Four Railway Workers Killed By Train In Kazakhstan

ALMATY, Dec 11 (NNN-KNA) – Four members of a track maintenance crew were killed by a freight train, at a railway station in central Kazakhstan yesterday, said the national railway company, Kazakhstan Temir Zholy (KTZ). The incident occurred when scheduled rail replacement work was underway, on the Mointy-Shyganak railway section,…

52 Injured After 7.5-Magnitude Quake Hit North-Eastern Japan

TOKYO, Dec 11 (NNN-NHK) – At least 52 people were injured, in north-eastern and northern Japan, following a 7.5 magnitude earthquake that struck the region, local media reported, yesterday. Authorities in Aomori, Hokkaido and Iwate prefectures, confirmed 37, 11 and four people were injured, respectively, Kyodo News reported. Over 300…

Thailand Says Border Clashes With Cambodia Displace Over 400,000 Thai Residents

BANGKOK, Dec 11 (NNN-TNA) – Thai Defence Ministry spokesperson, Surasant Kongsiri, said yesterday that, the ongoing border clashes with Cambodia had forced over 400,000 Thai residents across seven provinces to evacuate. Thailand’s 2nd Army Area Command stated on social media that, beginning at 5:00 a.m. local time yesterday, exchanges of…

Ghanaian President Urges Private Sector To Co-Invest In Africa’s Health Industrialisation

ACCRA, Dec 10 (NNN-GNA) – Ghanaian President, John Dramani Mahama, yesterday, urged private sector players to collaborate with African governments, in co-investing in the continent’s health industrialisation, to enhance healthcare and service delivery. At the opening of the two-day World Health Expo Leaders Africa Summit in Accra, the Ghanaian capital,…

Evacuation Ordered As Structures Destroyed By Bushfire In Australia

MELBOURNE, Dec 10 (NNN-AAP) – Residents of a coastal community, in the north-east of the Australian island state of Tasmania, have been told to leave immediately, due to the threat posed by a bushfire that has destroyed two structures. An emergency warning, issued by the Tasmania Fire Service (TFA) this…

U.S.-Europe Split Widens Over Tech Fines, New U.S. Security Strategy

BRUSSELS, Dec 10 (NNN-XINHUA) – From Europe’s sweeping crackdown on American big tech, to a hard-edged new U.S. national security strategy, transatlantic tensions are mounting. In the past week, the European Commission opened two antitrust investigations into U.S. tech giant Google and Meta, and fined Elon Musk’s platform X 120…

Ukraine Ready For “Security Guaranteed” Elections In 60-90 Days: Zelensky

KIEV, Dec 10 (NNN-UNIAN) – Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky, said yesterday that, his country will be ready for elections in 60 to 90 days, if the United States and Europe guarantee security for such a vote, the Interfax-Ukraine news agency reported. “Moreover, I ask now, and I declare this openly,…

Group Of Friends Of Global Governance Established At UN Headquarters In New York

UNITED NATIONS, Dec 10 (NNN-XINHUA) – The Group of Friends of Global Governance was officially established at the UN headquarters in New York, yesterday. Representatives from nearly 40 founding member states of the group, attended the launch meeting, which was chaired by Fu Cong, China’s permanent representative to the United…

Singapore reported rise in domestic violence cases last year

SINGAPORE, Dec 10 (NNN-XINHUA) – Singapore recorded an increase in domestic violence cases last year, the Ministry of Social and Family Development said today, as it released the Domestic Violence Trends Report 2025. From 2023 to 2024, the number of new low- to moderate-risk cases overseen by community agencies rose…

Japanese PM Takaichi Apologised For Accepting Excess Corporate Donations

TOKYO, Dec 10 (NNN-NHK) – Japanese Prime Minister and ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) President, Sanae Takaichi, apologised yesterday, for a LDP chapter, led by her, accepting a political donation that exceeded the legal maximum, the Nikkei reported. At a meeting of the Budget Committee of the House of Representatives…