Indian Conglomerate Tata Sons Wins Takeover Bid For Air India

NEW DELHI, Oct 9 (NNN-PTI) – One of India’s business groups, Tata Sons, won the bid for acquiring debt-ridden Air India yesterday, at a cost of 180 billion rupees (around 2.4 billion U.S. dollars), said a senior official of the Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM), a wing…

Chinese FM Calls For Building Closer China-ASEAN Community With Shared Future

BEIJING, Oct 9 (NNN-XINHUA) – As this year marks the 30th anniversary of the establishment of dialogue relations between China and ASEAN, the two sides should cherish the valuable experience accumulated over the past 30 years, and build a closer community with a shared future, Chinese State Councillor and Foreign…

Ecuador Calls For Greater Int’l Cooperation To Protect Amazon Rainforest

QUITO, Oct 9 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) – Ecuadorian President, Guillermo Lasso, yesterday called for greater international cooperation, to protect the Amazon through sustainable use of biodiversity in the world’s largest tropical rainforest. “Only joint effort will allow us to protect the Amazon, one of the most important ecological communities in the…

Early Voting Begins Ahead Of Iraq’s Snap Parliamentary Elections

BAGHDAD, Oct 9 (NNN-NINA) – Early voting began yesterday, for Iraq’s security forces, prisoners and displaced people, ahead of snap parliamentary elections tomorrow. Jumana al-Ghalai, spokeswoman of the Independent High Electoral Commission, said in a press release that, polling centres across Iraq opened their doors at 7:00 a.m. local time…

Iran Dismisses Nuke Allegations By Saudi Arabia, Europe As “Baseless”

TEHRAN, Oct 9 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran dismissed as “baseless” the “allegations” made recently by Saudi Arabia and some European countries, pertaining to Tehran’s nuclear programme, a representative of the Islamic republic to the United Nations was quoted as saying yesterday. “As we stated earlier, the uncontested reality is that, so…

White House Backs Release Of Trump Records To Jan 6 Committee

WASHINGTON, Oct 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The White House said yesterday that, it will not assert executive privilege, to hold former President Donald Trump-era documents, from a House committee probing the Jan 6 Capitol riot. “President (Joe) Biden determined that, an assertion of executive privilege is not in the best interests…

Authorities Downgrade Size Of Oil Spill Off Southern California Coast

LOS ANGELES, Oct 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Nearly a week after a mass oil spill, off the coast of U.S. Southern California, the authorities have not reached a conclusion, on the amount of oil leaked from a ruptured underwater pipeline, but some officials hint that, it may be smaller than originally…

South Sudan Approves 10 Million USD Relief Aid To Flood Victims

JUBA, Oct 9 (NNN-SUNA) – South Sudan’s government, yesterday approved 10 million U.S. dollars, as an emergency relief package, to support people affected by floods in seven states across the country since May. Michael Makuei Lueth, Minister of Information and Broadcasting, said in Juba that, the relief package approved by…

Many Trapped After Residential Building Collapses In Western Georgia

TBILISI, Oct 9 (NNN-XINHUA) – A multi-block residential building collapsed yesterday, in Georgia’s western coastal city of Batumi, leaving several people trapped under the ruins. A woman and a child have been rescued from the rubbles, according to local media reports. Georgian Prime Minister, Irakli Garibashvili, who arrived in Batumi…

Over 20 Million Fully Vaccinated Against COVID-19 In Morocco

RABAT, Oct 9 (NNN-MAP) – The total number of people fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in Morocco reached 20,047,440, the Moroccan Ministry of Health said yesterday. So far, a total of 23,012,112 first doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Morocco, the ministry said in a statement. The North African…