Nearly 25 Percent Voter Turnout Logged In First Three Hours Of Sri Lanka’s Presidential Polls

COLOMBO, Nov 16 (NNN-SLNEWS) – A 25-percent voter turnout was seen across Sri Lanka, till 10:00 a.m. local time today (Saturday), as the presidential election is underway, election officials said. According to officials, most districts in the island had seen at least 20 percent to 25 percent turnout in the…

Boiler Blast Claims Four Lives In India’s Eastern State

NEW DELHI, Nov 16 (NNN-PTI) – At least four people died, in a boiler blast, in India’s eastern state of Bihar on Saturday (today), confirmed a local police officer. There was a boiler blast inside a building, in the Sugauli area of Motihari district, the police officer said, adding, relief…

Iran Starts Rationing Of Gasoline, Increase Prices

TEHRAN, Nov 16 (NNN-IRNA) – The Iranian government, on Friday, started rationing of subsidised gasoline and increased its prices. Mohammad Baqer Nobakht, head of Planning and Budget Organisation of Iran, said, proceeds from the price hikes would be used to fund additional subsidies for 18 million underprivileged families, which amounts…

Avian flu outbreaks: US officials, industry groups laud China’s lifting of restrictions on poultry imports

WASHINGTON, Nov 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US officials and industry groups lauded China’s lifting of restrictions on imports of American poultry products, which could lead to more than 1 billion US dollars in annual sales of US poultry to China. “This is great news for both America’s farmers and China’s consumers,” US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer…

Pres Trump issues pardons in US war crimes cases

WASHINGTON, Nov 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Donald Trump on Friday pardoned a former soldier convicted of murder and a Green Beret charged with killing a suspected Taliban bomb-maker, defying warnings that the move would be an abuse of the powers afforded him under the US Constitution. Trump dismissed a…

UN Vows To Support Cambodia Towards Mine-Free Country By 2025

PHNOM PENH, Nov 16 (NNN-AKP) – The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) signed on Friday, a statement of commitment to support Cambodia towards a mine-free country by 2025. The statement of commitment was inked here by UNDP’s resident representative, Nick Beresford, and Ly Thuch, first vice president of the Cambodian…

Australia, others ask for Brexit trade compensation

GENEVA, Nov 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Countries including Australia have asked for trade compensation from the UK and the EU over Brexit disruption.Fifteen countries, including the US, India and New Zealand, have been setting out Brexit concerns at a World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting in Geneva.Australian officials said their beef and…

After Swede killer’s pardon, Sri Lanka frees 267 more prisoners

Sajith Premadasa, campaigning for this weekend’s presidential election, said he would try to overturn the pardon given to the killer of a Swedish teen COLOMBO, Nov 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than 250 Sri Lankan convicts aged over 65 have been given amnesty just days after the president sparked outrage by pardoning…

Taliban still holding Western hostages: Spokesman

A photo combination shows kidnapped Australian Timothy Weeks (top), and American Kevin King. KABUL, Nov 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Taliban spokesman said the insurgents were still holding two Western hostages, as officials stayed tight-lipped over the outcome of an apparent prisoner swap announced by Afghan President Ashraf Ghani earlier this…

In swipe at US, BRICS hit out at protectionism

(From right) Presidents of Brasil – Jair Bolsonaro, Russia – Vladimir Putin, China – Xi Jinping, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi and South Africa – Cyril Ramaphosa pose for a family photo as they arrive for the BRICS summit in Brasilia, Brazil.    BRASILIA, Nov 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Five of the biggest…
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