Australian PM Supports Push For National Gun Register

CANBERRA, Dec 21 (NNN-AAP) – Australian Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, has thrown his support behind a proposed national firearm register, in the wake of a deadly police shooting. Albanese yesterday said, his government would take advice from law enforcement, on how information can be better shared to protect police officers…

Chinese Delegations Rushed To Fortify Business Ties In Europe

BRUSSELS/HANGZHOU, Dec 21 (NNN-XINHUA) – As the world’s second-largest economy has optimised its COVID-19 response and vowed stronger support for economic growth, many Chinese provinces and cities, have sent trade delegations to Europe, striving to fortify business ties with their European peers. Nanjing, an eastern city that served as China’s…

Covid-19: US offers vaccines to China to stem outbreak

WASHINGTON, Dec 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States offered to share vaccines with China to stem soaring Covid cases, saying containing the outbreak was in the interest of the world. It is unlikely that China would accept the offer from the United States, its frequent adversary, after Beijing invested heavily in…

Stronger Support Urged For Iraq To Maintain Stability, Achieve Comprehensive Development

AMMAN, Dec 21 (NNN-PETRA) – Participants attending the Baghdad Conference for Cooperation and Partnership, yesterday called for stronger support for Iraq, to help it maintain security and stability, and achieve comprehensive development. The conference, which was held in the Jordanian town of Sweimeh, by the Dead Sea shore, was attended…

UN boss believes Ukraine-Russia war ‘will go on’

 UNITED NATIONS, Dec 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — UN chief Antonio Guterres said he was pessimistic that Russia’s war in Ukraine would end soon but he hoped it would be over by the end of next year. “I am not optimistic about the possibility of effective peace talks in the immediate future,”…

Thai Navy Confirmed Six Sailors Dead, Continuing Search For 23 Missing

BANGKOK, Dec 21 (NNN-TNA) – At least six sailors have been confirmed dead, while search and rescue continued for the 23 missing sailors, more than 40 hours after a Thai warship sank in the Gulf of Thailand, the navy said yesterday. The corvette HTMS Sukhothai sank at around 00:12 a.m.…

Analysis: Malaysia Must Prepare To Face Impact Of Long COVID On Healthcare, Economy

By Nina Muslim KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 21 (NNN-Bernama) – When former journalist Ali Imran Mohd Noordin got COVID-19 in July this year, it was a bad one. He had trouble breathing. He had to be hospitalised for four days. Doctors put him on Paxlovid. This was his second time dealing…

Bangladesh Offers Incentives To Boost Winter Padi Production

DHAKA, Dec 21 (NNN-BSS) – In order to boost winter rice cultivation, which is totally dependent on irrigation pumps, the Bangladeshi government has started disbursing 1.7 billion takas as incentives to farmers. According to a statement by the Ministry of Agriculture yesterday, some 2.7 million farmers across the country will…

COP15 Biodiversity Summit: Global ‘peace pact’ signed to protect nature

 MONTREAL, Dec 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Countries reached a historic deal on Monday to reverse decades of environmental destruction threatening the world’s species and ecosystems, in what the UN chief hailed as “a peace pact with nature.” After the marathon COP 15 biodiversity summit in Montreal ran into the small hours,…

RCEP, BRI Contribute To Global Post-Pandemic Recovery: Academics

PHNOM PENH, Dec 21 (NNN-AKP) – The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) are contributors to regional and global post-COVID-19 pandemic recovery efforts, academics said here yesterday. Entering into force earlier this year, RCEP comprises 15 Asia-Pacific countries, including ASEAN and their five trading…
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