Singapore Launches Digital Data Exchange To Tackle Supply Chain Inefficiencies

SINGAPORE, Jun 2 (NNN-CNA) – Singapore’s Minister of Communications and Information, and Minister-in-charge of Smart Nation and Cybersecurity, Josephine Teo, yesterday, launched the Singapore Trade Data Exchange (SGTraDex), a public-private initiative, on the sidelines of Asia Tech x Singapore (ATxSG) 2022. SGTraDex is a digital utility that facilitates the sharing…

UN Welcomes First Commercial Flight From Sanaa To Cairo

UNITED NATIONS, Jun 2 (NNN-YPA) – The United Nations, yesterday, welcomed the first commercial flight from Yemen’s Sanaa airport to Cairo, earlier in the day, a UN spokesman said. Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, told the regular press briefing that, “this was the seventh flight operating under…

Palestinian Woman Killed By Israeli Soldiers In Southern West Bank: Medics

RAMALLAH, Jun 2 (NNN-WAFA) – A Palestinian woman was, yesterday, killed by Israeli soldiers, at an Israeli army checkpoint, near Al-Aroub refugee camp, close to the southern West Bank city of Hebron, said Palestinian medics. In a press statement, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said that, Ghufran Warasneh, a 29-year-old…

Turkey, Pakistan Vow To Enhance Bilateral Ties With “Strategic Perspective”

ANKARA, Jun 2 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkey and Pakistan yesterday pledged to strengthen cooperation with a “strategic perspective” on both bilateral and international levels. “We are ready to further strengthen Turkey-Pakistan relations with a strategic perspective, in line with the history, friendship and potential of the two countries,” Turkish President, Recep…

Palestinian PM Calls On Int’l Community To Sanction Israel

RAMALLAH, Jun 2 (NNN-WAFA) – Palestinian Prime Minister, Mohammed Ishtaye, yesterday called on the international community, to move from condemnation to imposing sanctions on Israel, in light of “daily” aggression against Palestinians. Ishtaye made the remarks, while addressing a European celebration held in the West Bank city of Ramallah, attended…

Over 60 Million Doses Of COVID-19 Vaccines Administered In Myanmar

YANGON, Jun 2 (NNN-MNA) – Some 60.2 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines had been administered in Myanmar, as of Tuesday, official data. The Health Ministry said, more than 26.65 million, or 47 percent of the country’s 55 million population, have been vaccinated against COVID-19, and over 2.11 million people have…

Pakistan To Strengthen Ties With Strategic Partners To Boost Economic Development: Minister

ISLAMABAD, Jun 2 (NNN-APP) – Pakistani Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives, Ahsan Iqbal, said yesterday that, his country would further strengthen relations with its strategic partners, to boost economic development of Pakistan. Addressing a conference, organised by the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, the minister said, China brought…

Lebanon, Iraq Agree To Bolster Legal, Judicial Cooperation

BEIRUT, Jun 2 (NNN-NNA) – Lebanon and Iraq, yesterday, agreed to bolster legal and judicial cooperation between their justice ministries. The cooperation, agreed upon during a meeting between Lebanese Justice Minister, Henri Khoury, and his visiting Iraqi counterpart, Salar Abdul Sattar Muhammad, includes judicial notifications, penal fields and extradition issues…

Feature: Many Refugee Children In Gaza Forced To Quit School Amid Economic Crisis

by Sanaa Kamal GAZA, Jun 1 (NNN-XINHUA) – Poverty forced Ahmed al-Aghbar, a 13-year-old refugee child, in the Palestinian enclave of Gaza, to drop out of school, to help keep his family afloat. “When I see students going to school, I feel very sad,” al-Aghbar told Xinhua, adding that, he…

Palestinian President Asks U.S. To Turn Words Into Deeds

RAMALLAH, Jun 1 (NNN-WAFA) – Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, told U.S. Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, yesterday that, the U.S. side has to turn its words, regarding the Mideast conflict, into deeds. “The U.S. has to turn its words into deeds, instead of adopting the policy of silence and condemnation…