Muslims In Malaysia Welcome Eid Al-Fitr Today

KUALA LUMPUR, Apr 10 (NNN-BERNAMA) – Muslims throughout Malaysia will celebrate Eid al-Fitr today, April 10 2024, the government said, via a live local television broadcast in Kuala Lumpur last night.  “… I declare that the start of Hari Raya … for all states throughout Malaysia is Wednesday, April 10,…

Palestinian Death Toll In Gaza Rises To 33,207: Ministry

GAZA, Apr 9 (NNN-WAFA) – The Ministry of Health in Gaza announced yesterday that, the Palestinian death toll has risen to 33,207, as a result of ongoing Israeli attacks. During the past 24 hours, the Israeli army killed 32 Palestinians and wounded 47 others, bringing the total death toll to…

Iranian FM Opens New Consulate In Damascus, Following Israeli Strike

DAMASCUS, Apr 9 (NNN-IRNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian opened a new consulate building in the Syrian capital, Damascus yesterday, following the destruction of the previous consulate by an Israeli strike last week. Amir-Abdollahian, alongside Syrian Foreign Minister, Faisal Mekdad, attended the inauguration ceremony of the new consulate, situated…

Total Solar Eclipse Moved Across Canada

OTTAWA, Apr 9 (NNN-XINHUA) – Millions of watchers in Canada turned skyward, as a total solar eclipse moved across Canada, yesterday. The path of totality in Canada included parts of Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador. Along the stretch the moon blocked the…

Russia Requests Emergency IAEA Board Meeting Over Zaporizhzhia Attacks

VIENNA, Apr 9 (NNN-TASS) – Russia has requested an extraordinary session of the 35-nation Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), over what it claims are Ukrainian attacks on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant (ZNPP) on Sunday, a Russian envoy said, yesterday. Mikhail Ulyanov, Russia’s permanent representative…

Tunisia Rescued 2,688 Undocumented Immigrants, Retrieved 13 Bodies

TUNIS, Apr 9 (NNN-TAP) – Tunisia’s maritime guards, rescued 2,688 undocumented immigrants, during the past 24 hours, from sinking boats, and retrieved 13 bodies, after they foiled 85 illegal immigration attempts, the Tunisian National Guard said in a statement yesterday. The immigration attempts were thwarted, off the south-eastern coast of…

One Dead, Six Injured After Overpass Collapsed In Russia’s Smolensk

MOSCOW, Apr 9 (NNN-TASS) – One person was killed and six others were injured, after an overpass in Russia’s Smolensk region, collapsed yesterday, local media reported. The Paninsky Road overpass, collapsed onto a section of railway tracks, near the Vyazma station, in the town of Vyazma. A truck and a…

BMI Sees Malaysian Ringgit To Strengthen Over Second Half Of 2024

KUALA LUMPUR, Apr 9 (NNN-BERNAMA) – BMI Country Risk and Industry Research, has foreseen the Malaysian ringgit to continue to strengthen, in the second half of 2024 and early 2025, reaching MYR4.40/USD by end-2025. The Fitch Solutions unit said, in its recent note that, the key driver will be further…

Pakistan’s Remittances Increased 16.4 Percent In March This Year: Central Bank

ISLAMABAD, Apr 9 (NNN-APP) – Remittances sent by overseas Pakistani workers increased by 16.4 percent in March, this year, on a year-on-year basis, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said, yesterday. The workers’ remittances recorded an inflow of 2.9537 billion U.S. dollars in March, as compared to 2.5367 billion dollars…

212 Hospitalised Over Intake Of Japan Kobayashi Pharma’s Red Yeast Rice Supplement

TOKYO, Apr 9 (NNN-NHK) – The number of people hospitalised in Japan, due to health damage related to Kobayashi Pharmaceutical’s dietary supplement, containing red yeast rice, or beni-koji, had risen to 212, local media reported, yesterday. The figure was updated as of Sunday, with those who have since been discharged…