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Lao Deputy PM Hails Laos-China Railway As Pride Of Laos

VIENTIANE, Dec 4 (NNN-KPL) – Lao Deputy Prime Minister, Sonexay Siphandone, yesterday, hailed the Laos-China railway as a pride of…

Sri Lankans Warned Of Lightning Strikes

COLOMBO, Dec 4 (NNN-XINHUA) – Sri Lanka’s Department of Meteorology, yesterday issued an advisory for severe lightning, in parts of…

Iran Says Over 200 Died In Recent “Riots”

TEHRAN, Dec 4 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran’s National Security Council, announced yesterday that, more than 200 people have lost their lives…

Australian COVID-19 Cases Continue To Rise

CANBERRA, Dec 4 (NNN-AAP) – The number of new coronavirus cases in Australia has risen for consecutive weeks. According to…

Magnitude 6.4 quake hits Indonesia’s West Java

By Mohd Iswandi Kasan Anuar JAKARTA, Dec 3 (NNN-Bernama) — A 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck Garut in West Java province on…

FAO strengthens agri-cooperation with Indonesia

By Mohd Iswandi Kasan Anuar JAKARTA, Dec 3 (NNN-Bernama) — The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO)…

Drug dealer arrested in Bali, meth and ecstasy seized

By Mohd Iswandi Kasan Anuar JAKARTA, Dec 3 (NNN-Bernama) — Bali Police officers have arrested a drug dealer who had…

Malaysia’s new Cabinet sworn in before King today

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 3 (NNN-Bernama) — Malaysia’s two deputy prime ministers and 25 members of Cabinet were sworn in before…

US adds Cuba, Nicaragua, Wagner Group to religious freedom blacklist

Secretary of State Antony Blinken WASHINGTON, Dec 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States added Latin American adversaries Cuba and Nicaragua…

Reception Held To Mark 50th Anniversary Of China-New Zealand Diplomatic Ties, 125th Birthday Of Rewi Alley

WELLINGTON, Dec 3 (NNN-XINHUA) – New Zealand’s South Island, last night, marked the 50th anniversary of diplomatic ties between China…