65 Percent Of Japanese Firms Hire Foreigners To Address Labour Shortages

TOKYO, Dec 30 (NNN-NHK) – Around 65 percent of companies in Japan hire foreign workers, to fill labour shortages, Kyodo News reported, citing a recent government survey. In the multiple-response survey, 56.8 percent of companies said, foreign workers were employed with the expectation that they will perform as well or…

Qatar Received Over Five Million Visitors This Year

DOHA, Dec 30 (NNN-QNA) – Qatar Tourism, the regulatory body of the tourism sector, announced yesterday that, the country welcomed over five million visitors this year, marking a 25 percent increase in international arrivals compared to last year. “Surpassing five million visitors is a landmark accomplishment for Qatar, bringing us…

Gas Blast Killed Three At Egypt’s Police Academy

CAIRO, Dec 30 (NNN-MENA) – A gas explosion, struck the Egyptian Police Academy in Cairo, last night, killing three people, the Egyptian Interior Ministry said, today. The blast claimed the lives of one police officer and two civilians, it said. The explosion occurred during routine maintenance work in a warehouse,…

Two Dead After Falling In Separate Incidents At Waterholes In North-East Australia

SYDNEY, Dec 30 (NNN-AAP) – Two men died, after falling in separate incidents, at waterholes in the north-eastern Australian state of Queensland. The Queensland Police Service (QPS), said in a statement that, emergency services responded to reports, an 18-year-old man had fallen about 15 metres down an embankment of a…

S. Korea’s Joint Investigation Unit Seeks Arrest Warrant For President Yoon

SEOUL, Dec 30 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea’s joint investigation unit, said today that, it sought a warrant to arrest the impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol, over his martial law imposition. The investigation unit, consisting of Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials, National Office of Investigation and the defence ministry’s investigation headquarters,…

Four Killed In Bus Mishap In East India

NEW DELHI, Dec 30 (NNN-PTI) – At least four persons were killed and more than 30 others injured, after their bus overturned, in India’s eastern state of Odisha, yesterday, a local government official said. The mishap occurred in the state’s Koraput district. Carrying nearly 50 people, the bus was moving…

Several Injured As Students Clash With Police In Eastern India

NEW DELHI, Dec 30 (NNN-PTI) – Police used water cannons and canes, to disperse hundreds of students in India’s eastern state of Bihar, yesterday. The students, who were demanding the cancellation of an examination conducted earlier this month for government jobs, alleged that, the question paper of the examination was…

Japan’s Average Temperature This Year Set To Hit Record High

TOKYO, Dec 29 (NNN-NHK) – Japan’s average temperature this year is likely to hit a record high, for the second consecutive year, local media reported. The average temperature through Nov was 1.64 degrees Celsius warmer than the annual average for the 30-year period until 2020, hitting the highest level since…

Latest: All 181 People Aboard Crashed S. Korean Airplane Believed Killed, Except Two Rescued

SEOUL, Dec 29 (NNN-YONHAP) – All the 181 people aboard a South Korean airplane that crashed this morning, at the country’s south-western airport were believed to have been killed, except for two rescued, multiple media outlets said, citing the fire authorities.– NNN-YONHAP  

Iran Arrested MKO-Linked Individual In NW Province

TEHRAN, Dec 29 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran’s intelligence forces, arrested an individual, linked with the “terrorist group” Mujahedin-e Khalq Organisation (MKO), in north-western Iran’s Ardabil province, it was reported yesterday. The individual is the “ringleader” of an MKO-affiliated network, and was arrested following cyber-intelligence operations by the provincial intelligence unit of…