Ethiopian Airlines Resumes Flights To Liberia’s Capital

ADDIS ABABA, Dec 1 (NNN-ENA) – Ethiopia’s national flag carrier, Ethiopian Airlines, announced yesterday, resumption of passenger flights to Monrovia, the capital of Liberia, effective yesterday. The inaugural flight was celebrated in the presence of several high-ranking officials from both Liberia and Ethiopia, along with executives from Ethiopian Airlines, according…

Bangladesh To Cease Providing New Independent Power Producer With Gov’t Guarantee

DHAKA, Dec 1 (NNN-BSS) – The Bangladeshi government has decided to stop providing government guarantee to new independent power producer (IPP) plants. Bangladeshi Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Adviser, Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan, made the announcement here yesterday, saying, currently the government provides a guarantee to buy the total electricity…

Iceland Held General Election Amid Blizzard Warnings

HELSINKI, Dec 1 (NNN-XINHUA) – Icelanders headed to the polls yesterday, for a general parliamentary election, with rising support for the Social Democratic Alliance, and a late surge for the Independence Party, led by outgoing Prime Minister, Bjarni Benediktsson. Polling stations closed by 10.00 p.m. local time, though blizzard conditions…

Cyclone Fengal’s Landfall Began In South India, Flights Suspended

NEW DELHI, Dec 1 (NNN-PTI) – Cyclone Fengal, began its landfall last night, affecting India’s southern states of Puducherry and Tamil Nadu, bringing along heavy rains and adversely affecting flights to and from Chennai city. The cyclone is expected to hit the Puducherry coast with strong wind speeds extending up…

Iran, Russia Discussed Latest Conflict In Syria

TEHRAN, Dec 1 (NNN-IRNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister, Seyed Abbas Araghchi, and his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, yesterday, exchanged views on the latest developments in Syria. In a phone call, the two sides also discussed regional and international issues of common interest, according to a statement released by the Iranian…

Worsening floods displace over 140,000 in Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 1 (NNN-BERNAMA) – Flooding affecting several states in Malaysia worsened yesterday, with 146,522 people being forced to leave their homes as of 9:00 pm local time. The worst affected areas are the east coast states of Kelantan and Terengganu, which were evacuated in the former 94,869 and…

Nearly 300 Endangered Storks Spotted In North China’s Wetland

SHIJIAZHUANG, Dec 1 (NNN-XINHUA) – Nearly 300 oriental white storks, an endangered species, have been spotted in Nandagang Wetland, a World Natural Heritage site, in north China’s Hebei Province, said local authorities. The oriental white stork, under top protection level in China, is listed as an endangered species by the…

Bodies Of Man, Woman Found In Burger Shop In Sydney

SYDNEY, Nov 30 (NNN-AAP) – The bodies of a man and a woman in their 60s, were found in a shop in Sydney’s west today, police said. Police were called to a shop on Oxford Street, Cambridge Park, about 9:40 a.m. this morning, following reports of an assault, and found…

Employee Attacked By Bear At Supermarket In Northeast Japan

TOKYO, Nov 30 (NNN-NHK) – A bear entered a supermarket and attacked a male employee today, in Akita Prefecture, north-eastern Japan, local media reported. The man, in his 40s, was taken to hospital, after suffering facial and other injuries, although they were not life-threatening, Kyodo News reported, citing local authorities.…

Latin America’s Population Hits 663 Million, Less Than Projected: UN Agency

SANTIAGO, Nov 30 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) – The population of Latin America and the Caribbean reached 663 million last year, 3.8 percent short of the figure projected in 2000, according to a report released by the Chile-based Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) on Thursday. Jose Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs,…