Asia

Ecuador apologizes to farm workers deemed to live like slaves

QUITO, June 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ecuador’s government apologized to some 300 people who worked as farmers for a Japanese textile…

Global Heat Report: Climate change fuels silent killer

LONDON, June 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Four billion people, about half the world’s population, experienced at least one extra month of…

Australia Calls U.S. Plan To Double Steel, Aluminum Tariffs “Unjustified” Act Of “Self Harm”

CANBERRA, Jun 1 (NNN-AAP) – Australia’s Minister for Trade and Tourism, Don Farrell, yesterday, described U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan…

Tanzania and Japan partner to rehabilitate Moro-Dodoma, Kibiti-Lindi roads.

OSAKA (JAPAN), June 1 (NNN-DAILYNEWS) — REHABILITATION of the major road networks in the central and southern regions of Tanzania is…

Traffic Accidents Killed 245 In Nepal In One Month

KATHMANDU, Jun 1 (NNN-XINHUA) – Nineteen children and 226 adults lost their lives in 3,049 traffic accidents between Apr 14…

Iran Rejects IAEA Report As “Politically Motivated”

TEHRAN, Jun 1 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran, yesterday, dismissed a report by the UN nuclear watchdog as, “politically motivated and lacking…

OPEC+ announces larger-than-expected oil output increase

VIENNA, June 1 (NNN-XINHUA) — The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies, collectively known as OPEC+,…

Chinese medical team, peacekeepers donate essentials to orphans in South Sudan

JUBA, June 1 (NNN-XINHUA) — The 12th batch of the Chinese medical team, in partnership with the 11th Chinese peacekeeping…

Death Toll Of Indonesia’s Quarry Landslides Rises To 17

JAKARTA, Jun 1 (NNN-ANTARA) – The death toll of landslides at a quarry in Indonesia’s West Java province on Friday,…

Malaysian PM Calls For Strategic Connectivity, Open Trade During Shangri-La Dialogue

SINGAPORE, Jun 1 (NNN-XINHUA) – Malaysian Prime Minister, Anwar Ibrahim, said here yesterday that, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations…