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) will carry out food and agriculture development support programmes in Indonesia for the next four years. The programmes were launched during a Country Programming Framework (CPF) workshop in Bogor recently,…

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 received a hefty shipment of narcotics set for distribution and sale during the end-of-year holidays. Andi Prayitno, 40, was found in possession of one kilogram of methamphetamine and 2,000 ecstasy…

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 the King Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah at Istana Negara (national palace) here Saturday. Also present at the presentation of Instruments of Appointment and the taking of the Oath of…

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 as well as Russia’s Wagner Group to a blacklist on international religious freedom, opening the path to potential sanctions. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the Wagner Group was being…

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 and New Zealand, and the 125th anniversary of the birth of Rewi Alley, a New Zealand-born writer, social reformer and educator. Alley spent 60 years living and working in China,…

Festival On Vietnam’s National Dress Opened To Boost Tourism

HANOI, Dec 3 (NNN-VNA) – A festival, featured with ao dai – Vietnam’s national dress for women, kicked off here, to boost the recovery of tourism in the country’s capital. During the three-day festival’s opening ceremony, held last night, next to Hoan Kiem Lake, various ao dai collections of well-known…

IRGC Arrested Four Individuals For Assassinating Police Officer In NW Iran

TEHRAN, Dec 3 (NNN-TASNIM) – Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), said yesterday, its intelligence forces have arrested four individuals, involved in an assassination of a police officer in the north-western city of Sanandaj. The IRGC’s intelligence service, in the north-western province of Kurdestan, announced in a statement that, in…

Casualties Feared As Blast Rocked Mosque In Afghan Capital

KABUL, Dec 3 (NNN-ANA) – Casualties were feared as a blast rocked a mosque in Police District 6, of Afghanistan’s capital city, Kabul, yesterday, eyewitnesses said.– NNN-ANA

Japan Approved 214-Billion-USD Extra Budget To Fight Inflation

TOKYO, Dec 3 (NNN-NHK) – The Japanese parliament passed an additional budget of 28.92 trillion yen (214 billion U.S. dollars), for the current fiscal year, in an effort to bolster the faltering economy and cushion the impact of rising inflation. The House of Councillors, or the upper house, approved the…

Sri Lanka Aims To Attract 1.5 Million Tourists In 2023, Three Million In 2024

COLOMBO, Dec 3 (NNN-XINHUA) – Sri Lanka aims to attract around 1.5 million foreign tourists next year and three million travellers in 2024, a minister said yesterday. Tourist arrivals have improved in the last few months, Minister of Tourism, Harin Fernando, told the local media, adding that, several airlines are…
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