Cambodian Economy Projected To Grow 7.1 Percent This Year

PHNOM PENH, Jan 29 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia’s economy is projected to remain robust in 2020, despite stronger external headwinds, the Singapore-based ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO) said. “Real GDP (gross domestic product) growth is forecast to moderate to a more sustainable rate of 7.1 percent in 2019 and 2020, supported…

US Recovers Remains From Air Force Plane Crash In Afghanistan

WASHINGTON, Jan29 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The U.S. military recovered remains of two personnel of U.S. Air Force aircraft, that crashed in Afghanistan. “The remains were found near the crash site, treated with dignity and respect by the local Afghan community, in accordance with their culture,” according to a U.S. Forces Afghanistan…

Cuba promotes foreign investment in special development zone

HAVANA, Jan 29 (NNN-Xinhua) — Cuba’s Mariel Special Development Zone is now one of the main drivers of the economy and aims to attract half a billion U.S. dollars in foreign investment each year, an official said. “Our goal is to grow. We are never going to give up our…

5.4-Magnitude Quake Strikes, Off Japan’s Okinawa Prefecture

TOKYO, Japan, Jan 29 (NNN-NHK) – An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.4, on Wednesday (today), struck off Japan’s Okinawa Prefecture, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). The temblor occurred at 8:39 a.m. local time, with its epicentre at a latitude of 27.2 degrees north, and a longitude of…

EU says could assist with repatriations from China as coronavirus spreads

BRUSSELS, Jan 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The European Commission said it could help finance the repatriation of Europeans affected by the coronavirus, which is spreading quickly in China, through a so-called EU Civil Protection Mechanism. A spokesman for the bloc’s executive told a news briefing that there had not been any…

Turkey Says Trump’s Mideast Peace Plan “Stillborn”

ISTANBUL, Jan 29 (NNN-ANADOLU) – The Turkish Foreign Ministry, said that, the peace plan announced by U.S. President, Donald Trump, to end the conflict between Israel and Palestine, is “stillborn.” “This plan is an annexation plan, aiming to destroy the two-state solution and seize Palestinian territories,” the ministry said, in…

Iran Rejects U.S. Mideast Peace Plan As “Disgraceful”

TEHRAN, Jan 29 (NNN-IRNA) – Iranian Foreign Ministry, strongly rejected the U.S. Middle East peace plan as “disgraceful.” In a statement released hours after U.S. President Donald Trump’s announcement of the so-called Deal of the Century, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman, Abbas Mousavi, said, it is the “betrayal of the century”…

Bushfire Poses “Most Serious” Fire Threat Since 2003 To Australian Capital

CANBERRA, Jan 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) – A bushfire in the south of Canberra is recognised as the most serious bushfire threat to the Australian capital since 2003, according to local sources. The fire, believed to have started on Monday, by the landing of a defence helicopter, engulfed nearly 8,000 hectares as…

UK: PM Johnson says can square Huawei 5G role with security concerns, despite US opposition

LONDON, Jan 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) –– British Prime Minister Boris Johnson insisted the UK can have technological progress while preserving national security, as he prepared to approve a role for Chinese telecoms giant Huawei in developing its 5G telecoms network despite strong US opposition. Johnson spoke after US Secretary of State…

German virus patient is case of human-to-human transmission in Germany

Information in German, English and Chinese languages about the Novel Coronavirus 2019-nCoV are on display at the Tegel airport in Berlin  MUNICH (Germany), Jan 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Germany’s first confirmedcoronavirus patient caught the disease from a Chinese colleague who visited Germany last week, officials said, in the first human-to-humantransmission on…
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