Rm20 Million In Humanitarian Aid From Malaysia To Turkiye And Syria So Far – Pm Anwar

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 14 (NNN-Bernama) — Malaysia joins rest of the world contributing humanitarian aid with a RM20 million pledged to help earthquake victims in Turkiye and Syria. Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said the contribution included US$1 million each from the Malaysian government and the Sultan of Johor, Sultan Ibrahim Sultan…

New Zealand Delivers Support Package For Flood, Cyclone-Affected Communities

WELLINGTON, Feb 14 (NNN-XINHUA) – The New Zealand government announced an 11.5 million New Zealand dollars (7.25 million U.S. dollars) Community Support Package yesterday, to help tens of thousands of people affected by the recent floods, as the North Island regions prepare to respond to Cyclone Gabrielle. Community organisations and…

US criticizes China’s laser lights use against Philippines Coast Guard ship

    WASHINGTON, Feb 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States criticized China’s reported use of military-grade laser light against a Philippine coast guard vessel in the disputed South China Sea last week, which left the ship’s crew temporarily blinded. State Department Ned Price said the Chinese coastguard’s “conduct was provocative and unsafe,…

Japan’s GDP Grows 0.6 Percent In Fourth Quarter Year On Year

TOKYO, Feb 14 (NNN-NHK) – Japan’s economy expanded in the Oct-Dec quarter, the government said in a report today, marking a return to growth. According to the Cabinet Office, the economy here, in the recording period, grew at an annualised rate of 0.6 percent. The figure for gross domestic product…

Australia Upgrades Research Facility To Boost Cotton Industry

CANBERRA, Feb 14 (NNN-AAP) – Australia’s national science agency, unveiled upgrades to its cotton research facility, in a major boost for the growing industry. The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), today opened the upgraded facilities in Myall Vale in New South Wales, which were purpose built at a…

US military shoots down another flying object over Lake Huron – the 4th in North America

 WASHINGTON, Feb 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US has shot down another unidentified flying object in the fourth military operation of its kind this month. President Joe Biden ordered it to be downed near Lake Huron, close to the Canadian border, on Sunday afternoon. The object could have interfered with commercial…

Thailand Woos Foreign Film Production To Promote Growth, Cultural Soft Power

BANGKOK, Feb 14 (NNN-TNA) – Thailand is promoting its film industry as a shooting location for foreign films, in an effort to boost the economy and improve the kingdom’s image, through cultural soft power, a government spokesman said, yesterday. Thailand’s popularity as a filming destination has grown over the years,…

Indonesian Ex-Police Officer Sentenced To Death For Premeditated Murder

JAKARTA, Feb 14 (NNN-ANTARA) – An Indonesian court sentenced former police officer, Ferdy Sambo, to death yesterday, for the premeditated murder of his own aide, Joshua Nopryansyah Hutabarat. “The defendant, Ferdy Sambo, has been proven legally and convincingly guilty of committing the criminal act of participating in premeditated murder,” Judge…

Japanese Police Filed New Charges On Ex-Prime Minister Abe’s Murder Suspect

TOKYO, Feb 14 (NNN-NHK) – Japanese police yesterday, referred Tetsuya Yamagami, who has been indicted for the fatal shooting of former Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, to prosecutors for allegedly making a gun and damaging a building by test-firing it. Yamagami, 42, is believed to have test-fired a weapon at a…

Philippine Activists Slam Planned Philippines, Japan, U.S. Security Pact

MANILA, Feb 13 (NNN-PNA) – An organisation fighting for justice for Philippine sexual slavery victims of the Japanese army, during World War ll, said today that, it “staunchly opposes” the planned security pact among the Philippines, Japan and the United States. The group, Lila Pilipina, expressed concern about “the possibility…
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