Cambodia’s Bicycle Export Down 43 Percent In Q1

PHNOM PENH, Apr 16 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia’s bicycle export fell 43 percent year on year, in the first quarter of 2024, said a General Department of Customs and Excise’s report, today. The country exported bicycles, including electric bicycles, worth 96.9 million U.S. dollars, during the Jan-Mar period this year, a…

Death Toll In Indonesia’s South Sulawesi Landslides Rises To 20

JAKARTA, Apr 16 (NNN-ANTARA) – Search and rescue team has found two more bodies, in landslides in Tana Toraja in South Sulawesi, bringing the death toll to 20, the National Disaster Management Agency said today. High-intensity rain triggered landslides on unstable ground in Lembang Randan Batu and Manggau villages, at…

Malaysia Sets Up Energy Exchange For Cross-Border Green Electricity Sales

KUALA LUMPUR, Apr 16 (NNN-BERNAMA) – The Malaysian government agreed to establish Energy Exchange Malaysia (ENEGEM), for cross-border green electricity sales to neighbouring countries. The Ministry of Energy Transition and Water Transformation (Petra), said in a statement yesterday that, the move is in line with Malaysia’s energy transition aspiration and…

Two Palestinians Killed By Israeli Settlers In West Bank: Palestinian Health Ministry

RAMALLAH, Apr 16 (NNN-WAFA) – At least two Palestinian men were killed by Israeli settlers’ gunfire, south of Nablus city in the West Bank, the Palestinian Ministry of Health, said, yesterday. The ministry said in a press statement that, the two killed were Abdulrahman Maher Bani Fadel, 30, and Mohammed…

39 Killed In Rain-Triggered Accidents In Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Apr 16 (NNN-APP) – Thirty-nine people were killed in rain-related accidents across Pakistan, over the last three days, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), said, yesterday. The country’s east Punjab had been worst-hit in the ongoing rain spell, with 21 fatalities in separate lightning incidents, the NDMA said in…

Flags At Half-Mast, Sydney Opera House Lit Up In Tribute To Victims Of Shopping Centre Attack

SYDNEY, Apr 16 (NNN-AAP) – Yesterday, flags across Australia flew at half-mast, and the iconic Sydney Opera House was illuminated with a black ribbon on its sails, as a tribute to the victims, after a mass stabbing killed six people and injured many others, at the Westfield Bondi Junction Shopping…

TEPCO Started Loading Nuclear Fuel Into Idle Reactor In Central Japan

TOKYO, Apr 16 (NNN-NHK) – Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), yesterday started loading nuclear fuel into a reactor at an idle plant, in the central Japanese prefecture of Niigata, amid the country’s continuous efforts to accelerate the restart of nuclear reactors. TEPCO said, it started work to carry fuel assemblies…

Turkish Forces “Neutralised” 12 PKK Militants In N. Iraq

ANKARA, Apr 16 (NNN-TRT) – Turkish forces have “neutralised” 12 members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), in a cross-border operation in northern Iraq, the Turkish Defence Ministry said, yesterday. Twelve PKK terrorists were neutralised in an air operation in the Hakhurk region of northern Iraq, the ministry said…

Singapore’s Lee Hsien Loong To Relinquish Office

SINGAPORE, Apr 16 (NNN-XINHUA) – Singapore Prime Minister, Lee Hsien Loong, said, he will relinquish the office on May 15, according to a statement issued by the Prime Minister’s Office, yesterday. Lee will formally advise the country’s president, to appoint Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, Lawrence Wong, to…

Palestinian Death Toll In Gaza Rises To 33,729: Ministry

GAZA, Apr 15 (NNN-WAFA) – The Palestinian death toll in the Gaza Strip from ongoing Israeli attacks has risen to 33,729, the Health Ministry said, yesterday. In a press statement, the ministry said that, the Israeli army killed 43 Palestinians and wounded 62 others during the past 24 hours, bringing…