Miyazaki Airport shut its runway after the explosion caused a crater seven metres (23 feet) wide and one metre (3.2 feet) deep in the middle of the taxiway next to the runway. A regional airport in southwest Japan was closed on Wednesday after a US bombshell, likely dropped during World War Two to stem “kamikaze” […]
Read MoreThe deaths occurred in August and September at the private My Quynh safari park in Long An province and the Vuon Xoai zoo in Dong Nai. Forty-seven tigers, three lions and a panther have died in zoos in south Vietnam due to the H5N1 bird flu virus, state media said Wednesday. The deaths occurred in […]
Read MoreJaishakar told an event at Washington’s Carnegie Endowment for International Peace that unlike Japan, India had never been a treaty ally of another country. India does not share the vision for an “Asian NATO” called for by Japan’s new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said on Tuesday. Jaishakar told an event […]
Read MoreKyrgyzstan reduced its import of shoes from Turkey by 1.5 times in seven months of 2024, according to the National Statistics Committee. Kyrgyzstan purchased 2.3 million pairs of shoes from Turkey for $5.2 million in January-July. Last year, 3.5 million pairs of shoes were imported for $8.8 million. Despite this decline, Turkey remains the largest […]
Read MoreThe missile attack by Iran last night (Tuesday), which marks the second direct military confrontation between the two sides, has heightened concerns over the potential spread of conflict in the region. Moeen Gul Samakni, a political analyst, commented on the effects of Iran’s missile strike on Israel: “Israel will certainly retaliate. In any case, the […]
Read MoreThe Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC) is poised to become a gateway between the world and South Asia, as well as the Vajrayana capital of the world. This vision was shared by Bjarke Ingels, founding partner and creative director of BIG, during the unveiling of GMC’s master plan at the Bhutan Innovation Forum yesterday. The GMC […]
Read MoreA high-level delegation from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that arrived in Sri Lanka today held discussions with the economic team of the new government where they reviewed the IMF programme thus far, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said. The PMD said the IMF delegation arrived in Sri Lanka to engage with the newly formed […]
Read MoreMain opposition MDP’s leader Abdulla Shahid has called on the government to consider concerns raised by various parties on the Regulation on Foreign Currency and the Regulation on Money Changing Business. On Tuesday, the MMA published two new regulations aimed at increasing the flow of US Dollars in the Maldives. Subsequently, Maldives Association of Tourism […]
Read MoreAs many as 228 people have lost their lives while 25 others are still missing in the recent rain-induced floods and landslides. Another 158 people have sustained injuries. According to Home Ministry spokesperson Rishiram Tiwari, so far 13,071 people have been rescued from the flood-affected areas and search, rescue and relief assistance has been mobilized. […]
Read MoreIran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said three military bases in Israel’s capital Tel Aviv were targeted. Al Jazeera news. According to Iranian state media, large-scale cyber attacks were carried out as well as missile strikes. The attack also used the new Fatah hypersonic ballistic missile for the first time. The Israeli military said about […]
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