At least five Palestinians were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a school housing displaced people southeast of Gaza City, according to Palestinian and Israeli sources on Saturday.
Palestinian security sources told Xinhua that Israeli warplanes atta…
Around 10 people were trapped under the debris of a building that collapsed in India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh on Saturday, a local official confirmed to media.
The mishap occurred in Zakir residential colony of Meerut area. Rescue work was u…
Cameroonian President Paul Biya has allocated 350 million XAF (about 591,809 U.S. dollars) for flood relief after rainstorms caused severe flooding across the country’s Far North region, a senior official said Friday.
The flooding has claimed 11 live…
The U.S. administration on Friday finalized sharp tariff hikes on some Chinese imports, including a 100 percent duty on electric vehicles (EVs), drawing harsh criticism from industrial insiders and experts.
In addition to the duty on EVs, the tariff …
Cambodia cracked down on 104 human trafficking and sexual exploitation cases in the first half of 2024, according to a National Committee for Counter Trafficking (NCCT) report on Saturday.
Twenty-two cases involved human trafficking and 82 cases were…
Guangzhou: Carbon emissions allowances closed at 48.93 yuan (about 6.89 U.S. dollars) per tonne on Friday, 6.44 percent up from Thursday at Guangzhou Emissions Exchange, the largest local carbon market in China.
A total of 101 tonnes of allowances we…
Phnom penh: Cambodia recorded 793 deaths from road accidents in the first half of 2024, up from 756 in the same period last year, National Police said in a report on Friday.
The accidents also injured 2,116 others during the period this year, up from…
Beijing: China’s top political advisor Wang Huning met with Kyrgyz Parliament Speaker Nurlanbek Shakiev on Friday in Beijing.
Wang, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), said that under …
Phnom penh: Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Environment Ministers or their representatives on Friday endorsed two important documents to address pressing environmental challenges, said a joint ministerial statement.
The 2030 Strategic Framework for Ac…
Dalian: Iron ore futures closed lower on Friday in daytime trading at the Dalian Commodity Exchange (DCE).
The most active iron ore contract for January 2025 delivery dipped 2 yuan (about 28 U.S. cents) to close at 694 yuan per tonne.
On Friday, the…
Tokyo: A total of 72 children died from abuse in Japan in the 2022 fiscal year, with over 40 percent of the victims being infants under one year old, government data showed.
The figure from April 2022 to March 2023 logged an increase of two cases fro…
China’s Ambassador to Nigeria, Yu Dunhai, has pledged to actualise all the agreements, signed between the Federal Republic of Nigeria and People’s Republic of China.
The agreements were signed during President Bola Tinubu’s recent visit to the East …
Manila: The Asian Development Bank on Friday launched a new country partnership strategy for Bhutan, aiming to help the South Asian country address economic obstacles and enable inclusive, sustainable, resilient and job-creating growth.
The bank said…
Oslo: Norway plans to review and update its maritime regulations to stay aligned with the rapid development of the industry, the government said on Friday.
The initiative seeks to improve maritime safety and environmental protection by forming a publ…
The Minister of Budget and Economic Planning, Sen. Atiku Bagudu, says the ministry will partner with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in promoting government policies and programmes.
Bagudu said this when the management staff of NAN, led by its Mana…