Chinese Firm To Fund 1-Billion-USD Major Chemical Complex In Egypt

CAIRO, Nov 28 (NNN-MENA) – China’s Kunming Chuan Jin Nuo Chemical Co., Ltd. (CJN), signed an agreement yesterday, with Egypt’s El Sewedy Industrial Development, to build a major integrated phosphate chemical industrial complex, in the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone), east of Cairo. The Chinese company will invest one billion…

Egypt Repatriated 17 Ancient Artefacts From Australia

CAIRO, Nov 28 (NNN-MENA) – Egypt recovered 17 ancient artefacts from Australia, that had been smuggled out of the country, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said in a statement, yesterday. The ministry said, the pieces date to different periods of ancient Egyptian history. The repatriation coincides with the 75th anniversary of…

Pakistan’s Central Bank Foreign Exchange Reserves Rose By Nine Million USD

ISLAMABAD, Nov 28 (NNN-APP) – Pakistan’s central bank foreign exchange reserves, increased by nine million U.S. dollars, during the week ending on Nov 21, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), said, yesterday. In its latest update, the SBP said, its reserves rose to 14.56 billion dollars. Net foreign exchange reserves…

Hanoi Welcomed Nearly 31 Million Visitors In First 11 Months Of Year

HANOI, Nov 27 (NNN-VNA) – The Vietnamese capital, Hanoi, welcomed 30.94 million visitors in the first eleven months of this year, achieving 99.8 percent of its annual goal and surpassing the previous record set in 2019, local media VnExpress reported, today. According to the city’s Department of Tourism, about 2.5…

Kyrgyzstan, Russia Highlight Cooperation In Trade, Investment

BISHKEK, Nov 27 (NNN-KNA) – Kyrgyz President, Sadyr Japarov, and Russian President, Vladimir Putin, held talks here yesterday, after which both leaders issued statements highlighting cooperation in trade and investment. Japarov said, Russia is one of Kyrgyzstan’s main trading partners, accounting for 22 percent of its total trade. He noted…

One Dead, One Injured Following Shark Attack In Australia

SYDNEY, Nov 27 (NNN-AAP) – One person has died and another has been hospitalised with serious injuries, after they were attacked by a shark, at a beach in an Australian national park this morning. Police in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW), said that, emergency services were called…

S. Korea Successfully Launched Homegrown Space Rocket

SEOUL, Nov 27 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea successfully launched its homegrown space rocket Nuri, live footage of the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) showed, early today. The 200-tonne Nuri blasted off from Naro Space Centre in Goheung, about 470 km south of the capital, Seoul, at 1:13 a.m. local time…

Massive Fire Gutted 1,500 Shanties In Bangladeshi Capital

DHAKA, Nov 27 (NNN-BSS) – A massive fire tore through one of the largest slums in the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, destroying some 1,500 shanties and leaving thousands of people homeless. Md Anwarul Islam, warehouse inspector (Media Cell) of Fire Service Headquarters, said yesterday that, the fire erupted at around 5:22…

Death Toll From Southern Thailand Floods Reaches 33

BANGKOK, Nov 27 (NNN-TNA) – Authorities said yesterday that, the death toll from flooding in southern Thailand has reached 33, as continuous heavy monsoon rains triggered widespread inundation. During a press briefing, government spokesperson, Siripong Angkasakulkiat, said, fatalities have been confirmed in seven southern provinces, with Nakhon Si Thammarat recording…

Malaysia’s E-Commerce Revenue Climbed 1.9 Percent In Nine Months

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 27 (NNN-BERNAMA) – Malaysia’s e-commerce revenue for the first nine months of the year reached 937.5 billion ringgit (226.67 billion U.S. dollars), an increase of 1.9 percent, as compared to the same period in 2024, official data showed, yesterday. The Department of Statistics Malaysia said in a…