Uzbekistan To Commission Solar, Wind Power Plants With Total Capacity Of 4,300 MW This Year

TASHKENT, Feb 18 (NNN-UzA) – Uzbekistan plans to commission solar and wind power plants, with a total capacity of 4,300 megawatts by year’s end, a presidential decree released yesterday, said. It further said, the Uzbek government will allocate 15.4 billion U.S. dollars to renewable energy source projects, which include the…

Cambodia Slashed PCR COVID-19 Test Fee To 50 USD For Outbound Travellers

PHNOM PENH, Feb 18 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia, yesterday, decided to lower the fee for a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) COVID-19 test, with a certificate, to 50 U.S. dollars, from the current 130 dollars for outbound travellers, Health Minister, Mam Bunheng, said. For all authorised COVID-19-testing laboratories in the country, the…

Kyrgyzstan Declares State Of Emergency In Naryn Oblast Due To Avalanches

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, Feb 18 (NNN-KNA) – Kyrgyzstan has declared a state of emergency in Naryn Oblast, due to avalanches, the press service of the country’s Ministry of Emergency Situations, reported yesterday. In connection with the avalanches on the Bishkek-Naryn-Torugart highway, and due to the continuing danger of avalanches, the governor…

China, Vietnam Vowed To Bolster Economic Cooperation

HANOI, Feb 18 (NNN-VNA) – A conference was held between China’s Yunnan provincial department of commerce and the Vietnam Trade Promotion Agency under the Ministry of Industry and Trade, yesterday, to strengthen cooperation in a wide range of economic, investment and trade issues. As bilateral trade between Vietnam and China…

Delegation From China’s Hainan Province Promoted Business Opportunities In Indonesia

JAKARTA, Feb 18 (NNN-ANTARA) – A delegation from south China’s Hainan Province promoted business opportunities offered by its free trade port status yesterday, in the Indonesian capital. Shen Xiaoming, secretary of the Hainan provincial committee of the Communist Party of China, said at a promotion gathering that, Hainan is an…

Three Killed, 10 Wounded As Terrorists Storm Police Building In Karachi

ISLAMABAD, Feb 18 (NNN-APP) – At least three attackers were killed and 10 other people wounded last night, when a group of terrorists opened fire at a police building in Karachi, capital of Pakistan’s south Sindh province, police and hospital officials said. The attack happened at around 7:10 p.m. local…

Iranian President Says China Visit “Successful”

TEHRAN, Feb 18 (NNN-IRNA) – Iranian President, Ebrahim Raisi, described his state visit to China as “very successful and fruitful.” Raisi made the remarks in an address to reporters, upon arrival in Tehran from his Beijing visit, according to the website of the Iranian president’s office. Noting that he held…

New Zealand Reported Eight Deaths In Wake Of Cyclone

WELLINGTON, Feb 17 (NNN-XINHUA) – Unprecedented floods and landslides have left eight people dead and more than 3,500 others missing, as Cyclone Gabrielle lashes New Zealand’s North Island this week. About 10,000 people have been displaced by the adverse event, the level of which New Zealand has not seen, since…

Samsung Electronics Launched New Smartphones In 55 Countries

SEOUL, Feb 17 (NNN-YONHAP) – Samsung Electronics, South Korea’s tech giant, said today that, it launched its new Galaxy S23 smartphones in 55 countries. The Galaxy S23 series were released in 55 countries, including South Korea, the United States, Britain, and France. The number of countries, in which Galaxy S23…

Mongolia’s GDP Grew 4.8 Percent In 2022

ULAN BATOR, Feb 17 (NNN-XINHUA) – Mongolia’s gross domestic product (GDP), grew 4.8 percent in 2022, official data, released by the country’s National Statistics Office (NSO), showed today. As a result, the country’s GDP in 2022 totalled 52.9 trillion Mongolian Tugriks (about 15.1 billion U.S. dollars), the NSO said, in…
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