No Immediate Food Security Challenge For Pakistan Despite Floods: Officials

ISLAMABAD, Sept 20 (NNN-APP) – Pakistan is not facing any acute shortage of its basic staple food, wheat, an official statement said yesterday. Officials at a meeting, convened by the National Flood Response Coordination Centre (NFRCC) here, with a focus on food security, said that, this year the stocks of…

Philippines’ Balance Of Payments Posted 572 Million USD Deficit In Aug

MANILA, Sept 20 (NNN-PNA) – The Philippines’ overall balance of payments (BOP) position, posted a 572-million U.S. dollar-deficit in Aug, a reversal from the 1.04 billion dollar BOP surplus recorded a year earlier, the Philippine central bank said, yesterday. The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), said, the BOP deficit in…

Annual Harvest Fair Kicked Off In Mongolia

ULAN BATOR, Sept 20 (NNN-XINHUA) – The 17th edition of the “Green Days of Autumn” harvest fair, opened in the Mongolian capital, yesterday, as the country seeks to bolster food production at home. The annual event is being co-organised by the country’s Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry, the…

Malaysian ringgit opens marginally higher against US dollar

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 20 (NNN-Bernama) — The Malaysian ringgit rebounded to open marginally higher against the US dollar today on renewed buying interest, despite the anticipation of a United States (US) interest rate hike, a dealer said. At 9 am, the local currency rose to 4.5470/5510 against the greenback from…

Malaysia’s Vehicle Sales Up 36 Percent Month-On-Month In Aug

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 20 (NNN-BERNAMA) – Malaysia’s vehicle sales increased by 36.16 percent month-on-month to 66,614 units in Aug, the Malaysian Automotive Association (MAA) said yesterday. The Aug figure of vehicle sales is compared to 17,923 units a year ago. Meanwhile, Malaysia’s vehicle production rose to 69,378 units in Aug…

Iran To Soon Import Nine Million-Cubic-Metre Russian Gas Daily: Ministry

TEHRAN, Sept 20 (NNN-IRNA) – The Iranian Oil Ministry said yesterday, the country will soon purchase nine million cubic metres per day of gas from Russia through Azerbaijan, the semi-official Fars news agency reported. The ministry announced the plan in a report, providing details of a 40-billion-U.S. dollar deal, between…

Egypt, Maersk To Cooperate On 15-Billion-USD Clean Fuels Project For Ships

CAIRO, Sept 20 (NNN-MENA) – Egyptian President, Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, yesterday, instructed the government to cooperate with Maersk, one of the world’s largest container shipping lines, to establish a network, to produce and distribute green energy and clean fuels for ships. Sisi discussed with Maersk Chief Executive Officer, Soren Skou, “a…

RCEP Contributes To Region’s Post-Pandemic Recovery Efforts: ASEAN Joint Statement

SIEM REAP, Sept 19 (NNN-AKP) – The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) free trade agreement, could be a contributor to the region’s post-COVID-19 pandemic recovery efforts, according to an ASEAN joint statement released yesterday. The statement was issued after the inaugural RCEP Meeting, held in the north-west Cambodia’s Siem Reap…

Afghans Took To The Streets To Protest Against U.S. Decision On Afghanistan’s Assets

Kabul, Sept 18 (NNN-ANA) – Hundreds of Afghans gathered in front of the former Afghanistan Human Rights Commission office, in the capital, Kabul, yesterday, to protest against the U.S. recent announcement, regarding transferring a part of Afghanistan’s national reserves to a trust in Switzerland, calling for full release of the…

Brunei’s 5G Network To Enter Trial Stage

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Sept 18 (NNN-ANN) – Brunei will conduct a fifth generation (5G) mobile network trial, for cellphone subscribers for up to eight weeks. According to a statement from the Authority for Info-communications Technology Industry of Brunei Darussalam (AITI) yesterday, AITI, working with Unified National Networks Sdn Bhd (UNN),…
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