Asia

Japan Starts 4th Ocean Discharge Of Fukushima Nuclear-Tainted Wastewater Despite Opposition

TOKYO, Feb 28 (NNN-NHK) – Japan, today started the fourth-round of release of nuclear-contaminated wastewater from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi…

Gov’t Forces Killed Four Naxals In India’s Chhattisgarh

NEW DELHI, Feb 28 (NNN-PTI) – Four Naxals were killed in a fierce gunfight with the joint contingent of police…

Nearly 500 rhinos killed as poaching increases in S.Africa

JOHANNESBURG, Feb 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Almost 500 rhinos were killed by poachers in South Africa last year, up 11 percent…

Egyptian FM Urged Regional Cooperation To Address Red Sea Threats

CAIRO, Feb 28 (NNN-MENA) – Egyptian Foreign Minister, Sameh Shoukry, yesterday stressed the need for regional efforts, to address the…

Chinese Ship Rescued Six PNG Nationals Adrift In South Pacific For 37 Days

SYDNEY, Feb 28 (NNN-AAP) – Six people from Papua New Guinea (PNG), have been rescued by a Chinese fishing ship,…

Five Tonnes Caffeine Seized In Central Myanmar

YANGON, Feb 28 (NNN-MNA) – Myanmar authorities seized five tonnes of caffeine in central Myanmar’s Mandalay region, according to a…

India Unveils Astronaut-Designates For Its 1st Human Spaceflight

NEW DELHI, Feb 28 (NNN-PTI) – The Indian government, yesterday, unveiled four Indian Air Force (IAF) pilots, as astronaut-designates for…

Malaysia, Cambodia To Accelerate Economic Cooperation: Malaysian PM

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 28 (NNN-BERNAMA) – Malaysia and Cambodia have agreed to accelerate the progress of bilateral cooperation in several…

Border Crossing Between Afghanistan, Pakistan Reopened After Five Months

SPIN BOLDAK, Afghanistan, Feb 28 (NNN-ANA) – Trade via Spin Boldak-Chaman border crossing, between Afghanistan and Pakistan, resumed yesterday, after…

Vietnam To Have 50 Million Active Digital Wallets This Year

HANOI, Feb 27 (NNN-VNA) – The number of active digital wallets in Vietnam will surge by 40 percent to 50…