, have increased their opinion poll lead over the opposition with eight days to go until the general elections. According to a new poll, conducted by the Australian branch of UK market research firm YouGov, Labour…

China-Funded Workshop Held In Myanmar To Enhance Sustainable Mangrove Conservation

YANGON, Apr 26 (NNN-MNA) – A workshop on enhancing blue ocean and coastal ecosystems, through sustainable mangrove conservation was held in Yangon, Myanmar, yesterday. Funded by CITIC Myanmar, the workshop was jointly organised by Kunming Zhi Gen Social Work Development Centre (KMZG), Myanmar Environmental Rehabilitation-conservation Network (MERN), Mangrove Service Network…

Reactions Mixed As Turkish Textile Firms Shift Production Abroad Amid Rising Costs

ANKARA, Apr 26 (NNN-TRT) – Textile companies in Türkiye have been relocating some production abroad, amid rising costs and growing global competition, a trend that has triggered mixed reactions from industry insiders. While some have called the shift a strategic realignment, rather than a wholesale decline for the textile sector,…

Four Dead In Car Crash In Central Japan

TOKYO, Apr 25 (NNN-NHK) – Four automobile mechanic trainees were killed, after their car crashed into a water gate, on a river in central Japan yesterday, local media reported. At around 12:35 p.m. local time, the passenger vehicle, driven by Ryosei Ikeda, 20, skidded off the road on the Tenryu…

Police Aircraft Crashed In Thailand, Killing Six

BANGKOK, Apr 25 (NNN-TNA) – A small police plane crashed near the shore of Thailand’s resort town of Hua Hin, Phetchaburi province, this morning, killing six people, the Thai police said. The Thai national police said, on its social media page that, the aircraft of the police aviation division crashed…

Japanese Staged Rallies Against Sexual Assaults By U.S. Servicemen

TOKYO, Apr 25 (NNN-NHK) – Rallies were staged in the southernmost Japanese prefecture of Okinawa, as well as, in Tokyo yesterday, to protest against sexual assaults on girls and women by U.S. servicemen stationed in the Okinawa prefecture. The protests came as Okinawa prefectural police said Wednesday that, they have…

Indonesia Aims To Sell 100,000 Electric Vehicles By End Of Year

JAKARTA, Apr 25 (NNN-ANTARA) – The Indonesian government is targeting a total sale of electric vehicles (EVs) at 100,000, by the end of 2025, as EV adoption continued to rise in the country. From Jan to mid-Apr this year, electric car sales have already exceeded 16,000 units, according to Rachmat…

All Four Giant Pandas At Western Japan Park To Return To China In June

TOKYO, Apr 25 (NNN-NHK) – All four giant pandas on loan to a theme park in the western Japanese prefecture of Wakayama, will return to China around late June, ahead of the expiration of their lease agreement, the park’s operator said, yesterday. Adventure World amusement park in Shirahama, Wakayama prefecture,…