Prospects Of Two-State Solution To Israeli-Palestinian Conflict More “Distant”: UN Chief

UNITED NATIONS, Nov 28 (NNN-PNN) – United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, yesterday said that, the prospects of the two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict are becoming “more distant.” The UN chief pointed to a host of factors which continue to cause great misery, including the expansion of illegal settlements, a…

Lebanese Parliament Votes In Favour Of Forensic Audit Of State Bodies

BEIRUT, Nov 28 (NNN-NNA) – The Lebanese parliament voted in favour of financial audit of state institutions, including the central bank, local media reported. Lebanese President, Michel Aoun, who urged lawmakers to enable the state to conduct forensic audit on the central bank, welcomed the parliament’s move. In a tweet,…

India’s GDP Contracts 7.5 Percent In July-Sept Period

NEW DELHI, Nov 28 (NNN-PTI) – India’s economic growth rate contracted 7.5 percent during the period from July to Sept, government data yesterday, showed. The figures, released by India’s federal national statistical office (NSO), showed the gross domestic product (GDP) growth, in the July to Sept period (Q2 of 2019-20)…

China To Ban All Imports Of Solid Waste From 2021

BEIJING, Nov 28 (NNN-XINHUA) – China will ban all imports of solid waste from Jan 1, 2021, authorities said. The dumping, stacking and disposal of waste products from overseas on Chinese territory, will also be banned, according to a notice issued by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, the Ministry…

Singapore Reports Four Imported COVID-19 Cases

SINGAPORE, Nov 28 (NNN-CNA) – Singapore’s Ministry of Health (MOH), reported four new COVID-19 cases yesterday, bringing the total confirmed cases to 58,199. All the new cases are imported, who had already been placed on Stay-Home Notice (SHN) or isolated upon arrival in Singapore. Yesterday, seven more cases have been…

Indian Farmers Allowed To Enter Delhi For Protest

NEW DELHI, Nov 28 (NNN-PTI) – After two days of logjam, the Indian government yesterday, finally yielded and allowed farmers, particularly from the northern states of Punjab and Haryana, to carry out their protests inside the national capital, Delhi. There had been a stalemate between the agitated farmers, protesting against…

Indonesia Reports 5,828 New COVID-19 Cases, Philippines Signs Vaccine Deal With Pharmaceutical Company

HONG KONG, Nov 28 (NNN-XINHUA) – Indonesia reported 5,828 new COVID-19 cases yesterday, while a vaccine deal has been signed in the Philippines. The COVID-19 cases in Indonesia rose by 5,828 within one day to 522,581, with the death toll adding by 169 to 16,521, the Health Ministry said. 3,807…

First Batch Of China-Made Tesla Sedans Arrives At Belgium’s Zeebrugge Port

BRUSSELS, Nov 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) – After roughly one-month at sea, the vessel carrying the first batch of made-in-China Tesla Model 3, heading to Europe, has arrived at Zeebrugge port in Belgium on Thursday evening. A total of 7,000 sedans were manufactured in Tesla’s giga-factory in Shanghai, China, before launching its…

Iran’s Top Nuclear Scientist Assassinated Near Capital

TEHRAN, Nov 28 (NNN-IRNA) – Iranian high-ranking nuclear physicist, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, was assassinated near the capital Tehran, yesterday, by “armed terrorists,” Iran’s Ministry of Defence announced. Local media reported that Fakhri Zadeh, head of the defence ministry’s nuclear programme, was attacked in the afternoon, in Absard village, 60 km north-east…

Palestinian Shot Dead After Attempted Attack On Israeli Security Forces

JERUSALEM, Nov 26 (NNN-MA’AN) – Israeli police shot dead a Palestinian man yesterday, whom they alleged, tried to carry out a car-ramming attack against security forces, outside Jerusalem, Israeli authorities said. The incident took place at the az-Za’ayyem checkpoint, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Police spokesman, Micky Rosenfeld, said, the…