14 loggers stranded by flood rescued after logging in 48 hours in forest

By Fakir Awang A rescue mission brings to safety the 14 loggers who were trapped in the forest. Photo courtesy of Fire and Rescue Department. TANAH MERAH, Kelantan, Dec 2 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Fourteen timber loggers aged from 23-50 who had been stranded by flood waters in a forest reserve area…

One Killed In Mongolia After Truck Falls Into Frozen Lake

ULAN BATOR, Dec 2 (NNN-MONGOLIAWEB) – A man was killed, after his truck fell into the frozen Dayan Lake, in western Mongolia on Sunday morning, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said, Monday (today). “A total of 62 local rescuers and residents retrieved the body of the 25-year-old driver from…

Drought-Stricken Australia Endures Driest Spring In 120 Years

SYDNEY, Dec 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Australia clocked its driest spring in 120 years of recorded history, the country’s Bureau of Meteorology (BoM), revealed. In its spring climate wrap-up, the BoM said, the majority of Australia received rainfall which was well below average, and that a number of recording stations, right…

Nepal, China Trade Grows After Reopening Of Border Point

KATHMANDU, Dec 2 (NNN-NEPALNEWS) – Trade has been on the rise between Nepal and China, after the reopening of the Tatopani-Zhangmu border point, according to data from Nepal’s Department of Customs. The border point had been out of service since Nepal’s deadly earthquake in 2015, before it was resumed in…

Russia cements role as gas ‘kingpin’ with three new pipelines

MOSCOW, Dec 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russian President Vladimir Putin andChinese leader Xi Jinping launch Monday a gas pipeline that is the first ofthree ambitious projects intended to cement Moscow’s role as top gasexporter. Putin and Xi are to inaugurate by video link-up the “Power of Siberia”pipeline, sending Siberian gas to…

12 Feared Killed As Rains Lash India’s Tamil Nadu

NEW DELHI, Dec 2 (NNN-PTI) – Rain lashed many parts of Tamil Nadu and neighbouring Puducherry, with the North-East monsoon, in the last 24 hours, claiming 12 lives in the state capital, even as the Met office predicted more showers in the next two days. Various parts of the state…

Iran Starts Candidate Registration For Parliamentary Elections

TEHRAN, Dec 2 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran, on Sunday, began registration of candidates for the upcoming legislative elections, amid mounting pressures from the United States, on the country’s vital economic sectors. The 11th round of parliamentary elections is slated for Feb 21, 2020, four years after the previous one in 2016.…

HIV/AIDS Kill More Than 1,300 Cambodians In 2018, Down 48 Percent In Nine Years

PHNOM PENH, Dec 1 (NNN-AKP) – HIV/AIDS killed more than 1,300 people in Cambodia in 2018, down 48 percent from over 2,500 deaths in 2010, Ieng Mouly, chairman of the National AIDS Authority, said today. Speaking at an event marking World AIDS Day, Mouly said, some 880 people became newly…

Over Two Dozen Militants Killed, 31 Daesh Fighters Surrender In Afghanistan

KABUL, Dec 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) – More than 24 armed Taliban insurgents were killed and 31 militants, affiliated with the hard-line Daesh outfit surrendered, in the insurgency-battered Afghanistan, over the past 24 hours, officials said. The security forces, in crackdown on the Taliban hideouts, killed eight armed insurgents in the restive…

Six European countries join barter system for Iran trade

PARIS, Dec 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Paris, London and Berlin on Saturdaywelcomed six new European countries to the INSTEX barter mechanism, which is designed to circumvent US sanctions against trade with Iran by avoiding use of the dollar. “As founding shareholders of the Instrument in Support of Trade Exchanges(INSTEX), France, Germany…
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