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May 12, 2024 4:04 PM

Indonesia floods, landslides kill 28, four missing

Heavy rain brought floods and landslides to Indonesia's province of West Sumatra, killing at least 28, with four still missing, authorities said on Sunday. "There are 28 people killed, and we are still searching for four others who are missing," Abd...

May 12, 2024 2:07 PM

Reforms in accounting system needed to meet global standards: Bangladesh Finance Minister

Bangladesh Finance Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali on Saturday said that reforms are needed in Bangladesh's accounting system in order to meet international standards and also to comply with the suggestions of the development partners. The finance ...

May 12, 2024 1:56 PM

UK mountaineer logs most Everest climbs by a foreigner, Nepali makes 29th ascent

British climber and a Nepali guide have broken their own records for most climbs of Mount Everest, the world's highest mountain, hiking officials said on Sunday. Rakesh Gurung, director of Nepal's Department of Tourism, said Britain's Kenton C...

May 12, 2024 10:27 AM

Afghanistan floods kill at least 153, Taliban interior ministry says

The official death toll from devastating flash floods in northern Afghanistan has risen to 153 people across three provinces, the Taliban's interior ministry said on Saturday (May 11), while the World Food Progamme said it was double that. The WFP, ...

May 10, 2024 4:12 PM

Newly-appointed Chinese Ambassador Xu Feihong arrives in Delhi

Newly-appointed Chinese Ambassador to India, Xu Feihong, arrived in New Delhi today to assume office, the Chinese Embassy in India said in a statement. Officials from the Protocol Division of the Ministry of External Affairs, Dean of Diplomatic Corp...

May 9, 2024 7:03 PM

Iran to import no wheat until March 2025, ministry official says

Iran will not import any wheat until March 2025 as it will rely on domestic production, the Iranian Student News Agency reported a deputy at the Agriculture Ministry saying on Thursday. "Between March 2023 and March 2024, domestic production of whea...

May 9, 2024 5:24 PM

Putin agrees to withdraw Russian forces from various Armenian regions, says Ifax

President Vladimir Putin has agreed to withdraw Russian forces and border guards from various parts of Armenia at Yerevan's request, Putin's spokesman was cited as saying on Thursday by Russia's Interfax news agency. The announcement follows the ...

May 9, 2024 5:23 PM

More Chinese jump through hoops, crawl under nets to foster ties with pets

Dog trail races that allow people and their dogs to navigate off-road obstacle courses in tandem are growing popular in China, as the pace of pet ownership and active lifestyle pursuits picks up. "Originally, I would only go to the gym and run to lo...

May 9, 2024 3:39 PM

Japan to start hunting fin whales, potentially scaling up commercial whaling

Japan will add fin whale to its commercial whaling species list, the government spokesperson Yoshimasa Hayashi said on Thursday (May 9). The country's Fisheries Agency posted a draft of the revision to its aquatic resource control policies for publi...

May 9, 2024 3:26 PM

Gunmen in Pakistan kill seven labourers near Gwadar port, say police

Gunmen shot and killed seven labourers near southwestern Pakistan's Gwadar port early on Thursday, police said. Police official Mohsin Ali said the gunmen stormed into a house some 25 km (15 miles) east of the port city and shot and killed the labou...

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