New Zealand PM’s Auckland Office Smashed

WELLINGTON, Oct 27 (NNN-XINHUA) – The electoral office, in Auckland, of New Zealand Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, was found to be smashed early this morning. According to the emergency services, including firefighters, called to the scene, Ardern’s office was targeted and attacked by using a sword, which was seen on…

Southeast Asia’s Largest Energy Storage System To Be Operational In Singapore

SINGAPORE, Oct 27 (NNN-XINHUA) – Singapore’s Second Minister for Trade and Industry, Tan See Leng, said yesterday that, SembCorp is installing a 200-megawatt (MW) Energy Storage System (ESS), on Singapore’s Jurong Island, which will be operational by next month. “This is the largest ESS deployment in Southeast Asia,” Tan told…

Afghan Cadets Commissioned To Police Force

JALALABAD, Oct 27 (NNN-ANA) – A total of 446 young Afghans have been commissioned to the National Police Force, after completing a training course in the eastern Nangarhar province, commander of the training centre, Qari Rahmatullah, said yesterday. During the six-week training course, the new policemen learned how to behave…

Fire Damages Over 177 Ancient Monoliths On Chile’s Easter Island, Says UNESCO

SANTIAGO, Oct 27 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) – A forest fire on Chile’s Easter Island early this month, damaged at least 177 moai statues – ancient monoliths that have made the Polynesian island world renowned, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) said. The report followed an exploratory mission to…

13 People Killed, 40 Injured In Attack In Iran

TEHRAN, Oct 27 (NNN-IRNA) – At least 13 people were killed and 40 others injured, in a “terrorist attack” at the Shahcheragh religious shrine, in Iran’s southern city of Shiraz, yesterday, semi-official Fars news agency reported. One woman and two children were among the victims, the report said, adding that,…

Morocco Arrested 23 Suspects Of Migrant Smuggling

RABAT, Oct 27 (NNN-MAP) – Moroccan police, yesterday, arrested 23 people in the northern city of Nador and surrounding areas, on suspicion of smuggling migrants to Europe. The arrested people, including four from sub-Saharan Africa, were involved in an organised criminal ring, active in human trafficking in northern Morocco, it…

New Serbian Gov’t Headed By PM Brnabic Sworn In

BELGRADE, Oct 27 (NNN-XINHUA) – The Serbian parliament elected a new government led by Prime Minister, Ana Brnabic, here yesterday. Composed of coalitions around the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), which is led by the country’s president, Aleksandar Vucic, and a coalition around the Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS), led by…

Italy’s New Cabinet Won Final Confidence Vote

ROME, Oct 27 (NNN-XINHUA) – The new Italian cabinet, led by Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, won a confidence vote yesterday, in the upper house of Italy’s parliament, by a comfortable margin. The final tally in the Senate was 115 votes in favour of confirming Meloni’s government, 79 against and five…

Macron Promises Solution To High Inflation, Strikes

PARIS, Oct 27 (NNN-XINHUA) – French President, Emmanuel Macron, pledged yesterday, to “never leave the French without a solution,” in the face of high inflation and strikes. “We will go through the storm together,” Macron said, during an interview titled “The French Emergencies,” aired on the national television France 2.…

Wreath-Laying Ceremony Held At Friendship Tower In DPRK

SEOUL, Oct 27 (NNN-YONHAP) – China and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), held a wreath-laying ceremony on Tuesday, at the Friendship Tower in Pyongyang, to commemorate the 72nd anniversary of China’s sending the Chinese People’s Volunteers (CPV) to the War, to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea. Sun…