Saudi Arabia Launched Supply Chain Initiative To Attract Investment

RIYADH, Oct 24 (NNN-SPA) – Saudi Arabian Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, launched yesterday, the Global Supply Chain Resilience Initiative. It aims to make Saudi Arabia a preferred location for leading global industrial companies, and to attract 40 billion Saudi riyals (10.64 billion U.S. dollars) of…

Iran To Export 40 Homegrown Gas Turbines To Russia

TEHRAN, Oct 24 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran signed a contract with Russia, to export 40 homegrown gas turbines to the country, Shana News Agency, affiliated to the Iranian oil ministry, reported. Iran is now capable of meeting 85 percent of its domestic needs for gas equipment and facilities, and its gas…

Al-Shabab Attack Targeted Hotel In Southern Somalia

MOGADISHU, Oct 24 (NNN-IRIN) – A suicide car bomb attack, targeted a popular hotel in Somalia’s southern town of Kismayo, yesterday, the police said. Jubaland deputy police chief, Mohamed Nasi Guled, said, the attackers stormed the Tawakal Hotel, located in Kismayo town, with a vehicle laden with explosives, sparking an…

Tanzania Mobilised Over 600 Firefighters To Put Out Fire On Mt Kilimanjaro

DAR ES SALAAM, Oct 24 (NNN-IRIN) – Tanzanian authorities mobilised more than 600 firefighters, to put out a fire on Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest mountain, an official said. Nurdin Babu, the Kilimanjaro regional commissioner, said that, the firefighters have been drawn from the Tanzania Fire and Rescue Force, the Tanzania…

Slovenia Set For Second Round Presidential Election

LJUBLJANA, Oct 24 (NNN-XINHUA) – Slovenia is to hold the second round of the presidential election on Nov 13, after no candidate got a majority in the first round, held yesterday. The two best positioned candidates, Anze Logar, a member of parliament of the opposition centre-right Slovenian Democratic Party, and…

Singapore Reported 4,454 New COVID-19 Cases

SINGAPORE, Oct 24 (NNN-XINHUA) – Singapore reported 4,454 new cases of COVID-19 yesterday, bringing the total tally to 2,064,163. Of the new cases, 547 were detected through PCR (polymerase chain reaction) tests, and 3,907 through ARTs (antigen rapid test), according to statistics released by the country’s Ministry of Health. Among…

Frankfurt Book Fair Concluded With 90,000 Trade Visitors

FRANKFURT, Oct 24 (NNN-XINHUA) – The 74th Frankfurt Book Fair, the largest of its kind in the world, concluded yesterday, on the Frankfurt exhibition grounds. This year’s book fair attracted around 90,000 trade visitors from over 100 countries and regions, surpassing expectations, according to Juergen Boos, president and CEO of…

Vietnam Saw Lowest Daily COVID-19 Cases In A Year

HANOI, Oct 24 (NNN-VNA) – Vietnam recorded 158 new COVID-19 cases yesterday, down by 317 from Saturday, according to its ministry of health. This is the lowest number recorded in the country in nearly one year, said the ministry, adding that, all the new cases were locally transmitted. The newly…

Indonesia To Receive Drugs From Singapore, Australia Amid Rising Children’s Deaths From Acute Kidney Injury

JAKARTA, Oct 24 (NNN-ANTARA) – Indonesia is expected to receive drugs for acute kidney injury from Singapore and Australia, amid increasing children’s deaths from the disease, Health Minister, Budi Gunadi Sadikin, said yesterday. As of Saturday, the number of children who died from progressive acute kidney injury rose to 133,…

Colombian, Venezuelan Legislators Met On Normalising Ties

CARACAS, Oct 23 (NNN-ABN) – Legislative delegations from Venezuela’s National Assembly and Colombia’s Congress met on Friday, to set up working commissions for normalising bilateral ties, said Venezuelan lawmaker, Jorge Rodriguez. Speaking from the Simon Bolivar International Bridge that links the two countries across their shared border, the president of…