New Zealand-China Economic Ties Strengthened: Minister

WELLINGTON, New Zealand, April 2 (NNN-XINHUA) – New Zealand’s Revenue Minister, Stuart Nash, said, the economic ties between New Zealand and China are being strengthened with the successful negotiation of a new taxation treaty. The double tax agreement between New Zealand and China was signed on Monday. “An update to…

Builder Killed, Another In Critical Condition After Scaffolding Collapse In Sydney

SYDNEY, Australia, April 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) – An 18-year-old apprentice builder was killed, when a scaffolding collapsed at a Sydney construction site on Monday. Another 39-year-old man was freed from the rubble and taken to hospital in a critical condition. Eight ambulances, police, fire and rescue crews and a medical transport…

5.2-Magnitude Quake Shakes Western Iran, No Casualties Reported

TEHRAN, Iran, April 2 (NNN-IRNA) – A 5.2-magnitude earthquake hit Soomar city in Iran’s western Kermanshah province, at 14:37 p.m. local time (1007 GMT) on Monday, Iranian Seismological Centre reported. According to the report, the epicentre of the earthquake was at a depth of 10 km, 33.692 degrees north latitude…

Chinese Delegation Follows Up On Lebanon’s New Conservatory

BEIRUT, Lebanon, April 2 (NNN-NNA) – A Chinese delegation informed Prime Minister, Saad Hariri, about the progress made with the design of the Lebanese National Conservatory that will be constructed by China, in the northern Beirut suburb of Dbayeh, a statement by the Chinese embassy in Lebanon said. The Chinese…

Storm kills at least 30, injures 400 others in Nepal

Nepalese army soldiers arrive for rescue operations in an area hit by a rainstorm in Bara district, 125 kilometers (75 miles) south of Kathmandu, Nepal. Photo courtesy Niranjan Shrestha KATHMANDU, April 1(NNN- Xinhua)– At least 30 people were killed and 400 others injured when a storm devastated villages in two…

Moon to hold special summit with ASEAN leader, possibly N. Korean leader

SEOUL, April 1 (NNN- Yonhap) — South Korean President Moon Jae-in will hold a summit with the leaders of 10 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member countries in November, with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un also possibly in attendance, Moon’s presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said Monday. The special…

Japan names new imperial era beginning May 1 “Reiwa”

TOKYO, April 1 (NNN-KYODO) – Japan’s new era beginning May 1 will be named “Reiwa,” with Crown Prince Naruhito due to ascend to the throne that day to succeed his father Emperor Akihito, the government said Monday. The era name was chosen because it signifies people joining their hearts to…

India: Four militants killed, three Army jawans injured in Pulwama encounter

SRINAGAR (Kashmir), AprIL 1 (NNN-PTI) — Four militants were killed while three Army jawans and a police personnel were injured in an encounter in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, police said. On a credible input about presence of militants in Lassipora area of south kashmir’s Pulwama district, security forces…

Philippines: 14 killed in police operation; government said the dead were rebels but activists said they were farmers

MANILA, April 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Rights groups condemned what they called a “massacre” of 14 farmers by police in the central Philippines as authorities defended the incident as a legitimate operation against suspected communist rebels. Police say the 14 men on Saturday shot at officers with search warrants for illegal…

First Rohingya woman shot dead in Bangladesh drugs clampdown

DHAKA, April 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Bangladesh security forces have shot dead a Rohingya woman in a border town known as a gateway for smuggling meth pills from neighbouring Myanmar, officials said. Rights activists said Rumana Akter, 20, was the first Rohingya woman to be killed in a clampdown by Bangladesh…
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