Lebanon Calls For Int’l Tenders To Build New Terminal For Beirut Airport

BEIRUT, Jun 9 (NNN-NNA) – Lebanese caretaker Public Works Minister, Ali Hamieh, yesterday called for international tenders, to construct a new terminal for Rafik Hariri International Airport in Beirut. “The cost of the new project will amount to 70 million U.S. dollars,” but this project is expected “to create hundreds…

Brunei’s Consumer Inflation In Feb Hits 146-Month High

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Jun 9 (NNN-ANN) – Brunei’s overall Consumer Price Index (CPI) in Feb, 2022, increased by 3.2 percent year-on-year, a 146-month record high, since Jan, 2010, when historical data became available. According to the latest statistical figures, released yesterday, by the Department of Economic Planning and Statistics, at…

Malaysia’s Total Trade Surpasses Rm2 Trillion In 2021, Fastest Growth Since 1994

KUALA LUMPUR, June 8 (NNN-Bernama) — Malaysia’s total trade recorded a new achievement in 2021, surpassing RM2 trillion and recorded the fastest growth since 1994, the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) said. Chief statistician Dr Mohd Uzir Mahidin said the value of Malaysia’s total trade recorded double-digit growth of 24.8 per…

Vietnam’s Pharmaceutical Import Up 20.7 Percent In Five Months

HANOI, Jun 8 (NNN-VNA) – Vietnam spent over 1.4 billion U.S. dollars, importing evidence-based medicines, in the first five months of this year, up 20.7 percent from the same period last year, according to the Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade, yesterday. Its main suppliers included the United States, Germany,…

World Bank Cuts India’s Economic Growth Forecast

NEW DELHI, Jun 8 (NNN-PTI) – The World Bank, yesterday, cut India’s economic growth forecast for the current fiscal to 7.5 percent, as rising inflation, supply chain disruptions and geopolitical tensions taper recovery. “In India, growth is forecast to edge down to 7.5 percent in the fiscal year 2022/23, with…

Saudi Arabia Hosts 116th UNWTO Executive Council Meeting In Jeddah

RIYADH, Jun 8 (NNN-SPA) – The 116th United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) Executive Council Meeting, kicked off in Jeddah yesterday, focusing on boosting the recovery of global tourism. During the meeting, the First Vice-Chair of UNWTO Executive Council, Ahmed Al-Khateeb, who is also the Saudi tourism minister, called for…

Chinese, Kazakh FMs Hold Talks On Strengthening Bilateral Cooperation

NUR-SULTAN, Jun 8 (NNN-XINHUA) – China and Kazakhstan will continue to boost cooperation in various areas, visiting Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister, Wang Yi said here yesterday, while meeting with Kazakh Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Mukhtar Tleuberdi. China-Kazakhstan relations have gone through 30 years of trials and…

Egyptian, Jordanian FMs In Iraq For Talks On Trilateral Cooperation

BAGHDAD, Jun 7 (NNN-NINA) – Egyptian Foreign Minister, Sameh Shoukry, and his Jordanian counterpart, Ayman Safadi, arrived in Baghdad yesterday, for talks with Iraqi leaders on strengthening trilateral cooperation. Iraqi President, Barham Salih, received the Egyptian and Jordanian foreign ministers, in the presence of Iraqi Foreign Minister, Fuad Hussein, at…

Lao Central Bank Tightens Monetary Policy To Curb Inflation Rate

VIENTIANE, Jun 7 (NNN-KPL) – The Lao central bank, Bank of the Lao P.D.R. (BOL), made changes to its reserve requirement level and base interest rate, as announced by the bank’s governor. The move is aimed at reducing the amount of money in circulation and curbing the spiraling inflation rate,…

Australian Agricultural Exports Projected To Hit Record High

CANBERRA, Jun 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The value of Australian agricultural exports is expected to hit a record high in the next financial year, according to government projections. The Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES), recently published the latest Australian Crop Report, revealing that, agricultural exports will…
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