Asia

Three dead in Japan after medical helicopter crash

TOKYO, April 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Three people died after a medical helicopter crashed into the sea off southwestern Japan, the…

Aid cuts threaten battle against maternal mortality: UN

 GENEVA, April 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Maternal mortality rates have dropped dramatically in the past quarter of a century, but the…

Bangladesh: Record remittance raises reserve to US$ 25.6 bln

DHAKA, April 7 (NNN-BSS) — Foreign currency reserves have crossed US$25.6 billion mark at the end of March thanks to a…

South Korean pilot killed in firefighting helicopter crash

SEOUL, April 6 (NNN-YONHAP) — A pilot in a firefighting helicopter crashed and died while battling a mountain blaze in…

Rain complicates recovery in quake-hit Myanmar as death toll rises

YANGON, April 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Rain is compounding misery and presenting new hurdles for relief efforts on Sunday in Myanmar,…

Japan: 47 including tourists injured in bus collision on Tokyo expressway

According to Kyodo News Agency, none of the victims have life-threatening injuries following the collision. TOKYO, April 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) —…

Cambodia hails opening of naval base renovated by China

REAM (Cambodia), April 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Cambodia’s leader Hun Manet said there was “nothing to hide” as he inaugurated a naval…

Myanmar quake death toll passes 3,300: state media

YANGON, April 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The death toll from a major earthquake in Myanmar has risen above 3,300, state media said,…

Artificial glaciers boost water supply in northern Pakistan

HUSSAINABAD (Pakistan), April 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At the foot of Pakistan’s impossibly high mountains whitened by frost all year round,…

Sino-Uruguayan bio-nano-pharma lab launched in Montevideo

MONTEVIDEO, April 5 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Uruguay and China launched Thursday a Joint Laboratory in Montevideo for bio-nano-pharma to advance scientific…