Kiwifruit Prices Hit Record High In New Zealand

WELLINGTON, Jan 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Kiwifruit prices in New Zealand were at an all-time high in Dec, 2019, with prices for seasonal fruit and vegetables also up, New Zealand statistics department, Stats NZ, said today. Kiwifruit prices rose 32 percent in Dec, 2019, to an average price of 8.27 New…

Chinese, Vietnamese officials promise to boost relations

HANOI, Jan 15 (NNN-XINHUA) – Song Tao, head of the International Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, stressed to promote the development of China-Vietnam relations in the new era. Song made the remarks during his visit to Vietnam, ahead of the 70th anniversary of the establishment…

Corporate Bankruptcies In Japan Rise For 1st Time In 11 Years In 2019

TOKYO, Jan 15 (NNN-NHK) – Japan saw the number of corporate bankruptcies increase for the first time in 11 years in 2019, Tokyo Shoko Research said in a report. According to the credit research agency, owing to a consumption tax hike and a string of natural disasters, and amid an…

US slaps sanctions over North Korea overseas workers

WASHINGTON, Jan 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on two companies for exploiting North Korean overseas labour but joined allies Japan and South Korea in appealing for diplomacy to ease tensions with Pyongyang. Showing a united front, Japan’s defence and foreign ministers and South Korea’s foreign minister…

Canada: PM Trudeau cites US ratcheting up tensions with Iran in plane’s downing

OTTAWA, Jan 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Victims of an Iran-downed jetliner would still be alive if not for a recent escalation of tensions partly triggered by the United States, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said. “I think if there were no tensions, if there was no escalation recently in the region,…

Sri Lanka, Russia To Engage In Shanghai Cooperation Organisation

COLOMBO, Jan 15 (NNN-XINHUA) – Sri Lanka and Russia agreed to actively engage in regional organisations, such as, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, and increase bilateral trade between the two countries to 700 million U.S. dollars, from the existing 400 million dollars. Following bilateral discussions, held between Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister,…

Road Crashes Kill 50 Garment Workers, Injure 1,956 Others In Cambodia Last Year

PHNOM PENH, Jan 15 (NNN-AKP) – Fifty Cambodian garment factory workers were killed and 1,956 others injured, in traffic accidents in 2019, said a National Social Security Fund (NSSF)’s report, released on Tuesday. The figure showed a slight increase when compared to 2018, the report said, noting that in 2018,…

61 Killed, Scores Trapped As Avalanches Hit Pakistan-Controlled Kashmir

ISLAMABAD, Jan 15 (NNN-APP) – At least 61 people were killed and scores of others trapped, in separate incidents of avalanches in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir on Tuesday. The Neelum Valley area was the worst hit, where 57 people were killed, while four others were killed in Rawalakot and Kotli areas, Ahmed…

Iranian President Urges Regional Countries To Expel U.S. Troops

TEHRAN, Jan 15 (NNN-IRNA) – Iranian President, Hassan Rouhani, said that, regional countries should drive the United States military forces, out of the region. “Regional nations should struggle to put an end to the military presence of the United States in the region and expel these occupiers,” Rouhani made the…

Iran arrests suspects in Ukrainian plane crash

TEHRAN, Jan 14 (NNN-ANADOLU) — Iranian authorities have arrested a number of suspects in the downing of a Ukrainian passenger plane last week, the country’s judiciary commission said on Tuesday. The suspects were arrested “for their role in the plane crash,” commission spokesman Ghulam Hussein Ismaili said in statements cited…
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