At Least 25 More Palestinians Killed In Israeli Airstrike On School In S. Gaza: Sources

GAZA, Jul 10 (NNN-WAFA) – At least 25 more Palestinians were killed and some others wounded, in an Israeli airstrike targeting a school, in the city of Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, Palestinian sources said yesterday. Security sources said that, Israeli aircraft targeted the gate of the Al-Awda…

Schools Shut, University Exams Postponed In Mumbai Amid Heavy Rains

NEW DELHI, Jul 9 (NNN-PTI) – Schools and other educational institutions in and around India’s financial capital, Mumbai, were closed, and university examinations were postponed today, in view of heavy rains over the past 20 hours, throwing normal life out of gear. Trains and flights services were also hit adversely.…

King Urges Public To Plant Trees To Make Green Cambodia

PHNOM PENH, Jul 9 (NNN-AKP) – King Norodom Sihamoni, today, called on all people to plant trees, in order to turn Cambodia into a green kingdom. The monarch made the appeal in a speech, on the occasion of the 29th National Arbour Day, held in Tram Kak district’s Khnar village,…

Female Student Dies From Diphtheria In Vietnam’s Central Region

HANOI, Jul 9 (NNN-VNA) – An 18-year-old female student has died from diphtheria, in Vietnam’s central province of Nghe An, local media reported today. Among seven students who shared the dormitory rooms with the deceased, two reportedly travelled to Bac Giang province. One of them then tested positive for diphtheria.…

Cambodia Earns Over 247 Million USD From Milled Rice Export In H1 2024

PHNOM PENH, Jul 9 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia exported a total of 338,654 tonnes of milled rice in the first half of 2024, earning a total of 247.6 million U.S. dollars, Cambodia Rice Federation said, in a news release today. Some 51 companies had shipped milled rice to 63 countries and…

19 People Injured In Accidental Blast In Southern Philippines

MANILA, Jul 9 (NNN-PNA) – At least 19 people, including soldiers, police, and firefighters, were injured, after a massive pile of recovered firecrackers and pyrotechnics exploded near a marine camp in Zamboanga City, in the southern Philippines yesterday afternoon, police said. Police Lieutenant Colonel, Helen Galvez, the regional police command…

South Asia Regional Consultation On Sustainable Food Systems Began In Bangladesh

DHAKA, Jul 9 (NNN-BSS) – A three-day South Asia regional seminar titled: “Expert Consultation Meeting on Accelerating Transformation Process for Sustainable and Nutrition Sensitive Food Systems in South Asia,” kicked off here yesterday. South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation Agriculture Centre, in collaboration with Welthungerhilfe, organised the event, held from…

Man Charged With Domestic Violence-Related Murder After Woman Dies In Sydney Stabbing

SYDNEY, Jul 9 (NNN-AAP) – Australian police announced today that, a male offender has been charged, after a domestic violence-related stabbing killed a woman in Sydney’s west. The incident unfolded at approximately 1:40 p.m. local time yesterday, when emergency services were called to a home on the Great Western Highway…

Update: 46 Missing Following Landslides, Flash Floods In Indonesia’s Gorontalo Province

JAKARTA, Jul 9 (NNN-ANTARA) – A senior rescuer said yesterday that, 46 people went missing, following landslides and flash floods at a gold mine in Indonesia’s Gorontalo province. Heriyanto, head of the provincial search and rescue office, reported an increase in the number of residents declaring their family members missing,…

Revenues Of Egypt’s Suez Canal Drop By 57.2 Percent Due To Red Sea Tension: Central Bank

CAIRO, Jul 9 (NNN-MENA) – The Suez Canal transit receipts decreased by 57.2 percent, to register 959.3 million U.S. dollars, in the first quarter of this year, according to a statement released yesterday, by the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE). The statement said, the Suez Canal transit receipts decreased by…