Kazakhstan’s Oil Transporter Records Highest Crude Oil Throughput In Seven Years

ALMATY, Jan 17 (NNN-KTA) – Crude oil transportation, via the trunk pipeline system of Kazakhstan’s national oil transporter, KazTransOil, reached 45.1 million tonnes last year, the highest level recorded over the past seven years, the company’s press service said, yesterday. According to KazTransOil, its crude oil throughput exceeded 36 billion…

5.2-Magnitude Quake Hits Hokkaido – GFZ

TOKYO, Jan 17 (NNN-NHK) – An earthquake, with a magnitude of 5.2, jolted Hokkaido, at 1934 GMT yesterday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicentre, with a depth of 55 km, was initially determined to be at 41.30 degrees north latitude, and 142.83 degrees east longitude.– NNN-NHK

Azerbaijan Expands Gas Exports To Europe By Supply To Austria, Germany

BAKU, Jan 17 (NNN-TNA) – The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR), said yesterday that, it has officially commenced natural gas deliveries to Austria and Germany, via the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP), the European segment of the Southern Gas Corridor, expanding its exports to Europe. The supplies started this month,…

S. Korea’s Ex-President Yoon Sentenced To Five Years In Prison On Arrest Obstruction Charges

SEOUL, Jan 17 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea’s former impeached President, Yoon Suk-yeol, was sentenced to five years in prison on arrest obstruction charges, yesterday. The criminal division of the Seoul Central District Court, in charge of Yoon’s obstruction of justice case, handed down the prison sentence to Yoon for abusing…

Tanzania: ‘We’re friend to all, non-aligned’ – Pres Samia

DODOMA, Jan 16 (NNN-DAILYNEWS) — PRESIDENT Samia Suluhu Hassan has declared that Tanzania remains a “friend to all and non-aligned but multi-engaged,” positioning the nation as a strategic bridge between the Global West and the Global East. Speaking to Heads of Diplomatic Missions and International Organisations during the annual Diplomatic Sherry…

Police Issue Warning After Bombs Found In Australian Capital

CANBERRA, Jan 16 (NNN-AAP) – The police force in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), has issued a community warning, after explosive devices were found near public footpaths in northwest Canberra, the capital of Australia. ACT Police said in a statement on Wednesday evening that, officers had responded to several incidents…

UN: Sec-Gen Guterres’s last annual speech slams world leaders for lack of cooperation

United Nations Sec-Gen Antonio Guterres UNITED NATIONS, Jan 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — United Nations chief Antonio Guterres has lashed out at world leaders he accused of turning their backs on international cooperation amid “self-defeating geopolitical divides” and “brazen violations of international law”.Addressing the UN General Assembly on Thursday, the UN secretary-general…

Kenya secures zero-duty access to China

The Eaubonne bulk carrier ship docks in the port of Mombasa, Kenya NAIROBI, Jan 16 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) –Kenya has secured zero-duty access for almost all its exports to China in a preliminary deal, its trade minister said, as Nairobi seeks to offset the impact of higher US tariffs.The Kenya-China deal aims…

New calls for humanitarian truce in Sudan as peace talks resume in Cairo

Smoke billows after drone strikes by the paramilitary RSf CAIRO, Jan 16 (NNN-AFRICANEWS) — Sudan peace efforts resumed in Cairo as Egypt, the United Nations and the United States called for the warring parties to agree to a nationwide humanitarian truce, as the war between the army and its rival…

Passenger Plane Damaged After Engine Ingested Container At New Delhi Airport

NEW DELHI, Jan 16 (NNN-PTI) – An engine of Air India’s new Airbus A350 was damaged yesterday, after it sucked in a cargo container, while it was taxiing, at Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) in New Delhi, officials said. All the more than 300 passengers on board the plane are…
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