Cambodia Reported One More Case Of Monkeypox

PHNOM PENH, Jan 24 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia reported one more case of monkeypox, bringing the total number of infections to four, since last Dec, the Ministry of Health said in a statement. “Laboratory results from the National Institute of Public Health showed yesterday that, another man was tested positive for…

New Zealand To Deploy Defence Team To Safeguard Red Sea Shipping

WELLINGTON, Jan 24 (NNN-RNZ) – The New Zealand government decided yesterday, to send a small defence team to the Middle East, to safeguard Red Sea shipping, but the opposition party said, the deployment will further inflame tensions in the region. New Zealand is deploying a six-member New Zealand Defence Force…

Japan’s LDP Faction Previously Led By Kishida Officially Breaks Up Amid Scandal

TOKYO, Jan 24 (NNN-NHK) – Japan’s main ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)’s faction, previously led by Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida, officially announced its dissolution yesterday, amid an ongoing political funds scandal, local media reported. Chief Cabinet Secretary, Yoshimasa Hayashi, the faction’s chair, said in a message to the faction’s extraordinary…

Sri Lanka’s Central Bank Predicts Inflation Rise This Month

COLOMBO, Jan 24 (NNN-XINHUA) – Sri Lanka’s inflation could rise to over seven percent in January, the country’s central bank governor, Nandalal Weerasinghe, said yesterday. Addressing a press conference on the first monetary policy review of 2024, he said, the increase in the value added tax (VAT), and the increased…

Cambodian Archaeologists Plan To Restore Ancient Pond At Bayon Temple In Famed Angkor Park

PHNOM PENH, Jan 24 (NNN-AKP) – Archeologists from the APSARA National Authority (ANA), planned to restore an ancient pond at the centuries-old Bayon Temple, in north-west Cambodia’s famed Angkor Archaeological Park, said an ANA’s news release, yesterday. The experts are currently conducting an excavation in the south-eastern part of the…

UN Chief Warns Of Spillover Of War In Gaza

UNITED NATIONS, Jan 24 (NNN-XINHUA) – UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, yesterday, warned of the spillover risks of the war in Gaza. War and misery in Gaza are fuelling turmoil far beyond, he told a high-level open debate of the Security Council on the Middle East, including the Palestinian question. “We…

6.3-Magnitude Quake Hit Vanuatu

SUVA, Jan 24 (NNN-PINA) – An earthquake, with a magnitude of 6.3, jolted 43 km SW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu, at 1:33, local time, early this morning, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said. There were no immediate reports of casualty or damage. The epicentre, with a depth of 37.2 km, was…

ASEAN Tourism Forum 2024 Kicks Off In Laos

VIENTIANE, Jan 24 (NNN-KPL) – The ASEAN (the Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Tourism Forum 2024 (ATF), takes place in the Lao capital, Vientiane from Jan 22 to 27. Themed “Quality and Responsible Tourism – Sustaining ASEAN Future,” the forum aims to strengthen collaboration in further improving ASEAN tourism products,…

Iran’s Army Received New Homegrown Drones

TEHRAN, Jan 24 (NNN-IRNA) – The Iranian army received a large number of domestically developed reconnaissance and combat drones, in a ceremony yesterday. The ceremony was attended by Iranian Army’s Chief Commander, Abdolrahim Mousavi and Defence Minister, Mohammad-Reza Ashtiani, according to a statement published on the army’s public relations website.…

Mongolians Take Measures To Protect Wildlife From Harsh Winter

ULAN BATOR, Jan 23 (NNN-APA) – Mongolians are taking measures, to help wild animals survive the extreme wintry weather, the country’s Ministry of Environment and Tourism said, today. For example, a state-owned coal mining company, Erdenes Tavantolgoi, has recently placed a hundred bales of hay in Khanginakhiin Khad, in the…