UN Court Ordered Israel To Allow Unhindered Aid To Gaza

THE HAGUE, Mac 30 (NNN-XINHUA) – The International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, on Thursday, ordered Israel to do whatever is necessary to ensure that basic aid reaches the Palestinian population in the Gaza Strip. “Israel should take all necessary and effective measures to ensure, without delay, in…

UNRWA Chief Urged Israel To Allow Food Delivery To Gaza Amid Warnings Of Famine

GAZA, Mac 30 (NNN-WAFA) – Philippe Lazzarini, commissioner-general of the UN Relief Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), yesterday, urged Israel to allow the organisation’s food and nutrition convoys reach northern Gaza, and to open additional land crossings to facilitate the delivery of aid, amid international warnings of famine in…

Israeli Airstrikes Yesterday Killed 19 Palestinians In Gaza: Hamas

GAZA, Mac 30 (NNN-WAFA) – At least 19 Palestinians, including a police officer, were killed, in Israeli airstrikes in the east of Gaza City, Hamas-run media office said, yesterday. In a press statement, Hamas said that, the Israeli army killed 10 of its members and two civilians, including a Palestinian…

Feature: How Rainy Tokyo Tackles Floods By Building A “City” Below The City

TOKYO, Mac 30 (NNN-NHK) – RyuQkan is roughly a 30-minute walk from the Minami-Sakurai railway station, in Japan’s eastern Saitama Prefecture. It is a museum, which introduces the Metropolitan Outer Area Underground Discharge Channel, one of the world’s largest underground flood diversion systems. A stair with more than 110 steps…

India’s Forex Reserves Rose Further To 642.631 Billion USD

NEW DELHI, Mac 30 (NNN-PTI) – India’s forex exchange (forex) reserves rose by 139 million U.S. dollars to 642.631 billion dollars, during the week ending on Mac 22, data released by the country’s central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), showed, yesterday. This was the fifth straight week when…

Asia-Pacific’s Prosperity Lies In Peaceful Co-Existence Not Harmful Bloc Politics: Russian Official

KUALA LUMPUR, Mac 30 (NNN-BERNAMA) – Asia-Pacific’s prosperity lies in peaceful co-existence not harmful bloc politics, as championed by some seeking to use the region as part of a confrontational strategy, a Russian official said here, yesterday. Citing the need for close cooperation across the region, to ensure the smooth…

Indonesia’s President-Elect To Visit China

BEIJING, Mac 29 (NNN-XINHUA) – At the invitation of Chinese President, Xi Jinping, President-elect of the Republic of Indonesia, and Great Indonesia Movement Party General Chairman, Prabowo Subianto, will visit China from Mac 31 to Apr 2, Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Hua Chunying, announced today.– NNN-XINHUA

Over Nine Percent Of Mongolia’s Livestock Die In Cold Winter

ULAN BATOR, Mac 29 (NNN-APA) – At least 5.9 million or 9.2 percent of Mongolia’s livestock have died, in this winter’s freezing weather, said the country’s State Emergency Commission, today. Out of the country’s 21 provinces, eastern Sukhbaatar has been the most affected, with a loss of 1.4 million or…

Myanmar Earned Over 690 Million USD From Fishery Exports In Over 11 Months

YANGON, Mac 29 (NNN-MNA) – Myanmar earned 695.023 million U.S. dollars, from the export of fishery products in over 11 months of the fiscal year 2023-24 through March, according to the Ministry of Commerce, today. The income from the export of fishery products between Apr 1 last year and Mac…

17 Injured In S. Korea’s Multi-Vehicle Pileup

SEOUL, Mac 29 (NNN-YONHAP) – Seventeen people were injured this morning, after a multi-vehicle pileup in South Korea. A concrete mixer truck crashed into a one-tonne truck from behind, in north-eastern Seoul, around 9:21 a.m. local time (0021 GMT), leading to a 13-vehicle pileup, including a motorcycle. A total of…