Chinese Construction Giant Wins Major Development Contract In Saudi Arabia

RIYADH, Jul 12 (NNN-SPA) – China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC), a Chinese state-owned construction giant, secured a major contract in Saudi Arabia. The company is one of the two companies awarded a contract worth more than two billion U.S. dollars, to build a new mixed-use district north of Diriyah,…

11 Dead, Six Hurt In Northern Philippines Road Crash

MANILA, Jul 11 (NNN-PNA) – A passenger bus collided with a pickup truck, along a highway in Cagayan province, in the northern Philippines early today, killing at least 11 people and injuring six others, police said. Police Major, Antonio Palattao, the police chief of Abulug town, in which the accident…

Philippines Raises Quake Magnitude To 7.1 From 6.5

MANILA, Jul 11 (NNN-PNA) – The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, revised the magnitude of the offshore earthquake that rattled Sultan Kudarat province, in the southern Philippines this morning, from 6.5 to 7.1 The institute initially reported the earthquake, which occurred at 10:13 a.m. local time, as magnitude 6.5.…

Four Security Personnel, Three Terrorists Killed In Clash In NW Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Jul 11 (NNN-APP) – Four security personnel and three terrorists were killed in a clash, in Pakistan’s north-west Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, an army statement said. The Inter Service Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of the Pakistani military, said yesterday that, the security forces conducted an intelligence-based operation in…

22 Killed In Rain-Related Incidents In Uttar Pradesh

NEW DELHI, Jul 11 (NNN-PTI) – At least 22 people were killed in rain-related incidents during the past 24 hours, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, officials said today. According to relief department officials, the incessant rains have pushed up water levels in the rivers and inundated over…

Emerald Fair Held In Afghanistan’s Panjshir

BAZARAK, Afghanistan, Jul 11 (NNN-ANA) – A fair of emerald and its products, opened in Afghanistan’s Panjshir province yesterday, with the aim of promoting investment in the mining sector, spokesman for the Ministry of Mines and Petroleum, Hamayon Afghan, said. The official said, the three-day fair is expected to attract…

Vietnam Records Fastest Growing Number Of Millionaires: Report

HANOI, Jul 11 (NNN-VNA) – The number of millionaires in Vietnam virtually doubled between 2013 and 2023, at the fastest rate globally, to 19,400, VnExpress reported yesterday, citing a new report by British investment migration consultancy, Henley & Partners. Meanwhile, the country has 58 centi-millionaires (those with 100 million U.S.…

Police Officer, Five Criminal Suspects Killed In Southern Philippine Clash

MANILA, Jul 11 (NNN-PNA) – Philippine police clashed with suspected criminals in Cotabato province, in the southern Philippines yesterday, with at least six people killed, including a police officer, and six other police officers injured, local police said. Jennefer Amotan, police chief of the Aleosan town, said, the firefight happened…

Okinawa Assembly Protests Alleged Sexual Assaults By U.S. Troops

TOKYO, Jul 11 (NNN-NHK) – The assembly of Japan’s southernmost prefecture, Okinawa, yesterday, unanimously passed a resolution and a statement, protesting a series of recent sexual crime cases involving U.S. troops stationed in the prefecture. In the resolution, addressed to the United States, including U.S. Ambassador to Japan, Rahm Emanuel,…

Cambodia’s Angkor Botanical Garden Wins Travellers’ Choice Awards 2024

PHNOM PENH, Jul 11 (NNN-AKP) – The Angkor Botanical Garden, in north-west Cambodia’s famed Angkor Archaeological Park, has won TripAdvisor Travellers’ Choice Awards 2024, the APSARA National Authority (ANA) said, in a news release yesterday. The ANA is the government agency responsible for managing, safeguarding and preserving the Angkor Archaeological…