Maldives Elections Commission Advocates Apr 21 As Public Holiday For Parliamentary Elections

MALÉ, Mac 4 (NNN-PSM) – The Maldives Elections Commission, is to formally urge the government, to designate Apr 21, the day of the parliamentary elections, as a public holiday, local media reported, yesterday. Following the ratification of the amended General Elections Act by President Mohamed Muizzu, the Elections Commission has…

Two Killed Due To Falling Object In Shopping Mall In India

NEW DELHI, Mac 4 (NNN-PTI) – Two persons were killed and a few others injured, when an iron grill fell on them, inside a shopping mall near Delhi, yesterday. The incident happened in the Greater Noida area of the northern state of Uttar Pradesh. Both the deceased were local residents.…

Death Toll Soars To 39 Due To Cold Spell In Afghanistan

KABUL, Mac 4 (NNN-ANA) – The death toll from freezing weather and snowfall, in the chilly winter has reached 39 in Afghanistan, as cold spell continues in parts of the country, spokesman for national disaster authority, Mullah Janan Saeq, said yesterday. “About 39 of our countrymen have martyred and 30…

Passenger Trips On Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway Hit Two Million

JAKARTA, Mac 4 (NNN-ANTARA) – The Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway (HSR), the first of its kind in Indonesia and Southeast Asia, has transported more than two million passengers in total, said China Railway International Limited, yesterday. According to the company, the HSR has been safely operating for 139 days, carrying a…

Number Of Obese Australians Increases 60 Percent In 10 Years: Report

CANBERRA, Mac 4 (NNN-AAP) – The number of Australians who are classified as obese has increased by over two million in the last decade, a report found. According to the report, which was published by peak advocacy NGO, The Obesity Collective, today, there were 6.3 million Australians living with obesity…

Iraq Announces Extension Of Oil Cut To Q2

BAGHDAD, Mac 4 (NNN-NINA) – Iraq will extend a voluntary oil production cut by 220,000 barrels per day into the second quarter of 2024, Iraqi official news agency said, yesterday. The decision was made as part of an agreement among the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its…

Australia-ASEAN Summit Held In Melbourne

MELBOURNE, Mac 4 (NNN-AAP) – Australian Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, welcomed Southeast Asian leaders to Melbourne, for a special summit to celebrate his country’s 50 years of cooperation with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). The 2024 ASEAN-Australia Special Summit, being held in Melbourne from today through Wednesday, marks…

‘Massacre’: Dozens Killed By Israeli Fire In Gaza While Collecting Food Aid

GAZA, Mac 4 (NNN-WAFA) – Dozens of Palestinian civilians were killed and injured, yesterday, in an Israeli attack, while they were waiting for aid in Gaza City, said Palestinian Health Ministry Spokesman, Ashraf al-Qedra, in a press statement. Palestinian security and medical sources said that, Israeli forces opened fire on…

Saudi Arabia Extends Voluntary Cut Of Oil Production

RIYADH, Mac 4 (NNN-SPA) – Saudi Arabia announced yesterday, the extension of its voluntary cut of oil production of one million barrels per day, to support the stability and balance of oil markets. The reduction was implemented in July last year, until the end of the second quarter of 2024,…

Families Of MH370 Victims Marked 10 Years Since Flight Disappearance

KUALA LUMPUR, Mac 4 (NNN-BERNAMA) – Family members of those aboard Malaysian Airlines flight MH370, yesterday, marked the tenth year since the disappearance of the aircraft. With speeches, presentations and poems, the next-of-kin marked the milestone, with Transport Minister, Anthony Loke Siew Fook, being in attendance. “As we approach the…