Russia Blasted U.S. Hype About China Airship

MOSCOW, Feb 8 (NNN-TASS) – The Russian Foreign Ministry, yesterday, denounced Washington for hyping the situation regarding China’s civilian unmanned airship. “We believe that the explanation given by the Chinese side regarding the entry of a Chinese unmanned airship into U.S. airspace, due to force majeure, is quite sufficient and…

Japan’s Softbank Group Reported 6.9 Billion USD Net Loss In Apr-Dec

TOKYO, Feb 8 (NNN-NHK) – SoftBank Group Corp., yesterday announced a net loss of 912.5 billion yen (6.90 billion U.S. dollars), in the Apr-Dec period. The figure compares to a net profit of 392.6 billion yen (2.97 billion dollars), booked a year earlier, with the losses in the recording period…

Vietnam Saw 20 Percent Growth Of E-Commerce Markets In 2022

HANOI, Feb 8 (NNN-VNA) – Vietnam’s e-commerce market, posted a value of 16.4 billion U.S. dollars in 2022, equalled to 7.5 percent of the country’s domestic goods and service revenues, it was reported yesterday, citing the Ministry of Industry and Trade. The year-on-year growth rate of 20 percent puts the…

Thai Shippers See Slight Export Growth In 2023

BANGKOK, Feb 8 (NNN-TNA) – Thailand’s exports are expected to expand one to two percent this year, weighed down by slowing global demand and high production costs, the country’s shippers’ council said, yesterday. As a main driver of economic growth, exports are subject to the strengthening of the Thai baht,…

Sri Lanka Signed Agreement With Global Green Growth Institute

COLOMBO, Feb 8 (NNN-XINHUA) – Sri Lanka, yesterday, signed a host country agreement, with the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), progressing its climate action and further deepening the country’s green growth development, said the President’s Media Division (PMD). Issuing a press release, the PMD said, the agreement was signed in…

Suspected Terrorist Arrested In Indonesia’s Lampung Province

JAKARTA, Feb 8 (NNN-ANTARA) – The Indonesian police’s anti-terror squad, yesterday, arrested a suspected terrorist, identified as AF, 33 years old, in the country’s Lampung province. “We arrested him at dawn on Tuesday (yesterday), at his house, and confiscated several things that are allegedly related to his terrorism acts,” Indonesian…

India Received Largest Foreign Inward Remittances In FY 2021-22

NEW DELHI, Feb 8 (NNN-PTI) – The Indian government, yesterday said, it had received the highest ever foreign inward remittances in the fiscal year 2021-22. The information was given by Finance Minister, Pankaj Chaudhary, at the upper house of the Indian parliament. “During 2021-22, India received foreign inward remittances of…

Indian Gov’t Says State-Owned Insurance Company Holds Less Than One Percent Stake In Adani Group

NEW DELHI, Feb 8 (NNN-PTI) – The Indian government, yesterday said, the state-owned Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), holds less than one percent stake in both equity and debt in the Adani group, whose shares tumbled, following U.S. short-seller’s critical report on its businesses. The information was given by…

Indonesian Authorities Gear Up To Rescue Six Hostages In Highland Papua

JAKARTA, Feb 8 (NNN-ANTARA) – The Indonesian police and military are gearing up to rescue an airline pilot of Susi Air, with five passengers, in the province of Highland Papua, who have reportedly been kidnapped by armed separatists in the region. The pilot, a New Zealand citizen, was piloting a…

25 Killed In Bus-Car Collision In Northern Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Feb 8 (NNN-APP) – At least 25 people were killed and several others injured, when a passenger bus collided with a car, in Pakistan’s northern Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) region, government officials and police said, yesterday. The accident occurred after the over-speeding bus collided with a car near the Shatial check…
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