Sri Lankan PM Resigns Following New President Elected

COLOMBO, Sept 23 (NNN-XINHUA) – Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister, Dinesh Gunawardena, submitted his resignation this morning, following Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s election, as the country’s new president. In his resignation letter, Gunawardena stated that, with the election of Dissanayake as the ninth executive president of Sri Lanka, he is stepping down…

New Zealand’s Kiwifruit Exports Up 20 Percent Annually

WELLINGTON, Sept 23 (NNN-RNZ) – New Zealand’s kiwifruit exports were valued at 3.1 billion NZ dollars, in the year ended Aug, 2024, an increase of 20 percent when compared with the year ended Aug, 2023, according to the statistics department Stats NZ today. “Kiwifruit export values for the season, so…

Largest Group Of Critically Endangered Native Parrot Found In Australia’s Northwest

SYDNEY, Sept 23 (NNN-AAP) – Australian researchers have found the largest-known population of a critically endangered native parrot, in a desert in the country’s northwest, according to a study published today. Researchers, led by a team of Indigenous rangers, found a stronghold of at least 50 night parrots, living in…

Malaysia Flood Evacuees Rise To Over 8,000

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 23 (NNN-BERNAMA) – Flooding has displaced 8,545 people in several states in Malaysia as of yesterday afternoon. The worst affected was the Kedah state, in the north-western part of peninsula Malaysia, with 8,394 people being housed in 41 flood relief centres, according to the country’s social welfare…

Phase One Construction Of Indonesia’s New Capital City Nears Completion

JAKARTA, Sept 23 (NNN-ANTARA) – The construction of Indonesia’s new capital city (IKN) Nusantara, in East Kalimantan province, has reached 93 percent completion for its first phase, according to Danis Hidayat Sumadilaga, head of the IKN Nusantara Infrastructure Development Task Force, yesterday. Phase one includes government buildings, ministerial residences, and…

86 New Dengue Cases Reported In Pakistan’s Punjab Province

ISLAMABAD, Sept 23 (NNN-APP) – At least 86 new dengue fever cases were reported on Saturday, in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province, said a statement, yesterday. The Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department of Punjab said in a statement that, the latest cases were reported from nine different districts, including Rawalpindi, where…

Indonesian Police Named 15 Suspects After Discovery Of Seven Bodies In Bekasi River

JAKARTA, Sept 23 (NNN-ANTARA) – Indonesian police have named 15 suspects, in connection with the discovery of seven bodies floating in the Bekasi river, West Java, yesterday morning. Local media reported the first five bodies were found around 6:00 a.m. local time, followed by the discovery of two more soon…

Policeman Killed In Attack On Diplomats’ Convoy In NW Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Sept 23 (NNN-APP) – A policeman was killed and four others were injured, while escorting a group of diplomats travelling from Pakistan’s north-west Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, to the capital, Islamabad, yesterday, Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. An advance scout police vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive…

Zionist Forces, Hezbollah Exchanged Fire As Tension Along Lebanese Border Escalates

BEIRUT, Sept 23 (NNN-NNA) – The Israeli Zionists launched a series of airstrikes on towns and villages in southern and eastern Lebanon on Saturday afternoon, prompting Hezbollah’s retaliatory bombing at northern Israel, according to Lebanese military sources. The sources, who spoke anonymously, said that, the Zionist warplanes carried out about…

NPP Leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake Elected As President Of Sri Lanka

COLOMBO, Sept 23 (NNN-XINHUA) – Anura Kumara Dissanayake, candidate of National People’s Power, emerged as the winner in the presidential election in Sri Lanka, held on Saturday, the Election Commission confirmed, yesterday. As no candidate secured more than 50 percent of the votes, the Election Commission counted the second and…