Saudi Aramco Signs 11 Billion USD Lease-And-Leaseback Deal For Jafurah Gas Assets

RIYADH, Aug 15 (NNN-SPA) – Saudi Aramco announced yesterday, the signing of an 11 billion U.S. dollar lease-and-leaseback agreement, for its Jafurah gas processing assets, with a consortium of international investors, marking a major inflow of foreign direct investment into the Kingdom’s energy sector. The deal is led by funds…

Indonesia Targets 10 Billion USD Footwear Exports To Europe

JAKARTA, Aug 15 (NNN-ANTARA) – Indonesia’s footwear exports to Europe could surpass 10 billion U.S. dollars within the next three to four years, if the Indonesia-European Union Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (IEU-CEPA) is implemented, the Indonesian Footwear Association (Aprisindo) said, yesterday. Aprisindo Chairman, Eddy Widjanarko, said, the free trade deal,…

Indonesia Mulls Electricity Tariff Discount To Boost Consumption

JAKARTA, Aug 15 (NNN-ANTARA) – The Indonesian government was considering introducing an electricity tariff discount, as a stimulus to spur consumption, Secretary of the Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs, Susiwijono Moegiarso said, yesterday. According to Susiwijono, the policy was still under review. He noted that, such a measure could be…

Zionist Israeli Army Okays “Main Framework” Of Gaza Attack Plan Despite Global Condemnation, Kills 41 Across Gaza

JERUSALEM/GAZA, Aug 14 (NNN-XINHUA) – Israel’s Zionist military chief, Eyal Zamir, yesterday approved the main framework of a government plan, to expand the offensive in Gaza to areas not yet under Israeli control. The offensive will later target refugee camps in central Gaza and the southern area of Al Mawasi,…

Australian EV Sales Up 60 Percent To Record High

CANBERRA, Aug 14 (NNN-AAP) – Electric vehicle sales in Australia rose by over 60 percent, to a record high in the second quarter of this year, according to official data. In a report published today, the peak motoring NGO, the Australian Automobile Association (AAA), revealed that, Australians purchased 29,244 new…

Starlink Satellite Internet Officially Launched In Kazakhstan

ALMATY, Aug 14 (NNN-KNA) – Starlink satellite internet, became officially available in Kazakhstan yesterday, the press service of the country’s Ministry of Digital Development, Innovations and Aerospace Industry, said. The service will enable residents across the country to access reliable internet via Starlink’s network of low-orbit satellites. It also ensures…

Almost Half Of Australian Internet Users, Victims Of Cybercrime: Gov’t Report

CANBERRA, Aug 14 (NNN-AAP) – Almost half of Australian internet users were the victim of a cybercrime in the last 12 months, a government report, published today, said. The report, which was compiled by the Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC), based on surveys of over 10,000 internet users, found that…

ADB Approves 500 Million USD Loan To Modernise Indonesia’s Tax System

MANILA, Aug 14 (NNN-PNA) – The Asian Development Bank (ADB), said today, it has approved a policy-based loan of 500 million U.S. dollars, to strengthen Indonesia’s tax system modernisation, that will enhance tax collection efficiency, improve equity, and maintain fiscal resilience, to fund critical public services and long-term development goals.…

New Zealand To Close Loopholes In Trafficking, Smuggling Laws

WELLINGTON, Aug 14 (NNN-RNZ) – New Zealand is tightening trafficking and smuggling laws, to close loopholes that have allowed offenders to evade real consequences for crime. Justice Minister, Paul Goldsmith, said yesterday that, since 2009, over 50 trafficking victims have been found in New Zealand, but only four cases were…

Gaza Starvation Deaths Continue To Rise: UN

UNITED NATIONS, Aug 14 (NNN-XINHUA) – Casualties from the acute lack of food mount, as airstrikes and bombardment across Gaza continue to kill, injure and displace people, and destroy civilian infrastructure, said UN humanitarians, yesterday. The Gaza health authorities reported yesterday that, eight people suffering the effects of malnourishment and…