Lebanon Launches 25 Million USD Fund To Support Recovery Of MSEs Damaged By Beirut Blasts

BEIRUT, Nov 12 (NNN-NNA) – Lebanese Prime Minister, Najib Mikati, yesterday, launched a 25 million-U.S. dollar-fund, to support the recovery of targeted micro and small enterprises (MSEs), damaged by the Port of Beirut explosion, a statement by Lebanon’s Council of Ministers reported. The Building Beirut Businesses Back and Better Fund…

China-Aided Hospital Handed Over To Laos After First Phase Completed

VIENTIANE, Nov 12 (NNN-KPL) – The handover ceremony of the first phase of the China-aided Mahosot General Hospital Project, was held here yesterday. Speaking at the ceremony, Chinese Ambassador to Laos, Jiang Zaidong, said that, the successful completion and handover of the first phase of the project, including the new…

Chinese-Kazakh Joint Venture Starts Production Of Nuclear Fuel Assemblies

NUR-SULTAN, Nov 12 (NNN-XINHUA) – A nuclear fuel assemblies plant, built by a Chinese-Kazakh joint venture, was put into operation on Wednesday, in the city of Ust-Kamenogorsk, in the East Kazakhstan Region, the press service of China General Nuclear Power Corporation (CGNPC) Uranium Resources Co. Ltd, said. With an operation…

Uzbekistan Detains Members Of Jihadist Group

TASHKENT, Nov 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Uzbekistan’s law enforcement bodies, detained a man and his accomplices, in central Syrdarya region, who planned to join terrorist organisations in the Middle East, the Internal Affairs Ministry said yesterday. The man and “his like-minded people, have been influenced by members of terrorist organisations in…

Death Toll From Adverse Weather Conditions In Sri Lanka Rises To 25

COLOMBO, Nov 12 (NNN-XINHUA) – The death toll from the adverse weather conditions in Sri Lanka rose to 25 yesterday, while over 200,000 people had been affected, the country’s Disaster Management Centre (DMC) said, in its latest update. According to official figures, one person was reported missing and seven people…

Philippines Receives More Sinovac Vaccines

MANILA, Nov 12 (NNN-PNA) – The Philippines received yesterday, one more batch of Sinovac CoronaVac vaccines, purchased from the Chinese vaccine maker. The Philippine government expressed gratitude for the fresh delivery of the “lifesaving vaccines” from China. China delivered the first batch of Sinovac CoronaVac vaccines to the Philippines on…

Acting FM Of Afghanistan Arrived In Pakistan For Three-Day Visit

ISLAMABAD, Nov 12 (NNN-APP) – Afghan acting Foreign Minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi, arrived in Pakistan on Wednesday for a three-day visit, as head of a high-level delegation to hold wide-ranging talks with the Pakistani leadership. Pakistan’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, Mohammad Sadiq, and Abdul Razak Dawood, advisor to Pakistani prime…

Four Afghan Children Wounded In Landmine Explosion: Official

FIROZ KOAH, Afghanistan, Nov 11 (NNN-BIA) – Four Afghan children were wounded, in a landmine explosion, in the western province of Ghor, as landmines and explosive remnants of war continued to pose a lingering threat to Afghans’ lives, a local official confirmed today. The incident occurred yesterday afternoon, when children…

10 Killed In Road Accident In India’s Assam

NEW DELHI, Nov 11 (NNN-PTI) – Ten people were killed today, in a head-on collision between an auto-rickshaw and a goods truck, in the north-eastern Indian state of Assam, officials said. The accident took place on a highway in Karimganj district, about 310 km south of Dispur, the capital city…

Drugs Seized, Suspects Arrested In New Zealand’s Major Operation Against Organised Crime

WELLINGTON, Nov 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) – A major operation against organised crime by the New Zealand police, resulted in the seizure of more than 50 kg of cocaine and 300,000 New Zealand dollars (211,389 U.S. dollars) in cash, cocaine, and cryptocurrency wallets, while nine people were arrested, Police Minister, Poto Williams,…