China’s top diplomat tours Africa with focus on strategic trade routes

Wang Yi is China’s Foreign Minister ADDIS ABABA, Jan 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — China’s top diplomat began his annual New Year tour of Africa on Wednesday, focusing on strategic trade access across eastern and southern Africa as Beijing seeks to secure key shipping routes and resource supply lines.Foreign Minister Wang Yi…

Four Killed In Road Accident In Northern Kazakhstan

ALMATY, Jan 9 (NNN-KNA) – Four people died yesterday, after a passenger car collided with a truck, on the Astana-Petropavlovsk highway, in northern Kazakhstan. According to preliminary data from the North Kazakhstan Region police department, the passenger car entered the oncoming lane and collided with an approaching truck. The driver…

Mt Ogi Wildfire Breaks Out In Japan’s Yamanashi Prefecture

TOKYO, Jan 8 (NNN-NHK) – A wildfire broke out on Mt Ogi, in Japan’s Yamanashi Prefecture, today, with no casualties reported so far, local media reported. Local residents reported smoke rising from Mt Ogi, near Uenohara City, at around 10: 45 a.m. local time. The fire continues to spread. As…

Two Policemen Killed, 30 Wounded In Clashes In SW Iran

TEHRAN, Jan 8 (NNN-IRNA) – Two Iranian police officers were killed and 30 others injured yesterday, during clashes in south-western Iran, the semi-official Fars news agency reported, as nationwide protests over economic grievances entered their 11th day. The violence erupted in the city of Lordegan, in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province,…

Türkiye, Malaysia Pledged Deeper Cooperation In Defence, Trade

ANKARA, Jan 8 (NNN-BERNAMA) – Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and visiting Malaysian Prime Minister, Anwar Ibrahim, yesterday, attended here the inaugural meeting of the Türkiye-Malaysia High-Level Strategic Cooperation Council, pledging to deepen collaboration in defence, trade and other key sectors. Speaking at a joint press conference after the meeting,…

Four Killed, 23 Injured In Bus Accident In Nepal

KATHMANDU, Jan 8 (NNN-XINHUA) – Four people were killed and 23 others injured, in a bus accident on the outskirts of Kathmandu last night, a police official said. The bus, carrying around 40 people, plunged about 100 metres off a highway, leading to the fatal incident. Pawan Bhattarai, spokesperson for…

5.5-Magnitude Quake Hit South Of Fiji Islands – USGS

SUVA, Jan 8 (NNN-FBC) – An earthquake, with a magnitude of 5.5, jolted south of the Fiji Islands at 2200 GMT yesterday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicentre, with a depth of 547 km, was initially determined to be at 23.43 degrees south latitude, and 179.90 degrees west longitude.–…

Vietnam’s Durian Export Turnover Topped Four Billion USD Last Year

HANOI, Jan 8 (NNN-VNA) – Vietnam’s durian export turnover reached about four billion U.S. dollars last year, accounting for nearly 50 percent of the country’s total fruit and vegetable export value, local daily, Nhan Dan, reported today. According to the Agency of Foreign Trade, under Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and…

Pres Trump withdraws US from dozens of international organisations: White House

WASHINGTON, Jan 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — United States President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed a proclamation withdrawing the US from 35 non-United Nations organisations and 31 UN entities that “operate contrary to US national interests”, the White House said in a statement. The organisations include the Global Counterterrorism Forum, the International Energy…

Man Fatally Shot By Police After Siege In Sydney

SYDNEY, Jan 8 (NNN-AAP) – A man has been shot dead by police, following a six-hour siege, at a home north of Sydney, last night. The police force in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW), said in a statement today that, officers were conducting a welfare check at…
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