Five Dead In Hot Air Balloon Crash In U.S. New Mexico

HOUSTON, Jun 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The person who had been critically injured during a hot air balloon crash in Albuquerque, U.S. state of New Mexico, succumbed to his injuries, raising the death toll in the accident to five, local police said yesterday. According to a statement by Albuquerque Police, five…

DR Congo, Rwanda Sign Three Agreements On Bilateral Cooperation

KINSHASA, Jun 27 (NNN-XINHUA) – The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda, yesterday, signed three agreements on bilateral cooperation, after a meeting between the two heads of state in Goma, capital of north-eastern DR Congo’s North Kivu province. The agreements were signed during the visit of Rwandan President,…

24 Militants Killed In Overnight Battles In North Afghanistan

KUNDUZ, Jun 26 (NNN-XINHUA) – At least 24 Taliban militants were killed and 15 others wounded, in battles in Kunduz city, capital of Afghanistan’s northern Kunduz province, last night, sources said today. Sixteen militants were killed and 10 others wounded, as Afghan Special Operations Forces conducted night raid operations, in…

More Dead Turtles, Dolphins, Whales Wash Ashore In Sri Lanka Following X-Press Pearl Burning

COLOMBO, Jun 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) – A total of 118 turtles, 17 dolphins and four whales have died, and washed ashore on Sri Lanka’s beaches in recent weeks, following the burning of the container ship X-Press Pearl, local media reports quoting the Department of Wildlife Conservation said on Friday. According to…

China’s First Self-Operated 1,500m Deep-Water Gas Field Starts Production

BEIJING, Jun 26 (NNN-XINHUA) – Deep Sea No.1, China’s first self-operated 1,500-metre-deep water gas field, started production yesterday, according to the China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC). The operation of the gas field, 150 km off the city of Sanya in south China’s island province of Hainan, marks the country’s…

Bullet Train Debuts On New Railway In Tibet

LHASA, Jun 26 (NNN-XINHUA) – The first electrified railway in southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region opened yesterday morning, linking regional capital Lhasa with the city of Nyingchi, as “Fuxing” bullet trains entre official operation on the plateau region. With a length of 435 km and a designed speed of 160…

Afghan Analyst Describes U.S. Forces Pullout As “Hasty And Irresponsible” That Encourages Taliban To Step Up Attacks

KABUL, Jun 26 (NNN-XINHUA) – An Afghan political analyst, described the U.S. forces withdrawal from Afghanistan as “hasty and irresponsible,” that encouraged the Taliban militants to step up activities in the militancy-battered country. “The hasty and irresponsible pullout of troops encouraged the Taliban group to step up attacks in the…

New Transmission Line Under CPEC To Help Stabilise Pakistan’s Power System: Pakistani Official

ISLAMABAD, Jun 26 (NNN-APP) – Pakistan’s Energy Minister, Hammad Azhar, said here yesterday that, the ±660kV Matiari-Lahore high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission project, under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), will bring stability to the power system of the country. Addressing the transmission ceremony of the project, held simultaneously in Islamabad…

Newly-Elected Mongolian President Stresses National Unity

ULAN BATOR, Jun 26 (NNN-XINHUA) – Newly-elected Mongolian President, Ukhnaa Khurelsukh, yesterday, pledged to do his best to maintain national unity. Khurelsukh made the commitment after being sworn in as Mongolia’s sixth president, since 1993. “As the President of Mongolia, I will cherish our people’s unity like the apple of…

Hybrid Sitting Of Parliament Expected At End Of August Or Early September

KUALA LUMPUR, June 25 (NNN-Bernama) — A hybrid sitting of the Parliament can be expected at the end of August or in the first week of September at the latest. Senate president Dr Rais Yatim and Dewan Rakyat (lower house of Parliament) Speaker Azhar Azizan Harun in a joint statement…
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