S.Korea’s Automotive Export Logged Double-Digit Growth In May

SEOUL, Jun 15 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea’s automotive export logged a double-digit growth last month, due to strong demand for environmentally-friendly vehicles, government data showed today. Car shipment advanced 18.9 percent from a year earlier to 4.15 billion U.S. dollars in May, according to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and…

Sri Lanka Plans To Attract 800,000 Tourists In Coming Months

COLOMBO, Jun 15 (NNN-XINHUA) – Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (SLTDA), said that, the country expects to attract around 800,000 tourists in the coming months of the year. During a meeting held yesterday, with Prime Minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe, representatives of the SLTDA said that, a revenue of 800 million U.S.…

Palestine, Italy Discussed Unilateral Israeli Actions In West Bank, East Jerusalem

RAMALLAH, Jun 15 (NNN-WAFA) – Palestinian Prime Minister, Mohammed Ishtaye, yesterday discussed with his visiting Italian counterpart, Mario Draghi, the unilateral Israeli actions in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. “We discussed the daily Israeli violations at Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, the expansion of Israeli settlements, the Israeli settlers’ assaults…

UAE, Tunisia Discuss Ways To Enhance Bilateral Ties

TUNIS, Jun 15 (NNN-TAP) – Tunisian President, Kais Saied, met yesterday, with visiting United Arab Emirates (UAE) State Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sheikh Shakhboot Bin Nahyan Al Nahyan, to discuss ways to enhance bilateral ties. During the meeting, Saied expressed his thanks for UAE’s support for Tunisia, in various fields,…

Drought Hits Nangarhar, Afghanistan

KABUL, Jun 15 (NNN-ANA) – Below average rainfall has hit food production in eastern and north-eastern Afghanistan, where some rain-fed fields have dried out, officials and farmers said. “I planted wheat on my land but it has failed, due to lack of rain,” Hamidullah, the owner of eight hectares in…

Suez Canal, Panama Canal’s Economic Zones Sign Cooperation Deal

CAIRO, Jun 15 (NNN-MENA) – The Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone) in Egypt, and the Colon Free Zone (CFZ) in Panama, have signed here, an agreement to promote cooperation, the SCZone said, in a statement yesterday. “The agreement aims at exchanging information, to lure investors, benefit from available human expertise…

Petrol Prices Up For 11th Time In Vietnam This Year

HANOI, Jun 14 (NNN-VNA) – Petroleum prices in Vietnam have set a new record, after being adjusted up for the 11th time this year. From yesterday, the price of RON95 bio-fuel per litre was raised by 797 Vietnamese dongs (around 0.034 U.S. dollars) to a record-high 32,375 Vietnamese dongs. The…

Pakistani Foreign Minister Visits Iran

ISLAMABAD, Jun 14 (NNN-APP) – At the invitation of Iranian Foreign Minister, Hossein Amir Abdollahian, Pakistani Foreign Minister, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, is visiting Iran from today to tomorrow, Jun 15, said the Pakistani Foreign Ministry, yesterday. During his official visit to Tehran, Zardari will hold a detailed exchange of views…

Indian Rupee Falls To New Record Low Against USD

MUMBAI, Jun 14 (NNN-PTI) – The Indian rupee touched a new record low yesterday, against the U.S. dollar, as fears of a sharp rate hike by the U.S. Federal Reserve hit the currency of Asia’s third-largest economy. The Indian rupee touched a lifetime low of 78.29 to the dollar, while…

Export Ban Not The Answer To Consumer Goods Price Hike In Malaysia – World Bank Economist

KOTA KINABALU (Sabah, Malaysia), June 13 (NNN-Bernama) — Banning exports is not the answer to consumer goods price hike in Malaysia and it must not be seen as a long-term action to resolve the problem, said World Bank Group lead economist Dr Apurva Sanghi. He said although the move can put a (degree…
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