Foreign Tourist Number To Thailand Reach 39 Million, Up Four Percent

BANGKOK, Dec 28 (NNN-TNA) – Thailand, on Friday, welcomed the 39 millionth tourist, arriving at Suvarnabhumi International Airport. The campaign: “Thailand’s Luckiest Visitor, the Amazing Smashing Success” was launched by the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), and targets the number 39 million tourist to arrive in Thailand. Awaiting for the…

China’s Largest Carrier Rocket Long March-5 Makes New Flight

by Xinhua Writers Yu Fei, Quan Xiaoshu WENCHANG, Hainan, Dec 28 (NNN-XINHUA) – China launched the third Long March-5, the largest carrier rocket of the country, from Wenchang Space Launch Centre, in south China’s Hainan Province on Friday. The rocket, coded as Long March-5 Y3, blasted off from the coastal…

Update: Death Toll From Philippine Typhoon Rises To 28

MANILA, Dec 27 (NNN-ABN) – The death toll from Typhoon Phanfone, that pounded the central Philippines with heavy rains and strong winds beginning on Tuesday, climbed to 28, the government said on Friday (today). The Philippine National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said, 13 died in Iloilo, four…

Cambodia Arrests Man For Trafficking 20 Kilos Of Drugs From Thailand

PHNOM PENH, Dec 27 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodian anti-drug police, arrested a local man for allegedly smuggling 20 kilograms of illicit drugs from Thailand into Cambodia, the National Police reported, Thursday. Pin Nissa, 24, was caught on Wednesday afternoon, after he trafficked the drugs through the An Ses border checkpoint, in…

Death toll in Kazakhstan plane crash rises to 14

Photo courtesy of Anadolu Agency. ALMATY, Dec 27 (NNN-BERNAMA-SPUTNIK) –The number of people who died as a result of the Bek Air airline crash on Friday near the Kazakh city of Almaty has risen to 14, with 35 more people having been injured in the incident, Sputnik news agency reported the city’s administration…

Iran Increases Natural Gas Extraction From South Pars Gas Field

TEHRAN, Iran, Dec 27 (NNN-TASNIM) – Iran begins extraction of natural gas from an offshore rig, at South Pars gas field in the Gulf, on Thursday, Press TV reported. The extraction of gas will add some 14.2 million cubic metres a day, to its current output of more than 800…

Over 17,000 People Affected By Air Pollution In Iran

TEHRAN, Dec 27 (NNN-IRNA) – Over 17,000 people were affected by air pollution across Iran, over the past week, Mojtaba Khaledi, spokesman for Iran Emergency Organisation, said, Thursday. “During the past seven days, 17,303 people were referred to emergency centres of hospitals, in different cities of the country, due to…

Cambodian PM Says Recent China-Japan-S.Korea Leaders’ Meeting Bodes Well For Asia

PHNOM PENH, Dec 27 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodian Prime Minister, Samdech Techo Hun Sen, said, the recent meeting of leaders of China, Japan and South Korea, boded well for Asia’s economy and stability. The 8th China-Japan-S.Korea leaders’ meeting was held in China’s southwestern city of Chengdu on Tuesday, and the leaders…

Singapore’s Manufacturing Output Decreases 9.3 Percent In Nov

SINGAPORE, Dec 26 (NNN-CNA) – Singapore Economic Development Board announced today (Thursday) that the country’s manufacturing output declined 9.3 percent year on year in Nov, compared to a revised 3.6 percent increase in Oct. Excluding biomedical manufacturing, the output decreased nine percent year on year in Nov, compared to a…

Update: Measles Death Toll In Samoa Rises To 81

SUVA, Dec 26 (NNN-RNZ) – The Samoan government confirmed, one more death, in the island nation’s measles epidemic on Thursday, bringing the death toll to 81, since the measles outbreak started in mid-Oct. According to Samoa Observer newspaper on Thursday (today), the Samoan Ministry of Health said, the death of…
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