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Yuan’s international usage remains stable: report
augustus 19, 2018by WN.com - Asia News
BEIJING - International usage of Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, remains stable despite a sharp fall in the offshore exchange rate, according to a new report by...
Unit Citation for Gallantry awarded to RAN Helicopter Flight Vietnam
augustus 19, 2018by WN.com - Asia News
The contribution of 196 Royal Australian Navy members as part of a combined Australian and United States helicopter unit during the Vietnam War has been recognised at a...
Croatia outlast Spain in epic Final to win U16 European title
augustus 19, 2018by WN.com - Asia News
NOVI SAD (FIBA U16 European Championship 2018) - Croatia have been crowned champions at the FIBA U16 European Championship after edging out Spain in a finish for the...
Kofi Annan, former UN secretary general, dies
augustus 19, 2018by WN.com - Asia News
The former UN secretary general Kofi Annan, has died at the age of 80 after a short illness, his family and foundation announced on Saturday. The Ghanaian was the...
Kerala floods: many thousands await rescue as downpour continues
augustus 19, 2018by WN.com - Asia News
Thousands of people in the southern Indian state of Kerala were on Saturday still awaiting rescue...
Imran Khan sworn in as prime minister of Pakistan
augustus 19, 2018by WN.com - Asia News
Pakistan’s cricket star-turned-politician Imran Khan has been sworn in as prime minister after his party won the most votes in last month’s election...
British and Ukrainian paragliders die after colliding in midair
augustus 19, 2018by WN.com - Asia News
A respected British paraglider has died after colliding in midair with another pilot during a competition in Macedonia. Innes Powell,...
Khan faces ‘grave difficulties’ as he takes on role of Pakistan PM
augustus 19, 2018by WN.com - Asia News
Inside Pakistan’s palatial Presidential House – before a crowd that included the country’s all-powerful army chief, top businessmen, cricket stars and...
Kofi Annan: tributes pour in for ‘an outstanding human being’
augustus 19, 2018by WN.com - Asia News
Tributes poured in from around the world for Kofi Annan, the first sub-Saharan African to lead the United Nations, whose work revitalising the organisation and putting...
Italy’s grief and anger grow as Genoa starts to bury its dead
augustus 19, 2018by WN.com - Asia News
The coffins, strewn with flowers and draped with the flags of different countries, were lined in a row as the mourners came in their thousands. The dead had come from...
