Thai PM Visits Laos To Deepen Friendship, Cooperation

VIENTIANE, Oct 31 (NNN-KPL) – Thai Prime Minister, Srettha Thavisin, arrived in Vientiane, yesterday, on an official visit, at the invitation of Lao Prime Minister, Sonexay Siphandone. The visit aims to strengthen the longstanding relations and cooperation between the two countries, according to a press release issued by the Lao…

Killing Of Children In Gaza Not “Collateral Damage:” Head Of UN Agency For Palestine Refugees

UNITED NATIONS, Oct 31 (NNN-XINHUA) – The killing of thousands of children in Gaza cannot be “collateral damage,” said Philippe Lazzarini, the commissioner-general of the UN Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), yesterday. Nearly 70 percent of those reported killed in Gaza are children and women. ‘Save the Children,’ an international…

Türkiye Condemns Attack On Turkish-Funded Hospital In Gaza

ANKARA, Oct 31 (NNN-XINHUA) – Türkiye’s Foreign Ministry, yesterday condemned “in the strongest terms” what it said was an Israeli attack on the Turkish-Palestinian Friendship Hospital in Gaza. “There can be no justification for such an attack, on the only cancer hospital in Gaza, since all necessary information, including the…

Six Missing As Boat Capsized In Southern Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Oct 31 (NNN-APP) – Six people went missing, when a boat capsized yesterday, in a water canal in Khairpur district of Pakistan’s southern Sindh province, rescue agency and police reported. A total of 12 people were onboard the boat, which capsized in Nara Canal, in the morning, said the…

Israeli Troops Continue To Expand Ground Operations In Gaza

JERUSALEM, Oct 31 (NNN-XINHUA) – Israeli troops were continuing ground operations in the Gaza Strip, the regime’s Defence Forces (IDF) said, yesterday. During clashes with Hamas in the coastal enclave, IDF troops killed dozens of those who barricaded themselves in buildings, according to a statement released by the IDF. In…

U.S. Airstrikes Hit Trucks On Syrian-Iraqi Border

DAMASCUS, Oct 31 (NNN-SANA) – U.S. airstrikes hit truckloads of construction materials, on the Syrian-Iraqi border yesterday, media reports said. According to the Lebanese al-Mayadeen TV, seven trucks transporting construction materials were targeted by U.S. bombings in eastern Syria, near the border with Iraq. In response, 15 rockets were fired…

Heart Disease Became Malaysia’s Top Cause Of Death In 2022

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 30 (NNN-BERNAMA) – Ischaemic heart diseases, have become the key cause of death for Malaysians in 2022, official data showed, today. The Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM), said in a statement that, there were 206,525 deaths recorded in Malaysia in 2022, of which 126,268 (61.1 percent) were…

Nearly 208,000 Chinese Tourists Visited Philippines In Jan-Sept

MANILA, Oct 30 (NNN-PNA) – At least 207,932 Chinese tourists have visited the Philippines from Jan to Sept, this year, a Philippine lawmaker said today. Citing the latest data from the Department of Tourism, Representative Marvin Rillo said, Chinese tourists comprise 5.15 percent of the 4,038,379 foreign tourists who arrived…

Stroke Ranks 4th Leading Cause Of Death In Brunei: Minister

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Oct 30 (NNN-ANN) – Stroke remains the fourth leading cause of death in Brunei, said the country’s Minister of Health, Haji Mohd Isham, in a message for World Stroke Day, which was observed globally yesterday. In his message, the minister said that, approximately 400 new cases are…

Japanese Automakers Ramp Up Shift To EVs

TOKYO, Oct 30 (NNN-NHK) – Electric vehicles are taking centre stage, at the Japan Mobility Show, formerly known as the Tokyo Motor Show, as Japanese automakers unveil their next-generation concept cars. The Japanese government has called for all new cars sold to be electric-powered by 2035. At the Tokyo event,…