Real Median Income In Singapore Decreases By 2.3 Percent In 2023 Amidst High Inflation

SINGAPORE, Nov 30 (NNN-XINHUA) – Singapore residents’ real median income fell 2.3 percent this year, due to high inflation, according to Labour Force in Singapore Advance Release 2023, from the Ministry of Manpower today. Nominal incomes continued to increase, but at a more moderate pace compared to most years in…

Philippines Sends Delegation To Iran To Assist Release Of 17 Filipino Seafarer Hostages

MANILA, Nov 30 (NNN-PNA) – The Philippines will send a high-level delegation to Iran, for assisting the release of 17 Filipino seafarers, who were taken hostage last week by Yemen’s Houthi rebels in the Red Sea, officials said today. “Today, I will be convening a meeting, to facilitate the dispatch…

Cambodia Not To Allow Construction Of New Coal-Fired Power Plants: PM

KOH KONG, Cambodia, Nov 30 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodian Prime Minister, Hun Manet, said today that, the country would no longer allow the construction of new coal-fired power plants. Addressing the groundbreaking ceremony for the 150-megawatt Upper Tatay Hydropower Station, in the south-western province of Koh Kong, the prime minister said,…

Indian Gov’t Decides To Extend Food Security Scheme For Five Years

NEW DELHI, Nov 30 (NNN-PTI) – The Indian government, yesterday, announced the extension of its food security scheme for five years, with effect from Jan, 2024. The prime minister’s poor welfare food grains scheme, benefits nearly 813.5 million beneficiaries, costing the exchequer nearly 11.80 trillion Indian Rupees (around 141.64 billion…

Vietnam’s Top Legislature Wraps Up Session With 2024 Economic Development Plans Approved

HANOI, Nov 30 (NNN-VNA) – The 15th National Assembly (NA) of Vietnam, the country’s top legislature, concluded its sixth session yesterday, with new laws and economic development plans for 2024 approved. Speaking at the closing ceremony, NA Chairman, Vuong Dinh Hue, said, after 22.5 working days, the NA had completed…

Türkiye To Work For Permanent Truce In Gaza: Erdogan

ANKARA, Nov 30 (NNN-TRT) – Türkiye will step up its efforts for the release of the hostages and establishment of a lasting truce in the Gaza Strip, Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said. “We will accelerate our contacts to release the hostages and make the ceasefire permanent,” Erdogan said on…

Feature: Does Israel Pose A Nuclear Threat To The World?

TEL AVIV, Nov 30 (NNN-AL-JAZEERA) – It’s widely seen as one of the Middle East’s worst-kept secrets – Israel’s nuclear programme. Believed to have originated in the 1950s, Israel possesses approximately 90 nuclear bombs, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.  Israel has never officially acknowledged the existence of…

COP28 To Be Held In Expo City Dubai Starting Today

DUBAI, Nov 30 (NNN-WAM) – World leaders, government representatives and delegates are set to gather for the annual United Nations climate change summit, known as the Conference of the Parties or COP28, in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Reining in fossil fuels and carbon emissions are expected to be topping…

575 Injured Gazans Admitted To Egyptian Hospitals

CAIRO, Nov 30 (NNN-MENA) – Egypt’s State Information Service (SIS) Chairman, Diaa Rashwan, said yesterday that, so far, 575 injured Gazans had been admitted to Egyptian hospitals for treatment, after the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas conflict in early Oct. Rashwan said in a statement that, the injured Gazans were accompanied…

World Bank Raises Mongolia’s Growth Forecast For 2023

ULAN BATOR, Nov 30 (NNN-APA) – The World Bank has revised its growth forecast for Mongolia in 2023, to 5.8 percent from 5.2 percent, due to stong rebounds in the mining sector, private consumption and fiscal expansion, local media reported, yesterday. “In the first half of 2023, Mongolia’s economy exhibited…