Election Pledges Putting Australia’s AAA Credit Rating At Risk: S&P

CANBERRA, Apr 29 (NNN-AAP) – Global credit rating firm, S&P, warned that, Australia’s top-level AAA rating is under threat, from billions of dollars in election commitments from both parties. Analysts from S&P said in a report yesterday, five days before Australia’s general elections on May 3, that, the rating could…

Kyrgyzstan To Supply 600 Million Cubic Metres Of Water To Kazakhstan

ALMATY, Apr 29 (NNN-KNA) – Kyrgyzstan will provide some 600 million cubic metres of irrigation water to Kazakhstan, in addition to the 45 million cubic metres already supplied in April this year, the press service of Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation announced, yesterday. Since the beginning of the…

Cambodia, Russia Agree To Advance Cooperation In Key Areas

PHNOM PENH, Apr 29 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia and Russia, yesterday, agreed to boost bilateral cooperation in major areas for mutual benefits, said a readout by Cambodian foreign ministry’s spokesperson. The agreement was made during the 11th Session of the Cambodia-Russia Intergovernmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific and Technical Cooperation (IGC),…

At Least 30 African Migrants Killed In U.S. Airstrikes On Detention Centre In N. Yemen: Houthis

SANAA, Apr 29 (NNN-YPA) – The Houthis, who control much of northern Yemen, said, U.S. airstrikes early yesterday, on a detention centre in the northern province of Saada, killed at least 30 African migrants and wounded 50 others in an initial estimate. Houthi-run al-Masirah TV reported that, 30 bodies were…

Lee Jae-myung Elected Presidential Candidate For S. Korea’s Democratic Party

SEOUL, Apr 28 (NNN-YONHAP) – Lee Jae-myung, former chief of South Korea’s Democratic Party, was elected presidential candidate for the liberal party overwhelmingly, the party said, yesterday. Lee won 89.77 percent of all votes cast in the party’s primary, marking the highest ever recorded in the Democratic Party-affiliated primaries, since…

31 Civilians Killed By Paramilitary Forces In Sudan’s Omdurman: Volunteer Groups

KHARTOUM, Apr 28 (NNN-SUNA) – At least 31 civilians were killed by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Omdurman, north of the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, volunteer groups reported yesterday. “An RSF force carried out a horrific massacre, executing 31 people from the Al-Salha area, including underage children, in the…

Danish PM Calls For Unity Amid Complex Int’l Situation

COPENHAGEN, Apr 28 (NNN-XINHUA) – Danish Prime Minister, Mette Frederiksen, yesterday, called for unity within the Kingdom, to jointly address the increasingly complex international situation. Speaking at a joint doorstep with Jens-Frederik Nielsen, prime minister of Greenland’s self-government, Frederiksen said, “When strong forces seek to do us harm, the entire…

Somali PM Reshuffles Cabinet

MOGADISHU, Apr 28 (NNN-SONNA) – Somali Prime Minister, Hamza Abdi Barre, carried out a cabinet reshuffle yesterday, replacing the ministers of defence, foreign affairs and second deputy prime minister. Barre appointed Ahmed Moallim Fiqi, the current minister of foreign affairs, to the Ministry of Defence, while naming his second deputy…

54 Terrorists Infiltrating Pakistan From Afghanistan Killed In Clash: Military

ISLAMABAD, Apr 28 (NNN-APP) – Pakistani security forces killed 54 terrorists, who attempted to infiltrate Pakistan from Afghanistan over the past two nights, the military said in a statement, yesterday. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of the Pakistan Army, the infiltration attempts took place on…

Roundup: Australian PM Albanese Named Winner Of Final Election Debate

CANBERRA, Apr 28 (NNN-AAP) – Incumbent Australian Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, has been declared the winner of the fourth and final debate against opposition leader, Peter Dutton, ahead of the coming general election. Following last night’s debate, 50 percent of an audience of undecided voters chose Albanese as the winner,…