Japan’s Typhoon-Damaged Bullet Trains To Be Scrapped

TOKYO, Nov 7 (NNN-NHK) – All 10 Shinkansen bullet trains that were inundated at a train yard in the city of Nagano last month, by deadly Typhoon Hagibis, will be scrapped, operators said Wednesday, which means that a third of the trains, that run on the Hokuriku- Shinkansen line, will…

Mumbai Positions Itself As Fintech Hub For India

MUMBAI, Nov 7 (NNN-PTI) – Mumbai, the financial capital of India, positioned itself as the fintech gateway for India, ahead of hosting the India Fintech Festival, in Mar next year. The festival is a global platform, backed by the World Bank, Indian government’s think-tank, NITI Aayog, among others, to discuss…

Philippines’ Duterte Wants To Ban Single-Use Plastics

MANILA, Nov 7 (NNN-PNA) – Philippine President, Rodrigo Duterte, wants to ban single-use plastics in the country, his spokesman said today (Thursday). Spokesman, Salvador Panelo, said, Duterte floated the idea during a cabinet meeting at the presidential palace on Wednesday night. Panelo said, the issue on plastic pollution was raised,…

Thailand Says EEC Projects To Set Precedent To Spur Economy

BANGKOK, Nov 7 (NNN-TNA) – Mega transport projects and emerging investments in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC), will set precedent in spurring economy from next year onward, said Thai Deputy Prime Minister, Somkid Jatusripitak. The projects include the expansion of the Map Ta Phut industrial zone and the Laem Chabang…

PLO Slams Israeli Cable Car Project In East Jerusalem

RAMALLAH, Palestine, Nov 7 (NNN-WAFA) – Member of Palestine Liberation Organisation executive committee, Hanan Ashrawi, slammed Israeli plan to build a cable car in East Jerusalem. “The Israeli cable car project is an obscene violation of cultural, historical, spiritual, geographic demographic character of Jerusalem. It is also an illegal assault…

Four Tourists, Among eight stabbed In Jordan’s Jerash

AMMAN, Nov 7 (NNN-PETRA) – Four tourists and four Jordanians were stabbed, on Wednesday, and sustained injuries. The tourists, comprising of three Mexicans and a Swiss, were attacked with a knife, at the Jerash tourist attraction site and the attacker was arrested. Two local citizens, a policeman and a tour…

Turkey Captures Al-Baghdadi’s Wife, Sister In Syria

ANKARA, Turkey, Nov 7 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkey has captured the wife of the dead leader of the Daesh group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, in Syria, Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said Wednesday. “I’m declaring today (yesterday), for the first time, that we have also captured al-Baghdadi’s wife,” Erdogan said, at a…

10 Killed In Houthi Missile Attack On Yemen’s Mocha

ADEN, Nov 7 (NNN-SABA) – The Iran-allied Houthi rebels, fired a number of ballistic missiles, against pro-government military bases, in Yemen’s Red Sea coastal city of Mocha on Wednesday evening, leaving 10 dead. “Around four ballistic missiles were fired by the rebels, against different military bases and civil institutions in…

Lebanese President Pledges To Form New Gov’t With Experienced Ministers

BEIRUT, Nov 7 (NNN-NNA) – Lebanese President, Michel Aoun, said that, the new government will be formed with experienced ministers, who have great skills and competence, Lebanon Presidency’s website reported. “The new ministers will have great reputation and they won’t be involved in any corrupt practices,” Aoun said, during his…

Chinese, Turkish Firms Ink Strategic Cooperation Agreements On Agricultural Products

ISTANBUL, Nov 7 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Chinese and Turkish companies, signed in Istanbul, strategic cooperation agreements on agricultural products, including exporting quality Turkish nuts, fruits and featured produce to China. Under the agreements, the companies shall have deep cooperation on such areas as high-efficiency, recycling and smart agriculture, processing of featured…