China Successfully Launches New Ocean Observation Satellite

TAIYUAN, June 11 (NNN-XINHUA) – China successfully sent an ocean observation satellite into space from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre in north China’s Shanxi Province today. A Long March-2C rocket, carrying the satellite HY-1D, lifted off at 2:31 a.m. (Beijing Time), according to the China National Space Administration. The new…

COVID-19 Outbreak Severely Affects Upward Trajectory Of Pakistan’s Economy

ISLAMABAD, June 11 (NNN-APP) – The outbreak of COVID-19 in Pakistan severely impacted the government’s efforts to stabilise the economy, the Prime Minister Office said here on Wednesday. In a meeting of the National Economic Council, headed by Prime Minister, Imran Khan, it was observed that “upward trajectory of Pakistan’s…

5.7-Magnitude Quake Strikes Off Western Indonesia

JAKARTA, June 10 (NNN-ANTARA) – A 5.7-magnitude quake jolted Indonesia’s western province of Bengkulu on Wednesday (today), the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency said. The quake rocked at 11:35 a.m. Jakarta time (0435 GMT), with the epicentre at 28 km southwest of Mukomuko district, and the depth at 24 km…

Death Toll Of Building Collapse In Pakistan’s Karachi Rises To 13

ISLAMABAD, June 10 (NNN-XINHUA) – The death toll from the collapse of a five-storey residential building in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi, rose to 13 on Tuesday morning, police and rescue officials said. Senior Superintendent of Police in District City, Karachi, Muqaddas Haider, told Xinhua that the death toll…

Russia Complains About U.S. Arrogance Towards Its Space Programme

MOSCOW, June 10 (NNN-TASS) – Despite its long-term reliance on Russian spacecraft, the United States does not take the Russian space programme seriously, said Dmitry Rogozin, head of Roscosmos, Russia’s space agency. “When our partners finally managed to conduct a successful test on their spacecraft, there were nothing but jokes…

U.S. Military Plane Damaged At Air Base Near Iraq’s Capital

BAGHDAD, June 9 (NNN-NINA) – A U.S. C-130 Hercules air plane, on Monday, sustained damage when landing at a military air base to the north of Iraq’s capital Baghdad, an Iraqi army source said. The incident took place at night, when the plane slid off the runway, at Camp Taji,…

Rocket Hits Perimeter Of Iraq’s Baghdad Airport

BAGHDAD, June 9 (NNN-NINA) – A rocket, Monday evening, landed on the perimeter of Baghdad International Airport, the Iraqi military said. The rocket was launched from the Arab Khudair area, south of the airport, said the media office of the Iraqi Joint Operations Command (JOC) in a statement, without giving…

S.Korea Urges North Korea To Maintain Inter-Korean Communication Lines

SEOUL, June 9 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea urged North Korea today, to maintain communication lines between the two Koreas, after Pyongyang’s threat to cut off all inter-Korean hotlines, multiple local media reported. An unidentified South Korean unification ministry official was quoted as telling local reporters that, the inter-Korean communication lines,…

Three Killed, Five Injured As Oil Refinery Catches Fire In Pakistan’s Punjab

ISLAMABAD, June 9 (NNN-APP) – Three labourers were killed and five others injured, when fire erupted in an oil refinery, in Faisalabad district of Pakistan’s east Punjab province, on Monday night, local media reported. The factory was housing about 100,000 litres of oil, when fire erupted in one of its…

Thai PM Calls On Workers To Prepare For Overseas Work After Pandemic Subsides

BANGKOK, June 9 (NNN-TNA) – Thai Prime Minister, Prayut Chan-o-cha, via spokeswoman, Narumon Pinyosinwat, instructed Thai workers to prepare themselves for overseas work, once the global COVID-19 pandemic subsides. “Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha wants Thai labour workers to prepare themselves in terms of technical and language skills, physical fitness and…
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