Brunei Food, Beverage Sales Decreased In Q3

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Dec 11 (NNN-ANN) – Brunei’s sales value of food and beverage services, in the third quarter of this year, decreased by 2.4 percent year-on-year, local media reported, yesterday. According to the local daily, Borneo Bulletin, the data indicates a decrease in domestic demand. The fall in the…

Sri Lankan Cabinet Approves Proposal For Economic Utilisation Of State Bungalows, Presidential Residences

COLOMBO, Dec 11 (NNN-XINHUA) – The Sri Lankan cabinet, endorsed a proposal to create a suitable strategy, for the effective economic utilisation of state bungalows and presidential residences, the president’s media division (PMD) said, yesterday. The proposal was presented by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, and the minister of state administration,…

Israeli Regime’s Netanyahu Testifies In High-Profile Corruption Trial

JERUSALEM, Dec 11 (NNN-MA’AN) – Israeli regime’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, testified for the first time yesterday, in his long-running corruption trial, marking a pivotal moment in the case, as he manages a war in Gaza and faces an international arrest warrant for alleged war crimes. Netanyahu faces charges of…

Mohammed Al-Bashir Named To Lead Syrian Transitional Government Until Mar Next Year

DAMASCUS, Dec 11 (NNN-SANA) – Mohammed al-Bashir, announced yesterday that, he has been tasked with heading a transitional government in Syria, until early Mar, 2025, following the collapse of the government of Bashar al-Assad.– NNN-SANA  

S. Korean Parliament OKs Resolution Calling For President Yoon’s Immediate Arrest

SEOUL, Dec 11 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea’s National Assembly, yesterday, passed a bill to appoint a permanent special counsel, to investigate insurrection charges against President Yoon Suk-yeol, as well as, a resolution calling for Yoon’s immediate arrest, over his botched martial law declaration. The bill, which was finally approved in…

Australia’s Largest Insurer Sued For Deceiving Customers

SYDNEY, Dec 10 (NNN-AAP) – Australia’s largest insurer, has been sued for allegedly deceiving customers to increase their premiums, as a law firm lodged a class action suit, today, on behalf of millions of customers. Law firm, Slater and Gordon, lodged the class action suit against Insurance Australia Limited (IAL),…

Around 40 Schools Receive Bomb Threats In India’s Capital

NEW DELHI, Dec 10 (NNN-PTI) – At least 40 schools in the Indian capital territory, Delhi, yesterday, received bomb threats, prompting authorities to rush police teams and bomb disposal squads to these educational institutions, officials said. The anonymous threats, received over emails, according to a local newsgathering agency, warned that,…

South Brazil Still On Alert For Storms, Floods

SAO PAULO, Dec 10 (NNN-CMA) – South Brazil’s Santa Catarina state, remains on alert for heavy storms, which have triggered flooding, landslides, and evacuations in 22 cities, according to the country’s civil defence authority. Joinville, the largest city in the state, has been suffering flooding since last Thursday, with the…

Shooting On Highway Injured Two In California

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 10 (NNN-XINHUA) – Two people were injured, in a shooting on Highway 24, in Orinda, the U.S. state of California, according to the California Highway Patrol (CHP). The shooting was reported around 10:30 p.m. on the eastbound lanes of the highway in Orinda, CHP officials said yesterday,…

High School Student Killed By Train In U.S. Houston

HOUSTON, Dec 10 (NNN-XINHUA) – A high school student was hit and killed by a Union Pacific train, yesterday, in south-east Houston, the largest city of the southern U.S. state of Texas, the Houston Independent School District (HISD), confirmed. The 10th-grade Milby High School student was found dead on the…