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Philippines Expects To Import More Rice Due To Damage From Typhoons

MANILA, Nov 19 (NNN-PNA) – The Philippines will import more rice next year, to fill the gaps caused by the…

Malaysia’s No. 1 Tower Runner Completes Attempt At Guinness World Records, Awaits Official Results

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 19 (NNN-Bernama) — Twenty six-year-old Malaysian tower running athlete Soh Wai Ching has completed his attempt to…

Israeli Strikes Kill 10 Soldiers, Fighters In Syria: Monitor

DAMASCUS, Nov 19 (NNN-SANA) – A total of 10 Syrian soldiers and pro-government fighters were killed, by fresh Israeli strikes…

Sri Lankan President Highlights Efforts To Combat COVID-19, Corruption, Poverty

COLOMBO, Nov 19 (NNN-SLNEWS) – Sri Lankan President, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, said, in a special address to his nation that, the…

Child Killed, Five Injured In Rocket Attack On Baghdad’s Green Zone

BAGHDAD, Nov 18 (NNN-NINA) – A female child was killed and five other civilians were wounded, in a Katyusha rocket…

Thai Soldiers Discover Insurgents’ Camp

BANGKOK, Nov 18 (NNN-TNA) – Thailand’s Internal Security Operation Commander (ISOC), Region 4, yesterday reported that, soldiers discovered an insurgents’…

Bangladesh Approves Mega Rural Development Project Worth Over 696 Million USD

DHAKA, Nov 18 (NNN-BSS) – Bangladesh’s highest economic policy-making body, yesterday, approved a mega rural development project worth over 59…

Saudi Voices Confidence In Chairing Full G20 Agenda Amid COVID-19 Challenges

by Xinhua writer Tu Yifan RIYADH, Nov 18 (NNN-XINHUA) – Fahad Almubarak, Saudi Arabia’s minister of state and sherpa of…

S. Korea’s Farming Area Population Keeps Aging In 2019

SEOUL, Nov 17 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea’s farming area population kept aging last year, as the younger generation continued to…

6.3-Magnitude Quake Strikes Off Western Indonesia, No Tsunami Alert Issued

JAKARTA, Nov 17 (NNN-ANTARA) – A 6.3-magnitude earthquake jolted Indonesia’s western West Sumatra province this morning, but did not potentially…