Pakistan To Improve Insurance Sector To Strengthen Economy: President

ISLAMABAD, Feb 16 (NNN-APP) – Pakistani President, Arif Alvi, said yesterday that, his country needed to focus on improving the insurance sector, to strengthen the national economy. “There is a great need to strengthen the insurance sector, and necessary measures should be taken towards further enhancing the contribution of the…

10 Killed In Avalanches In Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, Tajikistan, Feb 16 (NNN-XINHUA) – Ten people were killed in avalanches in Tajikistan yesterday, according to the Committee for Emergency Situations and Civil Defence. Eight people died and 22 residential houses were destroyed, after heavy snow hit Khorog, the capital city of Tajikistan’s eastern Gorno-Badakhshan Region. The avalanche also…

UK, US guilty of ‘crimes against humanity’ over Chagos Islands: HRW

LONDON, Feb 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Britain and the United States are guilty of crimes against humanity in the forced displacement of indigenous people from the Chagos Islands, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Wednesday. In a new 106-report, the US-based rights group added that the UK’s “racial persecution, and continued…

Cambodian PM Returned Home After Fruitful Visit To Laos

PHNOM PENH, Feb 15 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodian Prime Minister, Samdech Techo Hun Sen, returned home yesterday afternoon, after concluding a two-day official visit to neighbouring Laos, with fruitful outcome. According to a statement released by Cambodia’s foreign ministry, during the visit, Hun Sen and his Laotian counterpart, Sonexay Siphandone, signed…

S. Korea’s Employment Grew 411,000 Year-On-Year, In Jan

SEOUL, Feb 15 (NNN-YONHAP) – The number of employed people in South Korea grew 411,000 in Jan, from a year earlier, statistical office data showed today. The year-over-year employment growth has been on the decline for the eighth straight month, sliding from 935,000 in May last year, to 826,000 in…

One Killed, Four Injured In Coal Mine Explosion In NW Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Feb 15 (NNN-APP) – At least one person was killed and four others injured, in an explosion in a coal mine in Kohat district of Pakistan’s north-western Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the rescue service said. According to the reports, the incident took place yesterday, in a coal mine, located in…

New Zealand Provides Funds For Farmers, Growers Hit By Cyclone

WELLINGTON, Feb 15 (NNN-XINHUA) – The New Zealand government is providing an initial four million NZ dollars (2.53 million U.S. dollars), to help farmers, growers and rural communities, mobilise and co-ordinate recovery efforts from Cyclone Gabrielle, following the declaration of a national state of emergency. “The breadth of this storm’s…

Transnational Investigation Underway In Australia After 365 Kg Cocaine Seized

SYDNEY, Feb 15 (NNN-AAP) – Australia launched a transnational drug trafficking investigation, after police seized about 365 kg of cocaine in Western Australia (WA)’s Great Southern region. According to a joint statement released yesterday, by the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and Australian Border Force, the probe started when three men…

Canada stops funding sensitive research with hostile foreign actors

MONTREAL, Feb 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Canada will stop funding research projects on sensitive topics if any of the researchers involved are connected with defense or security entities of hostile foreign states, the governmentannounced Tuesday. “Canada’s advanced research ecosystem is at the forefront of global discovery, but it can also be…

UN chief calls for action to address root cause of rising seas

UNITED NATIONS, Feb 15 (NNN-XINHUA) — UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said climate crisis is the root cause of rising seas, and urged the international community to take more concerted action to reduce emissions and ensure climate justice. “Sea-level rise is not only a threat in itself. It is a threat-multiplier,”…
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