Asia

Sri Lanka’s GDP Contracted 11.8 Percent In Q3

COLOMBO, Dec 16 (NNN-XINHUA) – Sri Lanka’s Department of Census and Statistics, said yesterday that, the country’s estimated gross domestic…

Vietnam’s Commercial Banks To Slash Interest Rates As Businesses Struggle With Lower Orders

HANOI, Dec 16 (NNN-VNA) – Many commercial banks in Vietnam pledged to lower lending interest rates by 0.5 to three…

13 Dead, Dozens Trapped In Malaysian Landslide

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 16 (NNN-BERNAMA) – As of 11.00 am, 13 people have died from the early morning landslide, at…

WHO eyes end to Covid, Mpox emergency in 2023

GENEVA, Dec 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The World Health Organization said it hoped that Covid-19 would no longer be a public health…

Indonesia Reassures Tourists, Investors On Concern Over New Penal Code

by Dames Alexander Sinaga JAKARTA, Dec 16 (NNN-XINHUA) – Indonesia is actively popularising its newly approved criminal code, that has…

Uzbekistan Announced Winners Of Int’l Bid To Build Three Solar Power Plants

TASHKENT, Dec 16 (NNN-XINHUA) – Energy companies from the United Arab Emirates, Türkiye and France, have won tenders to build…

Tajikistan, Pakistan Agreed To Raise Bilateral Ties To Strategic Cooperation: Pakistani Foreign Ministry

ISLAMABAD, Dec 16 (NNN-APP) – Tajik President, Emomali Rahmon, and Pakistani Prime Minister, Shahbaz Sharif, agreed to further deepen the…

Sri Lanka Discussed Nuclear Energy Cooperation With Russia

COLOMBO, Dec 16 (NNN-XINHUA) – Sri Lankan Minister of Power and Energy, Kanchana Wijesekera, said yesterday, the country is discussing…

Japan Logged Trade Deficit For 16th Month In Nov

TOKYO, Dec 15 (NNN-NHK) – Japan logged a 2.03-trillion yen (14.95-billion U.S. dollar) trade deficit in Nov, a record for…

EU Pledged 10-Billion-Euro Investment In SE Asia

BRUSSELS, Dec 15 (NNN-XINHUA) – The European Union (EU), pledged to mobilise 10 billion euros (10.6 billion U.S. dollars) by…