Residents Evacuate Quake-Hit Island Village Of Toshima In Japan

TOKYO, Jul 4 (NNN-NHK) – Residents of an island in Japan’s south-western prefecture of Kagoshima, have begun evacuating today, amid a series of earthquakes, local media reported. This morning, residents of the village of Toshima on Akusekijima, part of the Tokara island chain, in Kagoshima prefecture, departed by ship, heading…

Teenagers Charged Over Fatal Stabbing In Western Sydney

SYDNEY, Jul 4 (NNN-AAP) – Two teenagers have been charged with murder, over a fatal stabbing in western Sydney, in late June. Luke Manassa, 21, was attacked by two men in the driveway of a home, in the western Sydney suburb of Pemulwuy, at about 10:45 p.m. on Jun 26.…

Man Shot Dead By Police During Siege North-West Of Melbourne

SYDNEY, Jul 4 (NNN-AAP) – A man has been shot dead by police officers, during a siege that lasted for several hours, at a property north-west of Melbourne. Police in the Australian state of Victoria said in a statement today that, officers were called to a report of gunshots being…

Mongolia’s Forex Reserves Increased To 5.2 Billion USD By June

ULAN BATOR, Jul 4 (NNN-APA) – Mongolia’s foreign exchange reserves had increased to 5.2 billion U.S. dollars, as of end-June, local media reported, yesterday, citing data from the central bank. The figure represented a 0.24 percent increase, over the previous month, and a decrease of 5.5 percent over the beginning…

Indian Capital Gov’t Puts Fuel Ban Policy On Hold For Overage Vehicles

NEW DELHI, Jul 4 (NNN-PTI) – Amid growing public outcry, the Indian capital government, yesterday, put the End-of-Life (EoL) vehicle impounding policy on hold, and rolled back the contentious order of denying fuel to them. The move came two days after the announcement of the implementation ban, following widespread backlash…

S. Korea’s Parliament Approves Prime Minister Nominee

SEOUL, Jul 4 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea’s parliament, approved the appointment of prime minister nominee, Kim Min-seok, yesterday. The motion to appoint Kim, the ruling Democratic Party’s four-term lawmaker, was approved with 173 votes in favour, three against and three invalid. Of the 300 members of the ruling party-controlled National…

Egypt Calls For Ending Israeli Aggression On Gaza, West Bank

CAIRO, Jul 4 (NNN-MENA) – Egyptian Foreign Minister, Badr Abdelatty, yesterday, called for an end to the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, urging the international community to assume its responsibilities, amid worsening conditions in the occupied Palestinian territories. Abdelatty made the remarks in a phone…

Chinese Glassware Manufacturer Deli To Invest 70 Million USD In Egypt

CAIRO, Jul 4 (NNN-MENA) – Chinese glassware manufacturer, Deli Glass Group, will invest 70 million U.S. dollars in Egypt, to produce household glassware, the company’s chairperson announced. Shi Weidong, chairman of the company’s board of directors, announced at a groundbreaking ceremony on Wednesday, at the China-Egypt TEDA Suez Economic and…

Australia’s Queensland Reached Co-Funding Agreement With Federal Gov’t For 2032 Olympic Venues

SYDNEY, Jul 4 (NNN-AAP) – The state of Queensland, reached a co-funding agreement with the federal government, to deliver the venues for the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The federal and Queensland governments, yesterday announced a deal, to jointly fund the 7.1 billion Australian dollars (4.6 billion U.S. dollars)…

Russia Becomes First Country To Formally Recognise Taliban Government

KABUL, Jul 4 (NNN-BNA) – Russia has officially recognised the Afghan interim government, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan said in a statement late yesterday. Russia’s RIA Novosti news agency, also quoted Russian Special Presidential Envoy for Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov, as saying that, Russia has officially recognised the Taliban…