14 People Killed As Heavy Rains, Strong Winds Continue In Sri Lanka

COLOMBO, Nov 26 (NNN-XINHUA) – Fourteen people were killed and one person missing, after strong winds and heavy rains lashed out across Sri Lanka since last week, the Disaster Management Centre (DMC), said. According to the latest figures from the DMC, over 100,000 families had been affected in the nine…

Japanese Gov’t Remains Cautious Of Economic Recovery

TOKYO, Nov 26 (NNN-NHK) – The Japanese government yesterday, kept its view that the economic recovery from the COVID-19 fallout is showing “weakness,” while expressing wariness over the impact of higher raw material costs, including crude oil prices. “The Japanese economy continues to show weakness in picking up, although the…

ASEM Summit Kicks Off Virtually In Cambodia With Focus On Multilateralism, Pandemic Recovery

PHNOM PENH, Nov 26 (NNN-AKP) – The 13th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Summit, started yesterday, under the chairmanship of Cambodia, with the main focus on multilateralism and post-COVID-19 recovery. The meeting, under the slogan: “Strengthening Multilateralism for Shared Growth,” was held via video conference, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Speaking at…

UN Agency For Palestine Refugees Seeks New Contributors To Achieve Sustainable Funding For Budget

GAZA, Nov 26 (NNN-WAFA) – The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), said that, it will hold contacts with donors, to bring new contributors to achieve sustainable funding to cover its budget. UNRWA Commissioner-General, Philippe Lazzarini, made the remark, during a meeting with Ahmad Abu Holi,…

Iraq Says 617 Stranded Migrants Evacuated From Belarus

BAGHDAD, Nov 26 (NNN-NINA) – The Iraqi Foreign Ministry, said yesterday that, it has evacuated 617 migrants stranded in Belarus, most of whom are women, children and the elderly. “The ministry’s efforts are continuing, to evacuate the migrants voluntarily, and 617 Iraqis are now returned, in coordination with Iraqi Airways,…

Karot Hydropower Project Manifests Clean, Green Vision Of CPEC: Pakistani Foreign Ministry

ISLAMABAD, Nov 26 (NNN-PPI) – The Karot hydropower project is a manifestation of the clean and green vision of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), which will improve Pakistan’s access to clean, low-cost and sustainable energy, Pakistani foreign ministry said yesterday. Addressing a weekly media briefing in Islamabad, the foreign ministry’s…

Philippines’ CIIE Performance Shows Growing Trade Relations With China

MANILA, Nov 26 (NNN-PNA) – The Philippines has grossed 597.34 million U.S. dollars’ worth of on-site export sales, in the fourth Chinese International Import Expo (CIIE), showing “the continuously growing trade relationship between the Philippines and China,” the Philippines’ Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), said yesterday. This year’s results…

Singapore Reports 1,275 New COVID-19 Cases, Three More Deaths

SINGAPORE, Nov 26 (NNN-CNA) – Singapore recorded 1,275 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 yesterday, bringing the total tally to 258,785, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said, in a press release. Of the new cases, 1,228 were reported in the community, and 31 in migrant workers’ dormitories, while 16 were imported…

Japanese Student Stabbing Schoolmate Holds “Grudge” Against Victim

TOKYO, Nov 25 (NNN-NHK) – A junior high school boy, who fatally stabbed a fellow student in central Japan yesterday, said, he had trouble with the victim and held a grudge against him, local media reported today. The alleged attacker, whose name has been withheld, as he is a minor,…

S.Korea’s Central Bank Expects Economy To Grow Four Percent In 2021

SEOUL, Nov 25 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea’s central bank, today, expected the real gross domestic product (GDP), adjusted for inflation, to grow 4.0 percent this year. The 2021 outlook was unchanged from the Bank of Korea (BOK)’s previous forecast, unveiled three months earlier. The BOK raised its outlook for this…