Chinese Ambassador Says Ties With Kuwait At Best Level In History

KUWAIT, Dec 25 (NNN-XINHUA) – Relations between China and Kuwait is at the best level in history, Chinese Ambassador to Kuwait, Li Minggang, said in Kuwait. China will continue opening up its market, to share development opportunities and dividends, with Gulf countries including Kuwait, he said, at a symposium on…

Malaysian Economy Seen To Improve In Feb To Apr, 2020

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 25 (NNN-BERNAMA) – The Malaysian economy is expected to experience a better growth in Feb to Apr, 2020. The Malaysian Statistics Department, said that, the leading index, which predicts the economic direction, showed a better performance in Oct, expanded 1.4 percent from Sept. The main contributors to…

Massive Protests Against New Citizenship Law Continue In New Delhi

NEW DELHI, Dec 25 (NNN-PTI) – Thousands of Protesters marched in parts of Southern India, as they came out on the roads to condemn the new citizenship law. Protesters in Southern Hyderabad and Bengaluru cities carried Indian Flags, posters, placards, and raised slogans, as they demanded the government to repeal…

Protesting Indian Muslims wave national flag to show they are not anti-India

NEW DELHI, Dec 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Indian Muslims protesting against a citizenship law which they say is discriminatory are carrying national flags and copies of the constitution, aiming to prevent supporters of the Hindu nationalist government from painting them as anti-India. The protesters wear Muslim caps and many of the…

Vietnam seizes two tonnes of ivory, pangolin scales from Africa

Vietnamese authorities seized more than two tonnes of pangolin scales and ivory from Africa HANOI, Dec 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Vietnamese authorities have seized more than two tonnes of pangolin scales and ivory from Africa, state media reported. Trade in ivory and pangolin is illegal in Vietnam but wildlife trafficking remains…

Australia: 5 hospitalised after voucher giveaway stampede at Sydney mall

 Several people were injured during a stampede at a Westfield shopping centre Christmas shopping promotion in Sydney SYDNEY, Dec 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Five people have been taken to hospital after a pre-Christmas balloon drop at a Sydney shopping centre caused a dangerous crowd crush. Police say a number of people were knocked…

Philippines: Tropical storm ruins Christmas for thousands of Filipinos

MANILA, Dec 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Thousands of people in typhoon-prone central Philippines have had their Christmas plans ruined after they were told to leave their homes as a severe tropical storm approaches. Officials on Christmas Eve said residents should evacuate coastal areas, and thousands more were stranded at ports with ferry…

India has stood by Iran in hard times – Iranian govt spokesman

TEHRAN: Iranian Government spokesman Ali Rabie. Photo courtesy of IRNA TEHRAN, Dec 24 (NNN-IRNA) — Iranian Government spokesman Ali Rabie has described India as Iran’s strategic partner and that the country had stood by Iran in hard times. Speaking to Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA), Rabie referred to the importance…

Australia PM defends coal as climate-fuelled bushfires burn

The fires razed scores of homes across two states on the weekend SYDNEY, Dec 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison rejected calls for “reckless” and “job-destroying” cuts to the country’s vast coal industry in the face of a deadly climate-fuelled bushfire crisis. Morrison’s government has fiercely defended the…

Tourist train across grasslands, mountains launched in North China

File Photo: Inner Mongolia, China: Cavalrymen drive a group of horses during sunshine at Bashang Grassland. Photo courtesy of Zhou Zhiyong/SIPA Asia via ZUMA Wire/dpa HOHHOT, (China) Dec 24 (Bernama) — A tourist train was launched Monday offering views across the vast expanses of north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, reported…
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