Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 0600 GMT, Nov. 13
MANILA -- Philippine security forces killed six alleged terrorists in a shootout at dawn on Friday in South Cotabato province in southern Philippines, the military said. Maj. Gen. Juvymax Uy.....»»
Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 0600 GMT, Nov. 13
MANILA -- Philippine security forces killed six alleged terrorists in a shootout at dawn on Friday in South Cotabato province in southern Philippines, the military said. Maj. Gen. Juvymax Uy.....»»
Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 0600 GMT, Nov. 13
MANILA -- Philippine security forces killed six alleged terrorists in a shootout at dawn on Friday in South Cotabato province in southern Philippines, the military said. Maj. Gen. Juvymax Uy.....»»
Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 0600 GMT, Sept. 15
NEW DELHI -- India's COVID-19 tally rose to 4,930,236 and the death toll surged to 80,776, according to the latest data released by the federal health ministry on Tuesday. There are 3,859,39.....»»
Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 0600 GMT, Aug. 13
WELLINGTON -- New Zealand reported 14 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, including one in managed isolation and quarantine facilities, and 13 cases of community transmission were related to Tuesday.....»»
Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 0600 GMT, Aug. 7
SEOUL -- South Korea reported 20 more cases of the COVID-19 as of 0:00 a.m. Friday local time compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 14,519. The daily caseload f.....»»
Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 0600 GMT, Aug. 7
SEOUL -- South Korea reported 20 more cases of the COVID-19 as of 0:00 a.m. Friday local time compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 14,519. The daily caseload f.....»»
Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 0600 GMT, Aug. 3
NEW DELHI -- India's health ministry announced on Monday that the country's COVID-19 cases have surpassed 1.8 million, reaching 1,803,695. As many as 52,972 fresh cases were added to the tal.....»»
Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1600 GMT, Sept. 14
NEW DELHI -- Eight people were injured Thursday evening after a private small aircraft crash landed amid heavy rains at the airport in India's Mumbai, local media reported. Eight people, including three crew members, were on board when the plane skidded off the runway and snapped into two parts on landing. (India-Accident) - - - - MANILA -- The National Library of the Philippines on Thursday inaugu.....»»
Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1610 GMT, Aug. 31
ISLAMABAD -- Pakistani rupee dropped to an all-time low against the U.S. dollar, trading at 305.54 rupees against the greenback on Thursday, the State Bank of Pakistan said. The closing exchange rate of the Pakistani currency in the interbank market witnessed a decrease of 1.09 rupees or 0.36 percent from Wednesday, the central bank said in a statement. The fall of the Pakistani currency was observed thro.....»»
Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1600, Aug. 14
NEW DELHI -- The death toll in India's rain-hit northern hilly state of Himachal Pradesh rose to 50, the state's Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said on Monday. He said that several persons were still trapped in rain-hit areas and that the death toll could rise further. (India-Rain-Death Toll) - - - - MANILA -- An organization fighting for justice for Philippine wartime sexual slavery victims.....»»
Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1600, Aug. 9
TOKYO -- The average retail gasoline price in Japan has exceeded 180 yen for the first time in 15 years, industry ministry data showed Wednesday. The national average price for regular gasoline as of Monday rose 3.6 yen from a week before to 180.3 yen per liter, posting an increase for the 12th straight week, according to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. (Japan-Gas Price) - - - - SINGAP.....»»
Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1600, July 31
YANGON -- Myanmar's National Defense and Security Council (NDSC) decided on Monday to extend the state of emergency in the Southeast Asian country for another six months. According to the council's statement signed by Acting President U Myint Swe, the emergency period was extended in accordance with the Section 425 of the State Constitution for six more months starting from Aug. 1. (Myanmar-State of Emergency-Ex.....»»
Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1600 GMT, July 10
MANILA -- The Philippines' Department of Finance (DOF) and the World Bank (WB) have signed a loan agreement of 600 million U.S. dollars to fund a rural development project that will modernize agriculture and improve infrastructure, the finance department said on Monday. The DOF said the loan agreement was signed on July 7 for the Philippine Rural Development Project (PRDP) Scale-up, which is geared towards trans.....»»
Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1600 GMT, July 11
ISLAMABAD -- Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif said on Tuesday that management of population growth is key to socio-economic development for countries around the world, especially developing countries including Pakistan. "Population remains at the heart of effective national planning...No country, however resourceful, can deal with population explosion. Drawing a balance between population and resources is.....»»
Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1600 GMT, June 15
TOKYO -- Japan booked a trade deficit in May, the government said in a report on Thursday. The preliminary report showed that imports in May declined 9.9 percent. (Japan-Trade deficit) - - - - MANILA -- An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 rocked Batangas province in the northern Philippines on Thursday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said. The institute.....»»
Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1600 GMT, June 16
PHNOM PENH -- Chinese Ambassador to Cambodia Wang Wentian and Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn signed here Thursday the Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC) Special Fund 2023. Wang said at the event that Cambodia had so far harvested a total of 89 LMC Special Fund projects. (Cambodia-China-LMC Fund) - - - - SEOUL -- Dozens of people were injured on Friday in a rear-end.....»»
Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1600 GMT, June 17
NEW DELHI -- Sweltering heat has killed 34 people in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, health officials said Saturday. The deaths were reported at a hospital in Ballia district, about 412 km southeast of Lucknow, the capital city of Uttar Pradesh. (India-Heatwave) - - - - NEW DELHI -- Fresh bouts of violence hit India's northeastern state of Manipur as mobs clashed with government forces.....»»
Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1600 GMT, June 18
TOKYO -- Japan's hay fever season this year stood to suppress consumer spending by 383.1 billion yen (2.70 billion U.S. dollars), local media reported. Higher pollen levels would push down real household spending by 383.1 billion yen in the January-March quarter compared with an average year, Nikkei Asia reported, citing recent estimates by Dai-ichi Life Research Institute. (Japan-Hay Fever) - - - -.....»»
Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1600 GMT, June 19
ISLAMABAD -- At least seven people have been killed and over 70 others injured in rain-related incidents during the last 24 hours in northwest Pakistan as the authorities forecasted more thunderstorms and rain in the region. The National Disaster Management Authority of the country said on Monday that another spell of thunderstorms and rain is expected in the northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province starting Monday.....»»
Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1600 GMT, June 8
MANILA -- Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos on Thursday said the relationship between the Philippines and China "has not changed in any fundamental sense," vowing to exert more efforts to strengthen the ties between the two countries. "We have not shifted away from China in any way," said Marcos after a ceremony awarding six individuals for their contribution to promoting ties between the Philippin.....»»