European Hydrogen Week Kicked Off In Brussels

BRUSSELS, Nov 19 (NNN-APA) – The European Hydrogen Week, the European Union’s (EU) policy conference and business forum for the hydrogen sector, kicked off in Brussels, yesterday. Industry stakeholders will discuss urgent regulatory needs in the EU, decarbonisation challenges, and EU’s global competitiveness, while an exhibition will offer a showcase…

U.S. Approval Of Kiev’s Use Of Long-Range Missiles Inside Russia Would Escalate Conflict: Kremlin

MOSCOW, Nov 19 (NNN-TASS) – U.S. President, Joe Biden’s decision to allow Kiev to deploy U.S. long-range missiles for strikes inside Russia would escalate the Ukrainian conflict, local media reported, citing the Kremlin. In a major shift of his administration’s policy on the Ukraine crisis, Biden authorised Kiev, to use…

UN Chief Calls For Effort To Establish Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone In Middle East

UNITED NATIONS, Nov 19 (NNN-XINHUA) – UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, yesterday, called immediate ceasefire and establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the Middle East. In his video message to the fifth session of the conference on the establishment of a Middle East zone free of nuclear weapons and other weapons…

Bolivian Opposition Leaders Arrested On Terrorism Charges

LA PAZ, Nov 19 (NNN-XINHUA) – Bolivian authorities have arrested two opposition leaders with ties to former president Evo Morales, on charges of terrorism and other crimes, local media reported. Peasant leaders Ramiro Cucho and Humberto Claros were arrested for allegedly inciting an uprising and were transferred to La Paz.…

Blanket Manufacturing Plant Inaugurated In Kabul

KABUL, Nov 19 (NNN-ANA) – A blanket manufacturing plant, costing 930 million afghani (about 13.62 million U.S. dollars), was formally inaugurated in Pul-e-Charkhi industrial park, a suburb of Kabul, on Sunday. In the opening remarks, the acting deputy prime minister for economic affairs, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, said, the government…

At Least 50 More Palestinians Massacred In Israeli Attacks Across Gaza; Current Death Toll 43,922

GAZA, Nov 19 (NNN-WAFA) – At least 50 more Palestinians were massacred, including women and children, and many others injured, yesterday, in Israeli Zionist attacks across the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Civil Defence in Gaza said. The Civil Defence said in a press statement that, the barbaric Israeli bombing, targeted…

Hamas Says Security Operation Killed 20 Aid Truck Looters

GAZA, Nov 19 (NNN-WAFA) – Twenty people were killed yesterday, in a security operation east of Rafah, southern Gaza, which was supported by Hamas and targeted gangs, accused of looting aid trucks entering Gaza, according to Al-Aqsa TV channel of Hamas. Sources in the local authorities told Al-Aqsa TV that,…

Hamas Denies Its Leaders Leaving Qatar For Türkiye

GAZA, Nov 19 (NNN-WAFA) – Hamas, yesterday, denied reports that some of its leaders have moved from Qatar to Türkiye. In an official statement, sources within Hamas said, the claims spread by Israeli media were “pure rumours that Israel periodically attempts to promote.” On Sunday, Israeli media reported that, several…

India Imposes 25.4 Million USD Fine On WhatsApp For Antitrust Violation

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 19 (NNN-PTI) – The Competition Commission of India (CCI), has levied a fine of 25.4 million U.S. dollars, for antitrust violations related to WhatsApp’s controversial 2021 privacy policy, TechCrunch reported, yesterday. It also ordered WhatsApp to stop sharing user data with other Meta units, for advertising purposes…

Asia-Pacific Must Invest In Climate Literacy, ADB Report Says

MANILA, Nov 19 (NNN-PNA) – Governments in Asia and the Pacific must invest in education and training, to comprehensively develop climate literacy and green skills needed for low-carbon economies, a new Asian Development Bank (ADB) report said, yesterday. The ADB’s Climate Change and Education Playbook said that, education systems and…