Four Dead In Ecuador Traffic Accident

QUITO, Apr 13 (NNN-XINHUA) – At least four people were killed and 16 others injured, after a bus overturned on a highway, in southern Ecuador yesterday, reported the Attorney General’s Office (FGE). After the accident, the FGE ordered “urgent actions,” including the removal of bodies for autopsies, and the collection…

Kristalina Georgieva To Serve Second Term As IMF Managing Director

WASHINGTON, Apr13 (NNN-XINHUA) – The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), yesterday selected Kristalina Georgieva, to serve as IMF managing director for a second five-year term, starting on Oct 1, 2024. The board’s decision was taken by consensus, according to a statement by the coordinators of the Executive…

UN Humanitarians Fear For 500,000 Displaced People In Eastern DRC

UNITED NATIONS, Apr 13 (NNN-XINHUA) – UN humanitarians said yesterday, they are deeply concerned for more than 500,000 displaced people, sheltering in and around Goma, from eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) violence. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that, precarious conditions and escalating…

Three Children Killed In Landmine Blast In NW Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Apr 13 (NNN-APP) – Three children were killed and one other was injured, in a landmine blast, in Pakistan’s north-west Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, yesterday, officials said. The incident happened in the tribal district of North Waziristan, where the children accidentally stepped on the landmine, while playing, and three out…

Belarus, Azerbaijan To Strengthen Bilateral Cooperation

MINSK, Apr 13 (NNN-BelTA) – Belarusian Foreign Minister, Sergei Aleinik, and his Azerbaijani counterpart, Jeyhun Bayramov, reaffirmed their commitment yesterday, to further strengthening cooperation between the two countries. During their talks, the two sides expressed their confidence that the roadmap signed in Feb this year, will give a new impetus…

Singapore’s Economy Up 2.7 Percent In Q1

SINGAPORE, Apr 13 (NNN-XINHUA) – The Singapore economy grew by 2.7 percent year on year, in the first quarter of 2024, faster than the 2.2 percent growth in the previous quarter, according to advance estimates issued by the Ministry of Trade and Industry, yesterday. The manufacturing sector grew by 0.8…

Mary Kom Steps Down As India’s Chef De Mission For Paris Olympics

NEW DELHI, Apr 13 (NNN-PTI) – Mary Kom, the Chef de Mission of the Indian delegation for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, resigned yesterday, citing personal reasons. The boxing Olympic bronze medalist and six-time world champion, wrote a letter to the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president, P. T. Usha, asking…

Egypt, U.S. Reject Any Israeli Ground Operation In Rafah: Top Diplomats; Palestinian Death toll Reaches 33,634

CAIRO, Apr 13 (NNN-MENA) – Egyptian Foreign Minister, Sameh Shoukry, and U.S. Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, affirmed yesterday, their rejection of any Israeli ground military operation in the southernmost Gaza Strip city of Rafah. During a phone conversation, the two top diplomats discussed efforts to achieve a ceasefire and…

Hezbollah Fires Dozens Of Rockets At N. Israel

JERUSALEM/BEIRUT, Apr 13 (NNN-MA’AN/NNA) – About 40 rockets were fired from Lebanon at northern Israel, Friday night, following Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon, Israel military said. The rockets triggered sirens in multiple communities across the Upper Galilee in northern Israel. Israel Defence Forces (IDF) Spokesman, Daniel Hagar, told a press…

China Urges U.S., Japan, Philippines To Stop Undermining Regional Peace, Stability

MANILA, Apr 13 (NNN-PNA) – China urged the United States, Japan and the Philippines, to stop playing bloc politics, stop interfering in China’s internal affairs, and stop undermining regional peace and stability, a spokesperson of the Chinese Embassy in the Philippines, said, yesterday. The spokesperson made the remarks in response…