Japan’s Cabinet Approves Record 938 Billion USD Draft FY 2020 Budget

TOKYO, Dec 21 (NNN-NHK) – The Cabinet of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, approved a draft budget for fiscal 2020, aimed at covering ballooning social security costs, amid a rapidly ageing society and dealing with the fallout from a consumption tax hike, that has seen private and public consumption wane. The…

US removes Sudan from religious freedom blacklist

A Sudanese Christian woman prays during a Sunday service at the All Saints Cathedral in Khartoum WASHINGTON, Dec 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States lifted fast-changing Sudan from a blacklist for religious freedom violations as it issued warnings to Nigeria, Cuba and Nicaragua. Sudan was the only nation removed from…

Strong Earthquake Hits Afghanistan, Pakistan, No Casualties Reported So Far

KABUL/ISLAMABAD, Dec 21 (NNN-APP) – A strong earthquake struck Afghanistan and Pakistan on Friday, but no casualties have been reported so far. The earthquake hit a number of provinces in northern and eastern Afghanistan, and could be felt in the capital Kabul. According to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the…

US Pres Trump says had ‘very good talk’ with China’s Pres Xi on trade deal

US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping WASHINGTON/BEIJING, Dec 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Donald Trump said he’d had a “very good talk” with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on a partial resolution of the countries’ huge trade war. Trump tweeted that China “already started large scale”…

Japan’s Abe, Iran’s Rouhani Discuss Tensions In Middle East

TOKYO, Dec 21 (NNN-XINHUA) – Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, held talks with Iranian President, Hassan Rouhani, amid tensions in the Middle East. Rouhani, on a two-day trip to Japan, marking the first for an Iranian president since 2000, heard from Abe about his concerns about rising tension in the…

China-Aided Conservatory Starts Construction In Lebanon

BEIRUT, Dec 21 (NNN-NNA) – Construction of a China-aided conservatory, with an investment of 62 million U.S. dollars, was started on Friday. “It is an important landmark in the cultural exchanges between China and Lebanon, under the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative,” Chinese Ambassador to Lebanon, Wang Kejian…

Update: Fresh clashes in India as death toll hits nine

NEW DELHI, Dec 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Fresh clashes between Indian police and demonstrators erupted on Friday after more than a week of deadly unrest triggered by a citizenship law seen as anti-Muslim. Three protesters were shot dead on Thursday, taking the death toll to nine in the wave of anger…

Iran’s Rouhani to meet Japan PM amid tension with US

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani meeting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on the sidelines of the 74th United Nations General Assembly TOKYO, Dec 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Hassan Rouhani will make the first visit to Japan by an Iranian head of state for two decades on Friday, as Tokyo seeks to mediate…

Two firefighters killed battling Australian bushfires

 Geoffrey Keaton, 32, and Andrew O’Dwyer, 36, died when their firetruck overturned while they were fighting the NSW bushfires south-west of Sydney on Thursday night. SYDNEY, Dec 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two Australian firefighters were killed and three injured when their truck crashed as they battled out-of-control blazes in New South…

Five agreements sealed at KL Summit

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 20 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Five memorandums of understanding (MoUs) were sealed at the Kuala Lumpur Summit (KL Summit) 2019 Thursday by Muslim countries’ government agencies and companies. The deals included the areas of youth exchange, food security, media collaboration, defence and security. Among the documents exchanged were for the “Work4Malaysia” programme, an initiative…
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