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Nepali PM Announces Full-Member Cabinet Months After Taking Office

KATHMANDU, Oct 9 (NNN-XINHUA) – Nepali Prime Minister, Sher Bahadur Deuba, yesterday, gave a full shape to his cabinet, nearly…

Twin Pandas Born In Tokyo Zoo Named Xiao Xiao, Lei Lei

TOKYO, Oct 9 (NNN-NHK) – Tokyo Governor, Yuriko Koike, said yesterday that, the twin giant pandas born at Tokyo’s Ueno…

Death Toll From Afghanistan’s Mosque Suicide Blast Rises To 46

KUNDUZ, Oct 9 (NNN-ANA) – The death toll from a suicide bomb explosion at a mosque in Afghanistan’s northern Kunduz…

Japan’s New PM Kishida Delivers First Policy Speech Since Taking Office

TOKYO, Oct 9 (NNN-NHK) – Fumio Kishida, the newly elected Japanese prime minister, yesterday delivered his first policy speech, vowing…

Singapore And South Korea To Jointly Launch Vaccinated Travel Lanes From Nov 15

By Massita Ahmad SINGAPORE, Oct 8 (NNN-Bernama) — Singapore and South Korea have agreed to jointly launch Vaccinated Travel Lanes…

Congo’s US$6 billion China mining deal ‘unconscionable’, says draft report

KINSHASA, Oct 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Democratic Republic of Congo should renegotiate its US$6 billion infrastructure-for-minerals deal with Chinese investors, according…

Malaysia Seeks To Be Facilitator For Conciliation As Human Rights Council Member

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 8 (NNN-Bernama) — Malaysia seeks to be the facilitator for conciliation, enabler for cooperation, and builder of…

Dialogue With Myanmar’s NUG Welcomed, Ties With Junta Is Crucial Too — Former M’sian FM

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 8 (NNN-Bernama) — Former Malaysian foreign minister Syed Hamid Albar welcomes Malaysia’s readiness to consider holding a…

S.Korea’s Rice Production Estimated To Rise 9.1 Percent In 2021

SEOUL, Oct 8 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea’s rice production was estimated to rise 9.1 percent this year, thanks to favourable…

Nothing To Panic About Malaysia’s Inclusion Into EU Tax Watch List – Deloitte

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 8 (NNN-Bernama) — Nothing to panic about Malaysia being listed into the European Commission’s updated European Union…