Pakistani PM To Seek Vote Of Confidence From Parliament

ISLAMABAD, Mar 5 (NNN-APP) – Pakistani Prime Minister, Imran Khan, said yesterday that, he will seek a vote of confidence tomorrow, from the country’s parliament, after his party lost one of the two seats for Senate, against opposition alliance in the national assembly. In an address to the country, the…

NEMA Warns Locals To Evacuate Immediately After 8-Magnitude Quake Strikes Off New Zealand

WELLINGTON, Mar 5 (NNN-XINHUA) – The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) of New Zealand, today launched the third consecutive tsunami warning, after an 8-magnitude quake, the third strong quake overnight, rattled at 8:25 a.m. local time, at the Kermadec Islands, around 1,100 km north of the North Island of New…

Dual Strong Quakes Strike Off New Zealand, No Casualties Reported, So Far

WELLINGTON, Mar 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) – A 7.1-magnitude earthquake followed by a stronger 7.4-magnitude quake, rattled off the North Island of New Zealand, causing “severe” shaking and sparking tsunami warnings, GeoNet NZ said today. No casualties have been reported, so far. The first quake, which occurred at 2:27 a.m. local time,…

Vietnam’s Garment Export Stable In First Two Months

HANOI, Mar 4 (NNN-VNA) – Vietnam’s textile and garment export revenue, totalled nearly 4.8 billion U.S. dollars in the first two months of this year, down just 0.01 percent, against the same period last year, according to the General Statistics Office today. In Feb alone, Vietnam’s textile and garment export…

RTM To Broadcast Royal Wedding Of The Malaysian King And Queen This Saturday

KUALA LUMPUR, March 4 (NNN-Bernama) — Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM) will broadcast a documentary on the royal wedding between the Malaysian King Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah and the Queen Raja Permaisuri Agong Tunku Hajah Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah, held 35 years ago, this Saturday. RTM,…

Volcanologists Raise Alert Level Over Philippine Volcano

MANILA, Mar 4 (NNN-PNA) – Philippine volcanologists, today, raised alert level 1, over Mount Pinatubo volcano, about 100 km north-west of the Philippine capital, Manila, due to “persistence of seismic activity.” “This means that, there is low-level unrest that may be related to tectonic processes, beneath the volcano,” the Philippine…

MAQIS Seizes Musang King Durians At KLIA

SEPANG, March 4 (NNN-Bernama) — Sixteen Musang King durians worth RM6,000, believed to be bound for Indonesia, were seized by the Malaysian Quarantine and Inspection Services Department at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport last Tuesday. Selangor MAQIS acting director Zamri Hashim said the king of fruits were seized during a…

Australian Gov’t Urged To Investigate Attorney-General’s Rape Allegations

CANBERRA, Mar 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The Australian government is facing renewed calls, to establish an independent inquiry, into historical rape allegations against Attorney-General (AG), Christian Porter. Porter yesterday identified himself as the minister accused of raping a 16-year-old girl in 1988, when he was 17, and denied the allegations, declaring…

Tokyo 2020 Organisers Appoint 12 New Executive Board Members

TOKYO, Mar 4 (NNN-XINHUA) – Naoko Takahashi, the women’s marathon champion, at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, became one of 12 women, to be appointed as executive board members, of the Tokyo 2020 organising committee, it was announced here yesterday. Tokyo 2020 announced that, the executive board members have been…

Egyptian, Qatari FMs Meet In Cairo For First Time After A Three-Year Rift

CAIRO, Mar 4 (NNN-MENA) – Egyptian Foreign Minister, Sameh Shoukry, and his Qatari counterpart, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, held their first meeting, after the two countries signed a reconciliation agreement in Jan, to end a three-year rift. The meeting was held on the sidelines of the…
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