Authorities Begin Culling Pigs As African Swine Fever Hits India’s Assam

NEW DELHI, Sept 5 (NNN-PTI) – India’s north-eastern state of Assam, began culling infected pigs yesterday, following the outbreak of the African swine fever (ASF), officials said. The culling was carried out in Lakhimpur district, about 372 km north-east of Dispur, the capital city of Assam. According to officials, over…

Japan’s Launch Of Rocket Carrying Lunar Lander Rescheduled For Thursday

TOKYO, Sept 5 (NNN-NHK) – The postponed lift-off of an H2A rocket, carrying the Japanese space agency’s lunar lander has been set for Thursday, the rocket manufacturer said, yesterday. The domestically made rocket is scheduled to take off around 8:42 a.m. local time Thursday, from Tanegashima Space Centre, on Tanegashima…

Three Killed In Pakistan’s Navy Helicopter Crash

ISLAMABAD, Sept 5 (NNN-APP) – Three personnel of the Pakistani Navy were killed, in a helicopter crash, in Pakistan’s south-western Balochistan province yesterday, the navy said in a statement. The helicopter was on its routine training sortie, when it apparently met a technical fault and crashed in Gwadar district, the…

43rd ASEAN Summit Foreign Ministers’ Meeting Emphasises Unity, Inclusiveness

JAKARTA, Sept 5 (NNN-ANTARA) – The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers’ Meeting of the 43rd ASEAN summit, convened here yesterday, with an emphasis on ASEAN’s unity and inclusiveness. “We are all aware of many difficult circumstances in the region. But we cannot allow them to affect our…

Thunderstorms Expected In Japan’s Kanto, Tohoku Regions

TOKYO, Sept 4 (NNN-NHK) – Japan’s weather agency said today that, warm and moist air may bring strong thunderstorms to some parts of the Kanto and Tohoku regions till tomorrow. The Japanese Meteorological Agency (JMA) said, the air is flowing into the regions, along the edge of a high-pressure system…

200,000 Sri Lankans Leave For Foreign Employment So Far This Year

COLOMBO, Sept 4 (NNN-XINHUA) – Over 200,000 Sri Lankans left for foreign employment, so far this year, after registering with Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment, a minister said, today. Minister of Labour and Foreign Employment, Manusha Nanayakkara, told the media that, around 311,000 Sri Lankans left for foreign employment…

Afghanistan Repairs Over 70 Aircraft In Past Two Years: Official

KABUL, Sept 4 (NNN-ANA) – The engineering team of Afghan Air Force (AAF), has repaired more than 70 aircraft and made them ready for flight within the past two years, local media reported. “Our maintenance has repaired approximately more than 70 aircraft and helicopters. Some of the helicopters and aircraft…

Over 2.3 Million Students Started New School Year In Libya

TRIPOLI, Sept 4 (NNN-IRIN) – More than 2.3 million new students around Libya started the new school year yesterday, according to the Libyan interim Government of National Unity (GNU). The GNU said in a statement that, some 6,000 schools opened doors to students for the new school year. The government…

Floods Claimed Eight Lives In Algeria

ALGIERS, Sept 4 (NNN-APS) – Devastating floods have killed eight people in western Algeria, announced the country’s civil protection services, yesterday. The floods, which occurred on Saturday evening, swept away a vehicle in the province of Tlemcen, claiming the lives of two men and two women, it said. In El…

Zelensky To Replace Defence Minister

KIEV, Sept 4 (NNN-UNIAN) – Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky, yesterday, announced the decision, to replace Defence Minister, Oleksii Reznikov. In his nightly video address, Zelensky said, he plans to dismiss Reznikov and ask parliament this week to confirm Rustem Umerov, head of the country’s main privatisation fund, as his replacement.…