300 Families Affected By Last Week’s Earthquakes In Northern Laos

VIENTIANE, Nov 28 (NNN-KPL) – Damage to earthquakes in Hongsa and Xaysathan districts, in norhtern Lao province of Xayaboury, last week, has been estimated at over two billion kip (over 225,453 U.S. dollars), with over 300 families affected, the government said today (Thursday). Two earthquakes measuring 6.4 and 5.9 magnitudes,…

World’s Largest Tram Network Shuts Down As Melbourne Drivers Strike

SYDNEY, Nov 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Tram drivers in the Australian city of Melbourne stopped work today (Thursday), demanding higher pay and more reliable work schedules. The halt of the world’s largest tram network, forced thousands of passengers onto replacement buses, following an ongoing dispute between the workers’ union and private…

Malaysia Inks 4 MoU With South Korea

From Noor Soraya Mohammad Jamal SEOUL, Nov 28 (NNN-Bernama) — Malaysia is fully reaping the opportunity to step up its game in various fields by signing four memoranda of understanding (MoU) to tap on and work together with South Korea here, Thursday. The four MoU were inked in the presence…

Kazakhstan’s Almaty Gears Up To Become Hub On New Silk Road: Mayor

ALMATY, Nov 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Kazakhstan’s biggest city, Almaty, hopes to become a significant transport, logistics and tourism hub, on the new Silk Road, the city’s mayor, Bakytzhan Sagintayev, told the Almaty Investment Forum 2019, held on Wednesday. Sagintayev said, to achieve the goal, the city would prioritise “the development…

Japanese Gov’t May Include More Part-Time Workers In Pension System

TOKYO, Nov 28 (NNN-NHK) – The Japanese government may look to include more part-time workers into the national employee pension system, by mandating companies with relatively small work forces to enrol in the programme, local media reported. Under the current system, firms employing more than 501 staff are required to…

Iran’s FM Meets Taliban Delegation Over Afghan’s Peace Process

TEHRAN, Iran, Nov 28 (NNN-IRNA) – A Taliban delegation met with the Iranian Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, in Iran’s capital Tehran, to discuss developments over Afghanistan peace plans, Press TV reported on Wednesday. In the meeting which took place on Tuesday, Zarif voiced Iran’s readiness to help restoration of…

Bangladesh Sentences Seven Militants To Death Over Cafe Terror Attack

DHAKA, Nov 27 (NNN-BSS) – A Bangladeshi court on Wednesday (today), sentenced seven militants to death, over a case of terror attack on Holey Artisan Bakery cafe, in Dhaka’s diplomatic area of Gulshan, in 2016. In a packed courtroom, Judge Mojibur Rahman of the Anti-Terrorism Special Tribunal, handed down the…

Over 375,000 Afghans Displaced Due To Fighting So Far This Year: UN Agency

KABUL, Nov 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) – More than 375,000 Afghans were internally displaced so far in 2019, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Afghanistan reported. “In 2019, displacement due to ongoing conflict and natural disasters is continuing to drive humanitarian needs in Afghanistan. More than…

Sri Lankan President Appoints New State, Deputy Ministers

COLOMBO, Nov 27 (NNN-SLNEWS) – Sri Lankan President, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, on Wednesday (today), appointed 35 new state ministers and three new deputy ministers, in the new interim government, which will function till the next parliamentary election is announced. The new state and deputy ministers took oaths in front of the…

Australian Volunteer Firefighter Charged With Arson

SYDNEY, Nov 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) – An Australian volunteer firefighter was arrested on Tuesday, and charged with deliberately starting seven fires, over a period, which encompassed Australia’s recent deadly bush-fire emergency. Police allege that the man lit a fire in bush-land on Tuesday evening, before returning to respond to the fire,…
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