Türkiye Raises Minimum Wage By 30 Percent For Next Year

ANKARA, Dec 25 (NNN-TRT) – Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, yesterday announced a 30-percent increase in the minimum wage for 2025, raising it to 22,104 lira (about 630 U.S. dollars). The announcement was made after the Minimum Wage Determination Commission’s fourth meeting in Ankara. Minister of Labour and Social Security,…

Syria’s Interim FM Vows To Represent “All Sectors Of Society”

DAMASCUS, Dec 25 (NNN-SANA) – Asaad al-Shaibani, the newly appointed foreign minister by Syria’s interim administration, pledged yesterday, to prioritise serving the people and representing every segment of society, asserting that the country will reclaim its regional and international role. In a series of posts on the social media platform…

Chinese Sci-Fi Movies Debut At Brunei Film Blitz

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Dec 25 (NNN-ANN) – Chinese science fiction blockbusters, “The Wandering Earth” and “The Wandering Earth II” made their debuts at the Brunei Film Blitz in the sultanate, yesterday. The Chinese film screening section at the Brunei Film Blitz, organised by the Chinese embassy, brought the two movies…

Five Troopers Killed, Several Injured As Army Vehicle Fell Into Gorge In Indian-Controlled Kashmir

NEW DELHI, Dec 25 (NNN-PTI) – At least five Indian troopers were killed and several others injured last night, after the vehicle carrying them, skidded off the mountainous road, near the Line of Control (LoC) in Indian-controlled Kashmir, officials said. The accident took place in Poonch district, about 185 km…

Sri Lanka To Improve Container Release Efficiency At Colombo Port

COLOMBO, Dec 25 (NNN-XINHUA) – Sri Lanka’s cabinet approved a proposal, to appoint a committee, to implement steps for improving efficiency in container release operations, at the port in the capital of Colombo, according to the government’s information department, yesterday. The cabinet approved the proposal, presented by President Anura Kumara…

Lebanon Files New Complaint To UNSC Over Israeli Regime’s Violations Of Ceasefire

BEIRUT, Dec 25 (NNN-NNA) – The Lebanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants, filed a complaint through the country’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York, with the UN Security Council (UNSC), in response to the Israeli regime’s repeated violations of its ceasefire agreement with Lebanon. The Lebanese…

American Airlines Grounds All Flights On Technical Issue

NEW YORK, Dec 25 (NNN-XINHUA) – American Airlines has grounded all flights, on a technical issue yesterday, according to media reports.– NNN-XINHUA

Thai Cabinet Acknowledges 1-3 Percent Inflation Target For 2025

BANGKOK, Dec 25 (NNN-TNA) – Thailand’s cabinet, yesterday, agreed to maintain the official inflation target of 1 to 3 percent in 2025, Deputy Finance Minister, Julapun Amornvivat, said. Following the agreement reached between the Ministry of Finance and the Bank of Thailand, the government has asked both agencies to maintain…

Japan OKs Ban On Production, Trade Of Fluorescent Lamps By 2027 To Cut Mercury Risk

TOKYO, Dec 25 (NNN-NHK) – Japan’s cabinet, yesterday, approved a revision to a government ordinance, to ban the manufacture, import and export of all general lighting fluorescent lamps by the end of 2027. The decision came, after members of an international convention against mercury pollution agreed last year, to ban…

Continued Violence Leave Gaza Civilians With Nowhere To Seek Safety: UN Official

GENEVA, Dec 24 (NNN-XINHUA) – The continued violence left Gaza civilians with nowhere safe to go, Tom Fletcher, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, said yesterday, following his visit to Syria and the occupied Palestinian territories. Less than a year after the International Court of Justice issued…