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Sri Lankan PM Stressed Need To Protect Poor To IMF Delegation

COLOMBO, Aug 29 (NNN-XINHUA) – Sri Lankan Prime Minister, Dinesh Gunawardena, told an International Monetary Fund (IMF) team, led by…

Wildfires Burned Over One Million Hectares Of Land In Mongolia So Far This Year

ULAN BATOR, Aug 28 (NNN-XINHUA) – A total of 97 forest and steppe fires have been recorded across Mongolia, since…

Malaysia Reported 2,491 New COVID-19 Infections, Five More Deaths

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 28 (NNN-BERNAMA) – Malaysia reported 2,491 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight, bringing the national total to…

Myanmar Designated New Protected Public Forest Area

YANGON, Aug 28 (NNN-MNA) – Myanmar has designated a new protected public forest area, in the west-central region of Magway’s…

Iran, Nigeria Signed Agreements To Expand Energy Cooperation

TEHRAN, Aug 28 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran and Nigeria signed agreements here yesterday, to expand energy cooperation, Iran’s Oil Ministry’s news…

Iran Ready To Donate Fuel To Lebanon: Ambassador

BEIRUT, Aug 28 (NNN-NNA) – Iranian ambassador to Lebanon, said yesterday that, his country is ready to donate fuel oil,…

Road Accident Killed Five, Injured Two In Philippines

MANILA, Aug 28 (NNN-PNA) – A trailer truck collided with a motorbike and a tricycle, on a highway in northern…

11 Missing As Cargo Ship Capsized In Central Indonesia

JAKARTA, Aug 28 (NNN-ANTARA) – A cargo ship, with 15 people on board, sank in the Makassar Strait of central…

45 Killed, 113 Injured In Rain Spells Across Pakistan In 24 Hours

ISLAMABAD, Aug 28 (NNN-APP) – At least 45 people were killed and 113 others injured, in heavy monsoon rain-triggered flash…

Japan pledges US$30bil in African aid at Tunis summit

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks via video link at the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) in Tunis,…