US bans Malaysian firm’s gloves over forced labour

 WASHINGTON, Oct 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States has barred imports from a Malaysian latex glove maker over alleged labour abuses, the latest firm from the country to face such a ban.    The relatively affluent Southeast Asian nation is home to millions of migrant workers employed in manufacturing and…

Iran Urges UN Action Against Israeli Threats To Nuke Programme

TEHRAN, Oct 21 (NNN-TASNIM) – Iranian Ambassador to the United Nations, Majid Takht Ravanchi, called for an action by the UN Security Council (UNSC), to tackle rising Israeli threats to Tehran’s nuclear programme. In a letter to the UNSC on Tuesday, Takht Ravanchi said, over the past months, the number…

Road Accident Kills Six In Afghanistan’s Badakhshan Province

FAIZABAD, Afghanistan, Oct 21 (NNN-ANA) – Six commuters lost their lives and four others sustained injury, as their vehicle plunged into a ravine, in Afghanistan’s northern Badakhshan province yesterday, a provincial administration official, Qari Inamullah Inami, said today. According to the official, nearly a dozen people, including women and children,…

Foreign Travellers To Japan Fall 99 Percent In Sept From Pre-Pandemic Level

TOKYO, Oct 21 (NNN-NHK) – The number of foreign visitors to Japan dropped over 99 percent in Sept, compared with the same month in 2019, local media reported today. Japan has banned most foreign travellers from entering the country since Jan, except for those who have special reasons. According to…

US, Europeans condemn NKorea submarine missile launch at UN

 UNITED NATIONS, Oct 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States, Britain and France confirmed to the UN that North Korea has made progress in its weapons programs following the groundbreaking launch of a ballistic missile from a submarine.   Speaking to the media one after the other, ahead of a closed-door…

Fitch Solutions Foresees Malaysia’s Consumer Spending Recovery In 2022

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 21 (NNN-XINHUA) – Consumer spending in Malaysia will begin its recovery in 2022, with household spending forecast to grow by a real rate of 5.1 percent, Fitch Solutions Country Risk and Industry Research said today. “We expect the consumer to recover from two years of contractions in…

India Administers Over One Billion Vaccine Doses As COVID-19 Tally Rises To Over 34 Million

NEW DELHI, Oct 21 (NNN-PTI) – India achieved a major milestone of administering one billion COVID-19 vaccine doses, Health Minister, Mansukh Mandaviya, said today. Around 21 percent of the targeted population, aged above 18 years old, have been fully vaccinated so far. According to the minister, the total pandemic vaccine…

Sri Lanka To Amend Laws To Ban Cattle Slaughter

COLOMBO, Oct 21 (NNN-XINHUA) – Sri Lanka’s cabinet, approved to amend existing laws to ban cattle slaughter in the country, in what is seen as an effort to increase local agriculture and dairy production, local media reported here yesterday. According to officials, the ban on cattle slaughter was originally approved…

India To Relax Quarantine Rules For Foreign Travellers

NEW DELHI, Oct 21 (NNN-PTI) – The Indian government decided to relax the quarantine rules for international passengers arriving from certain countries. India’s health ministry, yesterday issued a new set of guidelines, specifying quarantine norms for international travellers, from countries which have agreement with India on mutual recognition of vaccination…

S. Korea’s Export Grows 36.1 Percent In First 20 Days Of Oct

SEOUL, Oct 21 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea’s export logged a double-digit growth in the first 20 days of Oct, owing to the global demand recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, customs office data showed today. The outbound shipment reached 34.2 billion U.S. dollars in the Oct 1-20 period, up 36.1 percent…
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