Vietnam’s Localities, Businesses Invest To Boost Clam Export

HANOI, Dec 13 (NNN-VNA) – Vietnamese localities and businesses, have made strong investments in clam’s sustainable production, to achieve international certifications, creating a foundation to expand exports, Vietnam News reported yesterday. The newspaper cited the project between Lenger Seafood Vietnam Co., Ltd and northern Nam Dinh province, as an example…

Fire Leaves 240 Families Homeless In The Philippines

MANILA, Dec 13 (NNN-PNA) – An estimated 240 families or 1,500 people were displaced by fire, that hit a cluster of shanties, at the Happyland community, in Tondo, Manila before dawn yesterday. The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) reported that, the blaze started at around 3:09 a.m. The BFP raised…

ADB Approves 2.1 Billion USD Loan To Build Bridge In Philippines

MANILA, Dec 13 (NNN-PNA) – The Asian Development Bank (ADB), yesterday said, it has approved up to 2.1 billion U.S. dollars in loan, for the construction of a 32.15 km bridge, connecting Bataan and Cavite provinces, across Manila Bay, to decongest Metro Manila, enabling greater mobility of labour and goods,…

25 Soldiers, 27 Terrorists Killed In Clashes In NW Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Dec 13 (NNN-APP) – A total of 25 soldiers and 27 terrorists were killed in separate clashes between the security forces and the militants, on the night between Monday and yesterday, in Dera Ismail Khan district of Pakistan’s north-western Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, a statement released by the country’s military…

UN General Assembly Adopts Resolution Demanding Immediate Humanitarian Ceasefire In Gaza

UNITED NATIONS, Dec 13 (NNN-XINHUA) – The UN General Assembly, yesterday afternoon, adopted a resolution, demanding an “immediate humanitarian ceasefire” in Gaza. Member states voted down two amendments, making specific reference to “extremist group Hamas,” with 153 supporting the draft resolution, 10 against and 23 countries abstaining. The resolution demands…

Türkiye Issues Permission To Commission First Power Unit Of Russian-Built Nuclear Power Plant

ANKARA, Dec 13 (NNN-TRT) – Türkiye’s Akkuyu Nuclear Company, announced yesterday that, it had received permission from Turkish authorities, to commission the first power unit, of the country’s first nuclear power plant being built by Russia. With the permission, the start-up, adjustment and operation processes, which are the final phase…

UNHCR To Open Office On Lebanese-Syrian Border To Control Refugee Movement

BEIRUT, Dec 13 (NNN-NNA) – The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), will open an office on the Lebanese-Syrian border, to control the movement of refugees, said the Lebanese Council of Ministers, yesterday. The decision, announced on the sidelines of the Global Refugee Forum 2023, held from today, Dec…

Voting Ends In Egypt’s Presidential Election

CAIRO, Dec 13 (NNN-MENA) – Egypt concluded yesterday, the three-day voting in the presidential election, as the vote-counting process started immediately, according to the National Election Authority (NEA). The timetable previously released by the NEA indicated that the vote-counting, which started after 9:00 p.m. local time (1900 GMT) last night,…

Israel’s Zionist Forces Storm Kamal Adwan Hospital In Northern Gaza

GAZA, Dec 13 (NNN-WAFA) – The Zionist forces stormed the only operational Kamal Adwan Hospital, in the northern Gaza Strip yesterday, after besieging and bombarding it for several days, Gaza’s Health Ministry said in a statement. Ministry spokesman, Ashraf al-Qedra, said in the statement that, Zionist soldiers had ordered all…

Yemen’s Houthi Militia Attacked Norwegian Tanker Heading For Israel, In Red Sea

SANAA, Dec 13 (NNN-SABA) – Yemen’s Houthi rebels, yesterday said, they attacked with a naval missile, a Norwegian ship loaded with oil and heading for Israel, in the Red Sea. “We did not resort to targeting the Norwegian ship, until its crew rejected all our warning calls,” Yehya Sarea, a…