For The First Time, Port City To Be Venue For Colombo Fashion Week

COLOMBO, Oct 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The Colombo Fashion Week (CFW), to be held next month, will showcase designs adapting to the new normal amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and the venue will include the Colombo Port City for the first time, with the Indian Ocean as the backdrop, organisers said. The…

Afghanistan Unveils Plan To Boost Employment, Combat Food Crisis

KABUL, Oct 27 (NNN-BIA) – Afghanistan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock, launched a plan to create jobs and fight a potential food crisis, amid the continuous rise of poverty and unemployment. “More steps will be taken soon by the government, to promote common prosperity for all,” Minister of Agriculture,…

AU Calls On EU To Recognise African COVID-19 Vaccine Certificates

KIGALI, Oct 27 (NNN-IRIN) – A senior official of the African Union Commission, yesterday, urged European Union member countries against a policy of not accepting COVID-19 vaccine certificates from the continent. Speaking at the opening of a meeting of foreign affairs ministers of the European Union and the African Union,…

New Zealand Reports 74 New Community Cases Of COVID-19 Delta Variant

WELLINGTON, Oct 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) – New Zealand reported 74 new Delta variant cases of COVID-19 in the community today, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country’s community outbreak to 2,832. A total of 68 of the new infections were recorded in the largest city of Auckland, six…

Palestine Welcomes Europe’s Position Against Israeli Settlement Expansion In W. Bank

RAMALLAH, Oct 26 (NNN-WAFA) – Palestinian Prime Minister, Mohammed Ishtaye, yesterday welcomed European position that opposes the expansion of Israeli settlement in the West Bank. In a press statement, Ishtaye called on both Europe and the United States, “to take firm positions to stop Israeli settlement expansion in Palestinian territories,…

Maldives Records Over 100,000 Tourist Arrivals In Oct

MALE, Oct 26 (NNN-IPS) – Over 100,000 tourists have visited the Maldives in Oct, the state-owned PSM News, citing data from the Ministry of Tourism, reported here today. Tourism ministry data showed that, 102,434 tourists visited the Maldives from Oct 1 to 24, a 599 percent increase from the same…

Japan Launches New GPS-Improving Satellite Into Orbit

TOKYO, Oct 26 (NNN-NHK) – Japan today launched a new satellite into orbit, to replace the ageing first quasi-zenith satellite, which has been providing accurate global positioning data for services, such as autonomous driving cars and flying drones. The new satellite, loaded in an H-2A rocket, was launched at 11:19…

Japan’s Major Volcano Mt Aso Expected To Erupt Again

TOKYO, Oct 26 (NNN-NHK) – Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), warned of another possible major volcanic eruption of Mt Aso, in south-western Japan, where an increase in volcanic earthquakes was observed, local media reported today. The JMA said yesterday, the magnitude of the volcanic tremor in the No.1 Nakadake crater of…

Uzbek Incumbent President Wins Second Term With Over 80 Percent Of Vote

TASHKENT, Oct 26 (NNN-XINHUA) – Uzbekistan’s President, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, was reelected with 80.1 percent of the vote in the election held on Oct 24, the Uzbek Central Election Commission (CEC) said, yesterday. As soon as the election commission announced the voting results live on local TV channels, Mirziyoyev’s party and…

ASEAN Kicks Off Series Of Virtural Summits With COVID-19, Economic Recovery High On Agenda

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Oct 26 (NNN-ANN) – Member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) today kick-started their 38th and 39th summits, under the chairmanship of Brunei, via virtual conference, with fighting the COVID-19 pandemic and promoting economic recovery high on the agenda. The ASEAN summits, with the…