Malaysia’s Financial Market Remains Orderly Amid Global Volatility: Central Bank

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 17 (NNN-BERNAMA) – Despite heightened global volatility, driven by U.S. tariff developments, concerns over global growth and geopolitical tensions, Malaysia’s central bank, Bank Negara Malaysia, said yesterday that, Malaysia’s financial market conditions remained orderly. The Financial Market Stress Index peaked in May, but has since moderated, reflecting…

Afghanistan, Pakistan May Hold Talks In Doha: Media

KABUL, Oct 17 (NNN-BNA) – Afghanistan and Pakistan may hold talks in Doha, the capital of Qatar, according to a report by Afghanistan’s TOLOnews, citing government sources, on Wednesday evening. The source said, an Afghan delegation is expected to travel to Doha in the near future, to hold talks with…

Foreign Visitors To Japan Surpass 30 Million At Record Pace

TOKYO, Oct 16 (NNN-NHK) – The number of foreign visitors to Japan between Jan and Sept, rose to around 31.65 million, marking the first time on record that the number surpassed 30 million, in the first nine months of the year, official data showed. The nine-month figure rose 17.7 percent…

Record Seven Killed By Bear Attacks In Japan So Far This Year

TOKYO, Oct 16 (NNN-NHK) – Japan has confirmed seven deaths caused by bear attacks, so far this year, which started in April, the highest since records began in fiscal 2006, according to the Environment Ministry. The bear-related death toll surpassed the previous record of six, logged in fiscal 2023, the…

Australia’s Rainforests First To Switch From Carbon Sink To Source: Study

SYDNEY, Oct 16 (NNN-AAP) – Australia’s tropical rainforests have become a net source of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere, driven largely by rising temperatures, air dryness and droughts, linked to human-driven climate change, new research shows. The study published in Nature has found that Australia’s wet tropics are the first…

No Casualties Reported After 6.6-Magnitude Quake Hits Indonesia

JAKARTA, Oct 16 (NNN-ANTARA) – No casualties or major damage have been reported, after a 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck Indonesia’s Papua province, today. According to the Indonesian Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG), the quake’s epicentre was located about 32 km south-east of the Sarmi district, at a depth of 18…

Zionist Israeli Defence Minister Orders Military To Prepare Plan To Resume Assault In Gaza If Ceasefire Collapses

JERUSALEM, Oct 16 (NNN-XINHUA) – Unrepentant Zionist Israeli Defence Minister, Israel Katz, warned yesterday that, if Hamas does not demilitarise and return all bodies of hostages it holds, the Zionist Israeli army will return to fighting. The threat came on the sixth day of a fragile ceasefire, as Hamas handed…

Top Court Allows Sale, Bursting Of Green Firecrackers In Indian Capital For Diwali

NEW DELHI, Oct 16 (NNN-PTI) – India’s top court, yesterday, allowed the sale and bursting of green firecrackers, in the capital Delhi and its outskirts for Diwali (Hindu festival of lights) from Oct 18 to 21, officials said. The move was seen as a major relaxation for the people celebrating…

Cloud Seeding Operations To Begin In Indian Capital

NEW DELHI, Oct 16 (NNN-PTI) – India’s Delhi Environment Minister, Manjinder Singh Sirsa, said yesterday that, the government will begin cloud seeding operations in the next two to three days, depending upon favourable weather conditions. Sirsa said, all necessary permissions for the city’s cloud-seeding project have been obtained, and pilots…

ASEAN Power Grid To Strengthen Energy Security: Malaysian Deputy PM

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 16 (NNN-BERNAMA) – The ASEAN Power Grid initiative will allow more energy cooperation between members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), and improve energy security and increase renewable energy adoption in the region, Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister, Fadillah Yusof, said here yesterday. In his remarks…