Japan’s Industrial Output Dropped For First Time In Four Months In Sept

TOKYO, Oct 31 (NNN-NHK) – Japan’s industrial output fell in Sept, from a month earlier, owing to a slowdown in overseas economies, the government said in a report today. According to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), industrial output in Sept, dropped 1.6 percent from a month earlier,…

Endangered Small Rock Wren Crowned New Zealand’s Bird Of The Year

WELLINGTON, Oct 31 (NNN-XINHUA) – The endangered small alpine rock wren, pīwauwau, won New Zealand’s Bird of the Year 2022, the event organiser announced, today. The Bird of the Year competition is an annual competition held by New Zealand’s independent conservation organisation Forest and Bird, in a bid to raise…

India Is To Start Building C-295 Transport Aircraft Plant

NEW DELHI, Oct 31 (NNN-PTI) – India will soon become a major producer of C-295 transport aircraft, said Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, yesterday, as he laid the foundation stone of an aircraft manufacturing facility, in the western state of Gujarat. The C-295 aircraft manufacturing facility, at Vadodara district, will be…

Arab FMs Reached Consensus On Arab Summit’s Agenda

ALGIERS, Oct 31 (NNN-APS) – A senior Arab League official, said yesterday that, regional foreign ministers have approved main topics for discussion, at the bloc’s upcoming summit scheduled for tomorrow in the Algerian capital. “There has been a consensus over all the issues to be included in the agenda of…

Death Toll From Tropical Storm Nalgae Rose To 80 In Philippines, 31 More Missing

MANILA, Oct 31 (NNN-PNA) – The death toll has climbed to 80, from severe tropical storm Nalgae, which unleashed floods and set off landslides in several parts of the Philippines, a government disaster agency said late yesterday. The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, said in a bulletin that,…

Death Toll Rose To 91 From Bridge Collapse In West India

NEW DELHI, Oct 31 (NNN-PTI) – The death toll has risen to 91, in a bridge collapse, in India’s western state of Gujarat, yesterday evening, said media reports. “At least 91 people were killed, while many are said to be injured, after a hanging bridge collapsed in Machchhu river, in…

Seven Killed, 14 Injured In Road Accident In South-eastern Myanmar

YANGON, Oct 31 (NNN-MNA) – Seven people were killed and 14 others injured, in a traffic accident yesterday afternoon, in south-eastern Myanmar’s Kayin state, according to the state’s police force. The accident took place near the descending arch of the betel nut farm, on the Myawaddy-Kawkareik Asia Road, when a…

Lebanese President Left Office Amid Steep Financial Crisis

BEIRUT, Oct 31 (NNN-NNA) – Lebanese President Michel Aoun, yesterday departed the presidential palace, a day before the end of his term, leaving the country in a presidential vacuum, amid a steep financial crisis. Hundreds of supporters gathered at Baabda Palace to bid farewell to Aoun by chanting slogans and…

Mongolia Issued Warning For Snowstorms

ULAN BATOR, Oct 30 (NNN-XINHUA) – Mongolia’s National Agency for Meteorology and Environmental Monitoring, today issued a warning of heavy snow and snowstorms. As of this morning, the western provinces of Bayan-Ulgii, Uvs and Govi-Altai, the northern provinces of Khuvsgul and Selenge, and the central areas of Tuv province and…

Idea Of Peace With Israel Out Of The Question: Lebanon’s President

TEHRAN, Oct 30 (NNN-TASNIM) – The outgoing president of Lebanon, ruled out peace with the “Israeli enemy,” a day after the sides signed a deal that demarcates their maritime border in the Mediterranean. Michel Aoun held a meeting with journalists on Friday, to say farewell, as he is set to…