TOKYO — An aged man has been killed in Japan as highly effective Typhoon Khanun hits the southern island prefecture of Okinawa on Wednesday, in keeping with the nation’s climate company, warning of expanded harm.
The 90-year-old man died in a hospital on Wednesday after he turned trapped beneath his collapsed storage the earlier evening at his residence, positioned within the prefecture, with police suspecting that the collapse was attributable to robust winds accompanying the storm, in keeping with native media studies. (Japan-Typhoon-Damage)
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DHAKA — Millions of Bangladeshis remitted residence practically 2 billion U.S. {dollars} in July, the primary month of the present fiscal yr from July 2023 to June 2024, a central financial institution official mentioned Wednesday.
The Bangladesh Bank (BB) official who most well-liked to be unnamed informed Xinhua that “the flow of inward remittances fell 5.86 percent year-on-year to 1.97 billion U.S. dollars last month.” (Bangladesh-Remittance)
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TOKYO — Tokyo shares plunged Wednesday, with the Nikkei struggling its largest drop this yr, amid issues over the downgrading of U.S. debt and gain-locking strikes.
Japan’s benchmark Nikkei stock index, the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average dropped 768.89 factors, or 2.30 p.c, from Tuesday at 32,707.69, after shedding over 800 factors at one level. (Japan-Market-Stocks)
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SINGAPORE — Seah Kian Peng, a member of parliament for Marine Parade Group Representation Constituency in Singapore, was elected because the city-state’s speaker of parliament Wednesday.
During his first speech because the speaker, Seah known as on his colleagues within the parliament to be vigilant in private conduct and bear the burden of workplace with dignity and a way of responsibility. (Singapore-Parliament)