Two Dead Following Truck Crash In North-Eastern Australia

SYDNEY, Nov 20 (NNN-AAP) – A woman and a child died, after two trucks collided on a highway, in the north-eastern Australian state of Queensland, last night. The Queensland Police Service said in a statement today that, emergency services were called to reports that two trucks had collided, near the…

Vietnam, Algeria Elevate Ties To Strategic Partnership

HANOI, Nov 20 (NNN-VNA) – Vietnam and Algeria agreed to elevate their bilateral relations to a strategic partnership, during Vietnamese Prime Minister, Pham Minh Chinh’s state visit to the African country. During the talks between Chinh and his Algerian counterpart, Sifi Ghrieb, both sides pledged to strengthen cooperation in politics,…

Cairo IT Exhibition Concludes, Highlighting AI, Digital Innovations

CAIRO, Nov 20 (NNN-MENA) – Egypt, yesterday, wrapped up the 29th Cairo Information and Communications Technology (ICT) exhibition, held Nov 16-19, under the theme “AI Everywhere.” Hosted at the Egypt International Exhibition Centre in New Cairo, the event featured more than 500 exhibitors, including ministries, national institutions, and global tech…

China Launched Three New Satellites Into Space

JIUQUAN, Nov 20 (NNN-XINHUA) – China, yesterday, launched a Long March-2C carrier rocket, sending three new satellites into space. The rocket blasted off at 12:01 p.m. (Beijing Time), from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in north-west China, and sent the Shijian-30A, Shijian-30B, and Shijian-30C into the preset orbits. These satellites…

12 Died In House Fire In Southern Kazakhstan

ALMATY, Nov 19 (NNN-KNA) – Twelve people, including nine children, died, in a house fire, in the Turkestan region, southern Kazakhstan, it was reported, yesterday, citing the regional Department of Emergency Situations. The blaze broke out in a two-story private residential house in the village of Algabas, in the Zhetysai…

Tropical Cyclone Fina Formed Off Australia’s North Coast

CANBERRA, Nov 19 (NNN-AAP) – A tropical cyclone has formed, off the coast of Australia’s Northern Territory (NT), and could potentially impact the NT coast by Friday or Saturday, the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) said. The BoM said that, Tropical Cyclone Fina, formed in the early hours of this morning,…

Hiroshima Governor, Nagasaki Mayor Urge Japanese Gov’t To Uphold Non-Nuclear Principles

TOKYO, Nov 19 (NNN-NHK) – The governor of Hiroshima Prefecture and the mayor of Nagasaki City, voiced opposition to Prime Minister, Sanae Takaichi’s attempt to revise the Three Non-Nuclear Principles, a day after the governors of Okinawa and Nagasaki prefectures expressed similar concerns. Hiroshima Governor, Hidehiko Yuzaki, told a press…

Four Tonnes Of ICE Seized In Southern Myanmar

YANGON, Nov 19 (NNN-MNA) – Myanmar authorities seized four tonnes of ICE (methamphetamine), in the southern Ayeyarwady region, the state-owned Myanmar Radio and Television reported, yesterday. Acting on a tip-off, security personnel raided a warehouse in Pathein township, on Nov 5, and confiscated narcotics that were stored underground at the…

New Road Construction Started In S. Afghanistan

KABUL, Nov 19 (NNN-BNA) – Afghan authorities started a major road construction project in southern Kandahar province, it was reported, yesterday. Constructed at a cost of nearly 305 million Afghanis (over 4.6 million U.S. dollars), the road aims to improve transportation and enhance trade routes in the Shorabak district, the…

U.S. Typhon Missile System Withdrawn From Japan

TOKYO, Nov 18 (NNN-NHK) – Japan’s Defence Ministry, yesterday informed the city of Iwakuni in Yamaguchi prefecture that, Typhon intermediate-range missile system, deployed at the local U.S. base had been withdrawn. Japan’s Self-Defence Forces and the U.S. military, conducted a large-scale joint drill from Sept 11 to Sept 25, across…
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