Pacific Besieged With Waves Of Plastic Pollution

SYDNEY, Aug 17 (NNN-AAP) – Pacific nations are being forced to deal with piles of plastic pollution, discarded from other parts of the world, according to an Australian researcher. In a report published in the Journal of Political Ecology, and revealed yesterday, University of Newcastle environmental anthropologist, Dr. Sascha Fuller,…

Malaysia Reported 3,429 New COVID-19 Infections, Nine New Deaths

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 17 (NNN-BERNAMA) – Malaysia recorded 3,429 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight, bringing the total tally to 4,741,413, according to the health ministry. Among them were six new imported cases and 3,423 local transmissions, data released on the ministry’s website showed. Another nine deaths have been reported…

Japanese Citizens Staged Anti-War Protests In Tokyo

TOKYO, Aug 17 (NNN-NHK) – Many Japanese citizens staged anti-war protests in Tokyo, on the occasion of the 77th anniversary of Japan’s defeat and unconditional surrender in World War II. Local demonstrators took to the streets and raised their voices against war, and the amendment of Japan’s current pacifist Constitution,…

Belt and Road Initiative Brings “Road To Prosperity” For Remote River Bank Residents In Southern Bangladesh

DHAKA, Aug 17 (NNN-BSS) – People from Choto Ankujanpara Village, a small southern Bangladeshi river bank village, bursted into cheers and applause, as their narrow, unpaved street was reconstructed and widened with bituminous materials by PowerChina Barisal Electric Power Company Limited (BEPCL), a joint venture of Chinese and Bangladeshi enterprises.…

Jordan, Bahrain Vowed To Expand Cooperation In Various Fields

AMMAN, Aug 17 (NNN-PETRA) – Jordanian Foreign Minister, Ayman Safadi, and his visiting Bahraini counterpart, Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani, yesterday, vowed to expand bilateral cooperation in various fields, according to a Jordanian Foreign Ministry statement. The two ministers also agreed to enhance coordinating efforts, in resolving regional crises, active…

Iraqi PM Urged Rival Parties To Solve Political Deadlock Via Dialogue

BAGHDAD, Aug 17 (NNN-NINA) – Iraqi caretaker Prime Minister, Mustafa al-Kadhimi, yesterday, invited rival political parties to a meeting today, to seek a solution to the political deadlock through a national dialogue. “I invite leaders of the national political forces, to a national meeting at the government palace today, to…

Philippines Logged 2,633 New COVID-19 Cases, 49 Deaths

MANILA, Aug 17 (NNN-PNA) – The Philippines reported 2,633 new COVID-19 infections yesterday, bringing the number of confirmed cases in the country to 3,838,062. The Department of Health (DOH) said, the number of active cases fell to 36,190, and 49 more patients died from COVID-19 complications, pushing the country’s death…

Indonesia Sets Economic Growth At 5.3 Percent, Inflation At 3.3 Percent In 2023

JAKARTA, Aug 17 (NNN-ANTARA) – Indonesia sets its economic growth target at 5.3 percent and inflation rate at 3.3 percent next year, said President Joko Widodo yesterday. The growth figure is based on economic dynamics, the development agenda, and future challenges, Widodo added. “We will try our best to maintain…

Pakistan’s Textile Exports Up 0.67 Percent In July

ISLAMABAD, Aug 17 (NNN-APP) – Pakistan’s textile exports increased by 0.67 percent in July, the first month of the fiscal year 2022-2023, year-on-year, according to figures from the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS), yesterday. Exports of textile commodities were recorded at 1,481.02 million U.S. dollars in July, the PBS data…

EU Admitted To “Double Standards” On Ukraine, Palestine

MADRID, Aug 17 (NNN-XINHUA) – The European Union’s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, admitted recently that, the EU has applied double standards on the Ukraine crisis, as opposed to the situation in Gaza. “We are very often criticised for double standards. But international politics is largely about applying double standards.…