Asia

Thai Cabinet Approves Carbon Tax To Curb Emissions

BANGKOK, Jan 22 (NNN-TNA) – Thailand’s cabinet, yesterday, approved a plan to impose a carbon tax on petroleum products, as…

Nine Bodies Retrieved In Indonesia Shopping Mall Fire

JAKARTA, Jan 22 (NNN-ANTARA) – Rescuers, yesterday, retrieved the body of a victim killed in a shopping mall fire in…

Death Toll In Indonesia’s Central Java Landslides Rose To 18

JAKARTA, Jan 22 (NNN-ANTARA) – The death toll from landslides that struck Pekalongan region, in Indonesia’s Central Java province, yesterday,…

ASEAN Cooperation Vital For Regional Peace, Security: Malaysian Official

PUTRAJAYA, Jan 22 (NNN-BERNAMA) – Cross-border cooperation among members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), is vital in…

Sri Lankan Stocks Surpassed Historic Milestone

COLOMBO, Jan 22 (NNN-XINHUA) – Sri Lanka’s All Share Price Index (ASPI), of the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE), surpassed the…

Climate change: Brazil drought lights a fire under global coffee prices

CACONDE (Brazil0, Jan 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazilian coffee producer Moacir Donizetti first smelled the smoke, and then watched in desperation…

Four Hospitalised After Car Hit Melbourne Home

SYDNEY, Jan 22 (NNN-AAP) – Four people have been hospitalised, after a car crashed into a house in Australia’s state…

Politics has ‘weaponised’ science: UN climate chief

DAVOS (Switzerland), Jan 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The UN’s climate chief said that the science of global warming had been “weaponised” by…

Cambodia, Timor-Leste Sign MoU On Cooperation

PHNOM PENH, Jan 22 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia and Timor-Leste signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cooperation in the fields…

Survey Confirms Presence Of Many Rare Species In Cambodia’s Virachey National Park

PHNOM PENH, Jan 22 (NNN-AKP) – A comprehensive survey discovered the presence of a vast array of threatened species in…