Brazil Registers Record Trade Surplus In Mar

BRASILIA, Apr 2 (NNN-CMA) – Brazil’s trade balance registered a surplus of 7.4 billion U.S. dollars in Mar, a record for the month, since the beginning of kept records in 1989, the Foreign Trade Secretariat of the Ministry of Economy said yesterday. The figure represents an increase of 19.3 percent…

Iraq’s Oil Export Revenue Hits Monthly High Since 1972: Ministry

BAGHDAD, Apr 2 (NNN-NINA) – Iraq exported more than 100.56 million barrels of crude oil in Mar, bringing in revenues of 11.07 billion U.S. dollars, the highest monthly revenue since 1972, the Iraqi oil ministry said yesterday. The average selling price for crude oil in the month was 110.09 dollars…

Most Residents In California Favour Continuing COVID-19 Restrictions: Survey

LOS ANGELES, Apr 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Though most coronavirus-related policies are expiring and cases remain low in California, a new survey showed that, most residents in the most populous U.S. state, are in favour of efforts to control the spread of COVID-19, even if this means having some restrictions. The…

First UN Aid Convoy In Three Months Enters War-Ravaged Northern Ethiopia

ADDIS ABABA, Apr 2 (NNN-ENA) – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), announced last night that, the first aid convoy in three months, has entered Ethiopia’s northern Tigray regional state. WFP Ethiopia said on social media that, “13 trucks have arrived safely in Mekelle, capital of Tigray regional state.”…

Algeria’s Energy Giant Sonatrach Earmarks 40 Billion USD In Investment Over Five Years

ALGIERS, Apr 2 (NNN-APS) – The CEO of Algeria’s state-owned energy giant, Sonatrach, said yesterday, the company plans to invest 40 billion U.S. dollars in oil and gas exploration, and production between 2022 and 2026. The year 2022 “bears promising prospect for Sonatrach’s oil exploration and production,” Toufik Hakkar was…

Bulgaria Expels Russian Diplomat

SOFIA, Apr 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said on Friday evening that, it has declared one diplomat at the Russian Embassy in Sofia, persona non grata, and given him 72 hours to leave the country. The ministry said, in a press release, that, it made the decision…

Dutch Inflation Hits Highest Level Since 1975

THE HAGUE, Apr 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Inflation in the Netherlands hit 11.9 percent in Mar, the highest level since the oil crisis in 1975, according to an initial estimate, published by the Dutch Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) yesterday. The CBS said, the Mar inflation rate of almost 12 percent,…

Int’l Tourists To Cambodia Up 114 Percent In Q1: Official

PHNOM PENH, Apr 2 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia received a total of 151,680 foreign visitors in the first quarter of 2022, an increase of 114 percent from 70,901 arrivals, recorded in the same period last year, a senior tourism official said yesterday. Kong Sopheareak, director of Tourism Statistics Department, at the…

Japan’s New Vehicle Sales Drop For Third Consecutive Year Amid COVID-19

TOKYO, Apr 2 (NNN-NHK) – New car sales in Japan decreased for the third straight year in fiscal 2021, down 9.5 percent, compared to a year earlier, due to slowed production on shortages of semiconductors and other components, amid the COVID-19 pandemic. A total of 4,215,826 vehicles were sold in…

Two Killed, Eight Injured In Car Bomb Blast In Western Afghanistan

HERAT, Afghanistan, Apr 2 (NNN-ANA) – At least two people were killed and eight others wounded, in a car bomb blast in Afghanistan’s western province of Herat yesterday, a provincial public health official confirmed. “Based on initial information, two were killed and eight wounded in the car bomb blast. The…