150 Lebanese Visit China For Training, Workshops In 2019: Ambassador

BEIRUT, Dec 14 (NNN-XINHUA) – As many as 150 Lebanese have visited China for training and workshop this year, said Chinese ambassador in Lebanon. The Chinese embassy held a reception for Lebanese, who participated in training and workshops in China. Wang Kejian, Chinese ambassador in Lebanon, representatives from the Chinese…

UN Refugee Agency Calls For Intensified Support For Displaced Afghans

GENEVA, Dec 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The UN refugee agency UNHCR, appealed for intensified support for displaced Afghans, saying that, Afghans are the single largest group of asylum seekers arriving in Europe. Speaking ahead of the first ever Global Refugee Forum in Geneva next week, Babar Baloch, spokesperson for UNHCR, told…

Update: New Zealand Rescue Team Recovers Six Bodies From Volcanic Island Despite Eruption Risk

WELLINGTON, Dec 14 (NNN-XINHUA) – The recovery team retrieved six bodies from New Zealand’s White Island volcano, despite eruption risks, four days after it erupted. Efforts are still being made to recover two more bodies, including one that was spotted in the water, near the shore of the volcano Island,…

Tropical Indonesia’s tiny glaciers to melt away in a decade: Study

Melting glaciers on a mountain range in Indonesia JAKARTA, Dec 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Indonesia’s little-known glaciers are melting so fast they could disappear in a decade, a new study says, underscoring the imminent threat posed by climate change to ice sheets in tropical countries. As the COP 25 summit wraps…

Despite growing protests, Indian president signs citizenship Bill into law

People stand next to vehicles that were set ablaze by demonstrators during Thursday protest in Assam state NEW DELHI, Dec 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A divisive citizenship Bill has been signed into law in India, a move that comes amid widespread protests in the country’s northeast that could force the cancellation…

Malaysian court approves North Korean’s extradition to US

File photo of North Korean businessman Mun Chol Myong and his wife Kang Son Bi at the Kuala Lumpur High Court KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A North Korean man is likely to face money-laundering charges in the United States after a Malaysian court approved his extradition Friday, in…

Myanmar: Aung San Suu Kyi warns genocide case could reignite Rohingya crisis

Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi HAGUE, Dec 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi urged UN judges to throw out a genocide case against Myanmar, warning it risked reigniting the crisis that forced nearly three-quarters of a million Rohingya Muslims from their homes. In her closing arguments…

Update: New Zealand troops retrieve six bodies from volcano in daring mission

WHAKATANE (New Zealand), Dec 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A team of elite New Zealand soldiers airlifted six bodies from the volatile White Island volcano on Friday, police said, in a mission carried out under the ever-present threat of another eruption. Two military helicopters set off from Whakatane airport at first light…

At least 6 killed in multi-vehicle crash in southern Philippines

MANILA, Dec 13 (NNN-Xinhua) — At least six people, including four children, were killed in a crash involving multiple vehicles in Mindanao in the southern Philippines early Friday, police said. Police said the crash, which happened at around 4 a.m. local time along a national highway in Tacurong City in…

Chinese taste for almonds drives Aussie region’s horticulture boom

A RECORD Australian almond harvest is being matched by strong demand from China SYDNEY, Dec 13 (NNN-Xinhua) — Horticulture in the Australian State of Victoria’s Murray-Mallee region has expanded at its fastest rate in 10 years, half of which was almond crop, driven by a surge in demand from China.…
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