KATHMANDU -- The 5th Chinese language training course for Nepalese tourism professionals started here on Friday after a three-year hiatus over the COVID-19 pandemic.

Addressing the inaugural ceremony, Chinese Ambassador Chen Song noted that people-to-people and cultural exchanges have become an important part of China-Nepal cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative, and China had become the second largest source of tourists for Nepal before the pandemic. (Nepal-China-Training Course)

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MANILA -- International cruise ship operations have resumed in the Philippines for the first time after a three-year suspension due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) said on Friday.

"Cruise ships are now back in the tourism scene as they resume operations in different parts of the country on Thursday," PPA General Manager Jay Santiago said in a statement. (Philippines-Cruise Ships)

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CANBERRA -- The Australian government has nominated a remote peninsula that is home to one of the world's largest collections of rock art for heritage listing.

Tanya Plibersek, minister for the environment and water, said on Friday that the government has formally put Murujuga Cultural Landscape in northern Western Australia (WA) forward for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage List. (Australia-Rock Art-World Heritage)

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NEW DELHI -- The Indian government said Friday that it has decided to offload 3 million metric tons of wheat under Open Market Disposal Scheme (OMSS) to cool down prices of wheat and wheat flour.

Junior minister of consumer affairs, food and public distribution Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti made the announcement in the upper house of the Indian parliament, locally called Rajya Sabha. (India-Wheat-Prices)

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TOKYO -- The Cabinet of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Friday endorsed a policy permitting nuclear reactors to be operated beyond their 60-year maximum lifespan and for new reactors to be built under the government's broader "green transformation" policy.

In a bid to secure a stable energy supply and cut carbon emissions, the government, through the policy, envisions building next-generation nuclear plants, and upgrading some of Japan's existing aging reactors. (Japan-Nuclear Reactors) Enditem

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