Ukraine Needs Four Billion Euros To Go Through Winter: Minister

KIEV, Oct 26 (NNN-UNIAN) – Ukraine needs four billion euros (about 3.97 billion U.S. dollars), to go through the winter season, the Interfax-Ukraine news agency reported, yesterday, citing Minister for the Development of Communities and Territories of Ukraine, Oleksiy Chernyshov. “We need four billion euros to get through this winter…

Sunak Became British PM After Meeting King Charles III

LONDON, Oct 26 (NNN-XINHUA) – Rishi Sunak became Britain’s new prime minister yesterday, after meeting King Charles III at Buckingham Palace, where the monarch asked him to form a government, after the resignation of Liz Truss. Sunak, Britain’s former chancellor of the exchequer, won the ruling Conservative Party’s leadership race…

Update: Delhi’s Air Quality Turns “Very Poor”

NEW DELHI, Oct 25 (NNN-PTI) – The quality of air above the Indian capital, Delhi, deteriorated today, to the “Very Poor” category, from the “Poor” category recorded earlier, mainly due to the bursting of firecrackers and fireworks, by people who celebrate the Diwali festival. According to the data from the…

Clash Over Land, Claimed Four Lives, Wounded Three In Afghan Province

PUL-E-KHUMRI, Afghanistan, Oct 25 (NNN-ANA) – A clash between two families, over the ownership of a farmland, in northern Afghanistan’s Baghlan province, claimed the lives of four persons and injured three others yesterday, the provincial police spokesman, Shir Ahmad Burhani, said today. The clash, according to the official, erupted last…

Singapore Raised National Climate Target To Achieve Net Zero Emissions By 2050

SINGAPORE, Oct 25 (NNN-XINHUA) – Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister, Lawrence Wong, announced today that, the city-state raises its national climate target to achieve net zero emissions by 2050, as part of its Long-Term Low-Emissions Development Strategy. He said, at the Singapore International Energy Week (SIEW) 2022 that, Singapore will enhance…

Australian Gov’t Flagged Vaping Crackdown

CANBERRA, Oct 25 (NNN-AAP) – Australia’s Health Minister, Mark Butler, has flagged a government crackdown on the black market vaping industry, revealing today that, the federal government will bolster the regulatory framework around e-cigarettes. Under Australian laws, it is illegal to use, sell or buy nicotine e-cigarette products, without a…

Construction Machinery Trade Fair Bauma Opened In Munich

BERLIN, Oct 25 (NNN-XINHUA) – The 2022 edition of Bauma, the world’s largest construction machinery trade fair, in terms of exhibition space, kicked off in Munich, Germany, yesterday. Open until Oct 30, the event, held for the 33rd time, gathers more than 3,100 exhibitors from around 60 countries, on an…

Sunak Set To Take Over As UK’s Next PM

LONDON, Oct 25 (NNN-XINHUA) – Rishi Sunak, former chancellor of the exchequer of the United Kingdom (UK), yesterday won the ruling Conservative Party’s leadership contest. He will replace Liz Truss as the country’s new prime minister. Sunak was the only contender who secured the required backing of 100 lawmakers, by…

Cambodia Sent New Batch Of 346 Soldiers To Mali, South Sudan For U.N. Peacekeeping Mission

KAMPONG SPEU, Oct 25 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia dispatched a new batch of 346 peacekeepers, to join a United Nations peacekeeping mission, in war-torn African nations of Mali and South Sudan, yesterday. The new batch was originally scheduled to replace the existing team in both African countries in 2019, but was…

13 Killed, Some Injured As Passenger Ship Caught Fire In Central Indonesia

JAKARTA, Oct 25 (NNN-ANTARA) – Rescuers recovered 13 bodies and rescued 263 people, as a fire broke out on a passenger ship, in the waters off East Nusa Tenggara province, in central Indonesia, yesterday, rescuers said. Among the survivors, some suffered from injuries, said Saidar Rahmanjaya, head of the operation…