Kazakhstan Developing Seven National Standards In AI Field

ASTANA, Oct 18 (NNN-KTA) – Kazakhstan is developing seven national standards, in the field of artificial intelligence (AI), the official Kazinform news agency reported, yesterday. At a regional meeting, Zhanna Yesenbekova, chair of the Committee for Technical Regulation and Metrology, under the country’s Ministry of Trade and Integration, said that,…

Mongolian Parliament Passed Resolution To Dismiss PM

ULAN BATOR, Oct 18 (NNN-APA) – The Mongolian parliament, yesterday passed a resolution, to dismiss Prime Minister, Gombojav Zandanshatar. The draft resolution was approved by a vote of 64 percent, in the country’s 126-seat parliament, or the State Great Khural. Based on the results of the vote, Zandanshatar was dismissed,…

Colombo On Alert As City Council Activates Disaster Response Amid Heavy Rain Forecast

COLOMBO, Oct 17 (NNN-LNW) – Colombo Municipal Council (CMC), has placed its disaster management and emergency response units on full standby, from yesterday to Oct 28, following forecasts of heavy rainfall and possible thunderstorms across Colombo and nearby areas. The CMC added that, emergency measures are in place to provide…

Japan Parliament To Elect New Prime Minister On Oct 21

TOKYO, Oct 17 (NNN-NHK) – Japan’s ruling and opposition parties, agreed today, to elect a new prime minister, to replace Shigeru Ishiba on Oct 21, local media reported. The ruling Liberal Democratic Party and the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, agreed to hold the parliamentary vote to pick…

Five Hospitalised Following Chemical Leaks At Post Offices In North-East Australia

SYDNEY, Oct 17 (NNN-AAP) – Five people have been hospitalised, after being exposed to an unidentified chemical, at two post offices, in the north-eastern Australian state of Queensland, today. Emergency services were called to reports of fumes and an odour, at an Australia Post location, in the rural town of…

Five Injured In S. Korea’s Hydrogen Pipeline Explosion

SEOUL, Oct 17 (NNN-YONHAP) – Five workers were injured today, from a hydrogen pipeline explosion, at a refinery plant in south-eastern South Korea, according to local broadcaster YTN. The pipeline explosion occurred at the plant of local refiner SK Energy in Ulsan, around 300 km south-east of Seoul, at about…

Urgent: Mongolian Parliament Passes Resolution To Dismiss PM

ULAN BATOR, Oct 17 (NNN-APA) – The Mongolian parliament, today passed a resolution, to dismiss Prime Minister, Gombojav Zandanshatar.– NNN-APA  

Toddler In Western Cambodia Becomes 16th Victim Of Bird Flu This Year

PHNOM PENH, Oct 17 (NNN-AKP) – A three-year-old girl from western Cambodia’s Kampong Speu province, has been confirmed for H5N1 human avian influenza, raising the number of cases to 16 so far, this year, the Ministry of Health said in a statement late yesterday. A laboratory result from the National…

Hot Spring Worker Missing In Suspected Bear Attack In North-Eastern Japan

TOKYO, Oct 17 (NNN-NHK) – A worker at a hot spring facility, in the north-eastern Japan prefecture of Iwate, has gone missing, following a suspected bear attack, local media reported. At around 11:15 a.m. local time yesterday, the Iwate prefectural police were alerted by the facility, located in Waga district,…

Cambodia To Repatriate 59 South Korean Nationals: National Police

PHNOM PENH, Oct 17 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia’s National Police, said yesterday that, the kingdom will repatriate 59 South Korean nationals, including four women, to their country, today. “They have been rescued by the Cambodian authorities, or been arrested for various crimes,” the National Police said in a press release, adding…