Climate Change To Incur Up To 20 Percent Loss To Pakistan’s GDP By 2050: World Bank

ISLAMABAD, Dec 3 (NNN-APP) – Pakistan’s gross domestic product (GDP), is expected to decrease by a minimum of 18 to 20 percent by 2050, due to severe climate-related occurrences, environmental deterioration and air contamination, the World Bank said. In the Climate Silence, in Pakistan report, released on Thursday, the Washington-based…

Syria Condemns Israel’s Attack On Gaza After Ceasefire Ends

DAMASCUS, Dec 3 (NNN-SANA) – The Syrian Foreign Ministry, yesterday, strongly condemned Israel’s attack on Gaza, after the ceasefire ended Friday. The ministry emphasised the urgent need to halt the attacks by Israel, not only on the Palestinian territories but also on the lands of Syria and Lebanon. Moreover, it…

Gaza Reports 100,000 Bombs, Rockets In Ongoing Israeli Attacks

GAZA, Dec 3 (NNN-XINHUA) – The Hamas-run government said yesterday that, Israel has attacked the war-torn Gaza Strip with approximately 100,000 bombs and rockets since Oct 7. The government’s Media Office Director, Ismael Al-Thawabteh, said, during a press conference that, some of the bombs weigh 2,000 pounds “with the deliberate…

China-Greece Int’l Theatre Festival Debuts In Athens

ATHENS, Dec 3 (NNN-AMNA) – The first Sino-Hellenic International Theatre Festival, kicked off yesterday, with Chinese dramas bringing an audio-visual feast to the audiences. “The festival is an amazing initiative. It is something that we fully support from the side of the Greek government,” Christos Dimas, Greek deputy minister of…

6.9-Magnitude Quake Rocks Southern Philippines, Tsunami Warning Issued

MANILA, Dec 3 (NNN-PNA) – An offshore earthquake, with a preliminary magnitude of 6.9, rocked Surigao del Sur province, in the southern Philippines last night, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, said. The institute said, the earthquake, which occurred at 10:37 p.m. local time (GMT 1437), hit at a…

Food Poisoning Sickens 60 Students In Punjab

NEW DELHI, Dec 3 (NNN-PTI) – Nearly 60 children suffered from food poisoning, after consuming the food provided at their school, in India’s northern state of Punjab, a state government official said, yesterday. According to the official, the students complained of stomachaches and vomiting, after which they were rushed to…

Eight Killed In Bus Attack In Northern Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Dec 3 (NNN-APP) – At least eight people were killed and 26 others injured, in shooting at a passenger bus last night, in the Diamir district of Gilgit-Baltistan region, in northern Pakistan, an official said. Deputy Commissioner of Diamir, Arif Ahmed, said in a video statement that, some unknown…

DPRK Warns Against Attack Against Its Space Assets

SEOUL, Dec 3 (NNN-YONHAP) – The Ministry of National Defence of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), warned in a statement yesterday that, “any attack against the country’s space assets will be deemed as declaration of war,” the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported. The warning came, after…

Malaysian Hotel Industry Optimistic On Increased Chinese Tourists Over Visa-Free Facility

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 2 (NNN-BERNAMA) – The recent opening of a 30-day visa-free facility for Chinese nationals, is expected to see Malaysia receive an uptick in inbound Chinese tourists, the Malaysian Association of Hotels (MAH) said, yesterday. China is a lucrative market and a significant contributor to Malaysia’s tourism receipts…

Himalaya Airlines Starts Kathmandu-Shanghai Flight

KATHMANDU, Dec 2 (NNN-XINHUA) – Himalaya Airlines today launched its inaugural flight from the Nepali capital, Kathmandu to Shanghai, China’s economic hub. The H9780 flight, took off in the morning with 141 passengers aboard, and the H9781 flight is scheduled to return to Kathmandu with 95 passengers onboard, this evening.…