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Belgium, Netherlands Vow To Strengthen Cooperation

BRUSSELS, Apr 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Belgium and the Netherlands vowed yesterday, to strengthen their collaboration and cooperation in areas such…

Bank Indonesia Lowers Projection Of Economic Growth

JAKARTA, Apr 20 (NNN-ANTARA) – Bank Indonesia (BI), has revised the projected figure for the country’s economic growth this year,…

Nepali Man Aims To Become Shortest Person To Summit Mt. Qomolangma

KATHMANDU, Apr 20 (NNN-XINHUA) – Sagar Sunar, a Nepali man who is 1.13 metres tall, headed towards Mt. Qomolangma yesterday,…

Local Prosecutors Indict U.S. Marine Over Sexual Assault Of Woman In Okinawa

TOKYO, Apr 20 (NNN-NHK) – Local prosecutors said yesterday that, a 22-year-old U.S. marine was indicted last Dec, over a…

Timor Leste Holds Final Round Of Presidential Election

JAKARTA, Apr 20 (NNN-ANTARA) – Asia’s youngest nation, Timor Leste, held its second and final round of the presidential election…

Ukraine A Pawn In U.S. Strategy To Weaken EU, Says Expert

MEXICO CITY, Apr 19 (NNN-CAN) – The conflict in Ukraine is poised to cripple the European Union (EU) and its…

Fuel Prices Rise To Record High In Sri Lanka

COLOMBO, Apr 19 (NNN-XINHUA) – Sri Lanka’s state-owned Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC), has increased its fuel prices from midnight last…

S. Africa Declares State Of National Disaster To Tackle Widespread Floods

JOHANNESBURG, Apr 19 (NNN-BUANEWS) – As the cost of last week’s floods, which badly affected KwaZulu-Natal Province, reached billions of…

Road Accidents Claim 35 Lives During Lao New Year Holidays

VIENTIANE, Apr 19 (NNN-KPL) – A total of 35 people were killed in road accidents across Laos, during the celebrations…

5.9-Magnitude Offshore Earthquake Jolts Southern Philippines

MANILA, Apr 19 (NNN-PNA) – An offshore earthquake, with a preliminary magnitude of 5.9, jolted Davao Oriental province, in the…