Reception Held To Mark 50th Anniversary Of China-New Zealand Diplomatic Ties, 125th Birthday Of Rewi Alley

WELLINGTON, Dec 3 (NNN-XINHUA) – New Zealand’s South Island, last night, marked the 50th anniversary of diplomatic ties between China and New Zealand, and the 125th anniversary of the birth of Rewi Alley, a New Zealand-born writer, social reformer and educator. Alley spent 60 years living and working in China,…

Festival On Vietnam’s National Dress Opened To Boost Tourism

HANOI, Dec 3 (NNN-VNA) – A festival, featured with ao dai – Vietnam’s national dress for women, kicked off here, to boost the recovery of tourism in the country’s capital. During the three-day festival’s opening ceremony, held last night, next to Hoan Kiem Lake, various ao dai collections of well-known…

IRGC Arrested Four Individuals For Assassinating Police Officer In NW Iran

TEHRAN, Dec 3 (NNN-TASNIM) – Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), said yesterday, its intelligence forces have arrested four individuals, involved in an assassination of a police officer in the north-western city of Sanandaj. The IRGC’s intelligence service, in the north-western province of Kurdestan, announced in a statement that, in…

Another Palestinian Killed By Israeli Border Police In Northern West Bank

RAMALLAH, Dec 3 (NNN-WAFA) – Another Palestinian man was killed late yesterday, by the Israeli border police, outside the northern West Bank city of Nablus, Palestinian Health Ministry and eyewitnesses, said. The man, identified as Ammar Mefleh, 22, died in the town of Huwara, south of Nablus, after he was…

Senior Yemeni Security Official Killed In Bomb Blast

ADEN, Dec 3 (NNN-YPA) – A senior official of Yemen’s security forces was killed in a bomb blast, in the country’s turbulent southern province of Abyan yesterday, a government official said. “Nader Nisri, the emergency operations commander, of the security forces in Abyan, was killed in a blast, caused by…

Palestinian PM Called On UN To Present New Initiative For Peace In Middle East

RAMALLAH, Dec 3 (NNN-WAFA) – Palestinian Prime Minister, Mohammed Ishtaye, yesterday called on the United Nations, to present an initiative for peace in the Middle East, to end the conflict with Israel. Ishtaye made the remarks during a virtual meeting, organised by the UN Economic and Social Commission for West…

Casualties Feared As Blast Rocked Mosque In Afghan Capital

KABUL, Dec 3 (NNN-ANA) – Casualties were feared as a blast rocked a mosque in Police District 6, of Afghanistan’s capital city, Kabul, yesterday, eyewitnesses said.– NNN-ANA

Japan Approved 214-Billion-USD Extra Budget To Fight Inflation

TOKYO, Dec 3 (NNN-NHK) – The Japanese parliament passed an additional budget of 28.92 trillion yen (214 billion U.S. dollars), for the current fiscal year, in an effort to bolster the faltering economy and cushion the impact of rising inflation. The House of Councillors, or the upper house, approved the…

Sri Lanka Aims To Attract 1.5 Million Tourists In 2023, Three Million In 2024

COLOMBO, Dec 3 (NNN-XINHUA) – Sri Lanka aims to attract around 1.5 million foreign tourists next year and three million travellers in 2024, a minister said yesterday. Tourist arrivals have improved in the last few months, Minister of Tourism, Harin Fernando, told the local media, adding that, several airlines are…

Malaysian PM Anwar Unveiled Cabinet

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 3 (NNN-BERNAMA) – Malaysian Prime Minister, Anwar Ibrahim, unveiled his cabinet last night, naming two deputy prime ministers, in an effort to better represent both halves of the country. In a televised speech, Anwar said, he himself will assume the finance minister’s portfolio, a post which he…