Kuwait Names Crown Prince As New Emir

KUWAIT, Sept 30 (NNN-KUNA) – Kuwaiti Crown Prince, Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, yesterday, was named the new Emir, after the death of the late Emir, Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. The government prays for the success of the new ruler, in his efforts to ensure the security and growth…

UN Chief Calls For Further Debt Relief For Developing Countries Amid COVID-19

UNITED NATIONS, Sept 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) – UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, called for further debt relief, for poor and middle-income countries for them to respond to COVID-19. “I hope the Debt Service Suspension Initiative (of the Group of 20) will be extended and its scope expanded to all developing and middle-income…

UN, EU Sign Agreement To Enhance Cooperation, Strengthen Response In Peace Operations

UNITED NATIONS, Sept 30 (NNN-XINHUA) – The United Nations and the European Union, yesterday signed an agreement on the side-lines of the 75th session of the UN General Assembly, to enhance cooperation and strengthen collective response in peace operations and crisis management. The Framework Agreement Between the United Nations and…

U.S. Employment Won’t Recover To Pre-Pandemic Levels Until 2023: Fed Official

WASHINGTON, Sept 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) – While the U.S. economy rebounded faster than originally anticipated, following a large contraction in the second quarter, U.S. employment probably won’t recover to pre-pandemic levels until 2023, a senior Federal Reserve Bank official said. “The scenario of continued growth that I have presented depends on…

Vietnam Arrests Three Drug Traffickers, Seizes 20 Heroin Cakes

HANOI, Sept 29 (NNN-VNA) – Police and border guards of northern Vietnam’s Son La province, detained three local people for trafficking 20 cakes of heroin and 2,362 pills of synthetic drugs, local media reported today. The authorities made the arrest on Sunday, after one of the suspects escaped into the…

Australia’s Largest Mass Beaching Event Provides Crucial Data On Whale Behaviour

SYDNEY, Sept 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Australian scientists collected crucial data, from pilot whales involved in the country’s largest ever stranding event, which took place last week and left hundreds of the creatures dead. Rescuers were able to return around 110 of the whales to the ocean, however more than 350…

China-Laos Railway Holes All 75 Tunnels

VIENTIANE, Sept 29 (NNN-KPL) – Xiang Ngeun No. 3 Tunnel, the last tunnel along the China-Laos Railway, in Luang Prabang Province, some 210 km north of the capital Vientiane, was drilled through today. All 75 tunnels across the China-Laos Railway have been holed. The successful completion of the tunnels indicates…

Thailand To Allow More Foreigners Into Country From Oct

BANGKOK, Sept 29 (NNN-TNA) – Thailand’s Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) on Monday said, it will allow more categories of foreigners into the country from Oct. The CCSA, chaired by Thai Prime Minister, Prayut Chan-o-cha, agreed to allow athletes in for tournaments in a supervised area. The first group…

Australia’s Northern Territory Reveals Plan To Welcome Back International Students

CANBERRA, Sept 29 (NNN-XINHUA) – The Chief Minister of Australia’s Northern Territory (NT), revealed plans to fly international students and seasonal workers into the region. Michael Gunner confirmed that he was working to expand the NT’s hotspot policy, under which only travellers from areas with no community transmission of COVID-19…

Pakistani Army Officer Killed In Terrorist Attack

ISLAMABAD, Sept 29 (NNN-APP) – A terrorist attack on Pakistani security forces, in Pakistan’s northwest tribal district of South Waziristan, left an army officer killed, Pakistan’s army said, Monday night. The Inter-Services Public Relations, the media wing of the army, said in a statement that, an army officer was killed,…
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