New Zealand Pledges To Take More Steps Against Plastic Wastes

WELLINGTON, Dec 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) – New Zealand will phase out more single-use plastics, the government announced today (Sunday). A report, Rethinking Plastics in Aotearoa New Zealand, was released by the Prime Minister’s Chief Science Adviser, Prof Juliet Gerrard, which highlighted New Zealand’s position in plastics use, and gave recommendations for…

Hong Kong Police Commissioner Watches Flag-Raising Ceremony In Beijing

BEIJING, Dec 8 (NNN-XINHUA) – Tang Ping-keung, the new commissioner of police, of China’s Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), led a delegation of the Hong Kong Police Force, to watch the flag-raising ceremony in Beijing on Saturday. This was the first time for him to watch the national flag…

APEC Pledges To Further Cooperation In Chile Year’s Closing Meeting

SINGAPORE, Dec 8 (NNN-CNA) – Members of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), pledged to further their cooperation at the APEC Concluding Senior Officials’ Meeting (CSOM) held here on Saturday. Convened by Chile, the host of APEC 2019, the CSOM summarised the fruitful achievements of APEC Chile year in 2019 and…

US Pres Trump and South Korea’s Moon discuss maintaining talks with North: Seoul

SEOUL, Dec 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in and US President Donald Trump agreed during a phone conversation to maintain dialogue with the nuclear-armed North, Seoul said Saturday, with the two allies noting the situation had become “grave.” Denuclearisation negotiations have been at a standstill since a summit…

Update: Samoa’s Measles Death Toll Rises To 65 Amid State Of Emergency

SUVA, Dec 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The Samoan government confirmed today (Saturday), two more deaths in the island nation’s measles epidemic, bringing the death toll to 65, since the outbreak started in mid-Oct. According to a statement, the Ministry of Health said, of the 65 deaths, 57 were children aged under…

15 Militants Killed In S. Afghan Special Operation

KABUL, Dec 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Fifteen Taliban militants have been killed and two others arrested, after Afghan Special Forces waged an operation in the country’s southern Kandahar province, command of special forces said today (Saturday). “The raid was conducted on Friday in Khinjak area, Nish district. One militants’ control and…

India’s Central Bank Makes All-Day Digital Money Transfer Available

NEW DELHI, Dec 7 (NNN-PTI) – India’s central banking institution, Reserve Bank of India (RBI), said, round-the-clock transactions will be available under the National Electronic Funds Transfer (NEFT) system, from Dec 16, to promote digital transactions, officials said today (Saturday). According to RBI, 24×7 NEFT system will be available on…

US Pres Trump calls for World Bank to stop lending money to wealthy China

U.S. President Donald Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping WASHINGTON, Dec 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Donald Trump on Friday called for the World Bank to stop lending money to China, one day after the institution adopted a loan plan to Beijing over Washington’s objections. The World Bank on Thursday…

Cambodian PM Renews Call On Fight Against Fake News

PHNOM PENH, Dec 7 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodian Prime Minister, Samdech Techo Hun Sen, renewed his call on all journalists, to jointly fight against fake news, according to his message on Friday. In the message to the Editor Forum of Cambodia, which was held here, Hun Sen said, fake news is…

400 People Evacuated From Hotel Blaze In Thailand’s Resort Of Pattaya

BANGKOK, Dec 7 (NNN-TNA) – About 400 people were evacuated on Friday, after a fire gutted a hotel in Thailand’s popular resort city of Pattaya. However, police reported no casualties from the fire that gutted the Holiday Inn Hotel in Pattaya. Officers and volunteers helped evacuate around 400 hotel guests…
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