ISLAMABAD — Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif mentioned on Tuesday that administration of inhabitants progress is vital to socio-economic improvement for international locations all over the world, particularly creating international locations together with 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 fundamental to the fulfillment of the needs of teeming millions,” Sharif mentioned in his message on the World Population Day. (Pakistan-Population Management)
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JAKARTA — Foreign ministers from 10 ASEAN international locations and Timor-Leste, and ASEAN companion international locations mentioned challenges confronted by the bloc and its cooperation with different international locations on the 56th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and Post Ministerial Conference (AMM-PMC) which kicked off right here Tuesday.
Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno Marsudi within the opening remarks known as on the leaders of the bloc to collectively present the world that ASEAN (the Association of Southeast Asian Nations) can navigate the regional and international dynamics and proceed to create the paradigm of collaboration. (ASEAN-FM-Meeting)
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TOKYO — Fisheries associations in Fukushima Prefecture mentioned Tuesday they continue to be against releasing radioactive water from the crippled nuclear energy plant into the ocean regardless of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)’s security assurance on the plan, native media reported.
Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Yasutoshi Nishimura briefed the Fukushima Prefectural Federation of Fisheries Cooperative Associations in northeastern Japan in regards to the current IAEA report on the deliberate ocean launch, in a bid to hunt their understanding as Japan goals to begin releasing the water round this summer time, Kyodo News mentioned. (Japan-Fukushima nuclear water-Fishermen-Opposition)
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KATHMANDU — All six folks, together with 5 Mexican vacationers and a Nepali pilot, had been killed after their helicopter crashed on Tuesday in a mountain district in jap Nepal, the authorities mentioned.
“The five passengers and a pilot in the helicopter have lost their lives in the crash,” Jagannath Niroula, spokesperson of the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal, advised Xinhua. (Nepal-Helicopter Crash,1st LD)
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MANILA — At least 114,663 Chinese vacationers visited the Philippines from January to June this 12 months, in accordance with the info from the Philippines’ Department of Tourism (DOT).
The tourism company knowledge confirmed South Koreans had been the highest international arrivals in the course of the first semester of 2023, with 673,841 arrivals. (Philippines-Chinese Tourists)
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BANGKOK — Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha introduced on Tuesday his retirement from politics and resignation as a political celebration member.
“I am announcing my retirement from politics and resigning as a member of the Ruam Thai Sang Chart Party (United Thai Nation Party),” he mentioned in a press release launched by his celebration. (Thailand-Politics-Prayut)