* China has started the mass production of carbon-14 through the use of a commercial nuclear reactor, according to the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC).
* The decision of the U.S. House of Representatives to provide military aid to Ukraine will make the United States richer and further ruin Ukraine, Kremlin Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said on Saturday.
* Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and South Africa's Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Naledi Pandor on Saturday discussed Tehran's recent retaliatory military operation against Israel.
* Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi will make an official visit to Pakistan this week, Islamabad said on Sunday, as the two Muslim neighbours seek to mend ties after tit-for-tat missile strikes in January.
* At least 34,097 Palestinians have been killed and 76,980 others injured in Israel's ongoing military offensive on the Gaza Strip since Oct.7, Gaza's health ministry said on Sunday.
* Unknown gunmen killed two customs officers in western Pakistan, officials said on Sunday, following the killing of five other customs officials in the area in recent days. No group has claimed responsibility for the two attacks since Thursday, which police said they were investigating.
* Thousands of people protested in Tenerife on Saturday, calling for the Spanish island to temporarily limit tourist arrivals to stem a boom in short-term holiday rentals and hotel construction that is driving up housing costs for locals.
* The Afghan caretaker government has prevented the smuggling of more than 1,400 pieces of cultural relics abroad within the past two years, an official has said.
* Experts and officials in Pakistan said on Friday that the country would continue to work with international partners and donors to eradicate polio from the South Asian country.
* China's natural gas output hit a record high in the first quarter of 2024, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed. The country produced 63.2 billion cubic meters of natural gas in the January-March period, up 5.2 percent from a year earlier.
* Japan's core consumer prices rose 2.6 percent in March from a year earlier, marking the 24th straight month the index has remained above the central bank's 2 percent inflation target, government data showed Friday.
* The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the government of Bangladesh signed a 71 million USD loan agreement to improve flood control, irrigation, and water resources management in rural communities in Gopalganj and Madaripur districts to strengthen their preparedness and resilience to the effects of climate change.
* China's State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters has renewed a Level-III emergency response to possible flooding in Guangdong Province.
* Police departments in India's various states have recently introduced air-conditioned helmets for their traffic personnel deployed on the roads amid the prevailing heat wave.
* The death toll from flash floods in Tanzania, caused by heavy rains, has risen from 58 to 66 in the past week, police officials said Saturday.
