North Korea’s Kim Jong Un rides train on way to Vietnam

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un waves as he boards a train. (Photo courtesy KCNA BEIJING, China (NNN-AGENCIES) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s armoured train chugged across China on Sunday (Feb 24) as he headed to his highly anticipated second summit with US President Donald Trump in Vietnam.…

Nigeria President Buhari wins in Kwara, Saraki loses

ABUJA, Nigeria, Feb 24 (NNN-NAN) – President Muhammadu Buhari won 462 votes at the Idigba Ilorin polling unit 004 of the party’s governorship candidate, Abdulrahman Abdulrazak. Buhari’s votes more than double the figure scored by Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party. He got 167 votes. All the APC candidates…

Syria force to clear more civilians from last Daesh pocket

A convoy of trucks transporting people who fled the Daesh group’s last holdout of Baghouz in Syria’s northern Deir Ezzor province. Photo courtesy Bulent KILIC OMAR OIL FIELD, Syria, Feb 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) – U.S.-backed fighters said Saturday they are keeping a corridor open to rescue remaining civilians from Daesh’s last…

Malaysia: Digital economy policy is being formulated

Malaysia’s Communications and Multimedia Minister Gobind Singh Deo (left) during robot displayed at Pj Startup Festival 2019′ in Kuala Lumpur. Photo courtesy Bernama KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 23 (NNN- Bernama) — The policy to empower digital economy is being formulated and is expected to be announced in the third quarter of…

Malaysia’s PM welcomes incoming visit of Norway’s Trade Minister to discuss palm oil ban

The Norwegian Parliament voted on Dec 3, 2018 to limit and phase out palm oil through measures and taxes in its biofuels policy, effective Jan 1, 2020, to exclude biofuels with high deforestation risk. Photo courtesy bernama images KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia Feb 23 (NNN- Bernama) – Malaysia’s Tun Dr Mahathir…

UK Labour leader Corbyn says he could back a second Brexit referendum

LONDON, Feb 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) – LONDON: British opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn said if his party won power he would renegotiate a Brexit deal with the European Union and could hold another referendum, as he comes under pressure to support giving the public another chance to stay in the bloc. The…

U.S. to leave around 400 troops in Syria

WASHINGTON/NEAR BAGHOUZ, Syria, Feb 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The United States will leave a total of about 400 U.S. troops split between two different regions of Syria even as it withdraws most of the 2,000 troops currently in the country, U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday. Trump said the move does…

Sudan’s Omar al-Bashir declares state of emergency

KHARTOUM, Feb 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on Friday declared a state of emergency in Sudan for one year in the wake of popular protests in the country. “I declare the state of emergency all over Sudan for one year,” said Bashir in a speech to the Sudanese…

2,600 foreign reporters register to cover US-North Korea Summit in Vietnam

Hanoi, Vietnam — File photo of Vietnamese workers conducting repair works at The State Guest House in preparation for the upcoming second summit between US president Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Photo courtesy of /YNA/dpa HANOI, Feb 22 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Some 2,600 foreign reporters have registered to…

Supported by Thailand and Japan, Kazakhstan Makes a Strong Pitch for Universal Healthcare in New York

By Manik Mehta New York, Feb 22 (NNN-BERNAMA) — As a country that has been leading the call for universal healthcare since the late 1990s, Kazakhstan made a strong pitch for universal healthcare in New York, holding an “interactive dialogue” on primary healthcare at its permanent mission to the United…