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  • December 12, 2024

South Africa: DP Mashatile calls on Chinese-funded businesses to increase investments to create jobs

PRETORIA, Dec 12 (NNN-SANEWS) — Deputy President Paul Mashatile has encouraged Chinese-funded enterprises in South Africa to increase their investments…
Asia
  • December 12, 2024

Being Overweight Surpasses Smoking As Australia’s Leading Health Risk

CANBERRA, Dec 12 (NNN-AAP) – Being overweight has become the leading risk factor, contributing to disease in Australia for the…
Africa
  • December 12, 2024

Possible cooling La Nina will be ‘weak’, ‘short-lived’: UN

     GENEVA, Dec 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The cooling weather phenomenon La Nina could appear in coming months, but if it…
Asia
  • December 12, 2024

Afghan Acting Minister Among Four Killed In Suicide Attack In Kabul

KABUL, Dec 12 (NNN-BNA) – Afghanistan’s Acting Minister for Refugees and Repatriation, Khalil Rahman Haqqani, was killed in a suicide…
Asia
  • December 12, 2024

Nepal To Ban Commercial Helicopter Flights To Mt. Qomolangma

KATHMANDU, Dec 12 (NNN-XINHUA) – A local government and other stakeholders in the Mount Qomolangma region of Nepal, decided to…
Americas
  • December 12, 2024

Curfew In Damascus Lifted As Interim PM Calls Refugees To Return Home

DAMASCUS, Dec 12 (NNN-SANA) – Syria’s Military Operations Administration, announced yesterday, the lifting of a curfew in Damascus and surrounding…
Asia
  • December 12, 2024

Iran To Develop Transit Hub For Asia-Europe Trade

TEHRAN, Dec 12 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran is working to attract a share of the Asia-Europe goods transit, by developing a…
Africa
  • December 11, 2024

Malaria mortality returns to pre-Covid levels: WHO

GENEVA, Dec 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Malaria mortality has fallen back to levels seen before the Covid-19 crisis, the WHO said…
Asia
  • December 11, 2024

Israel Steps Up Strikes In Syria Following Assad’s Downfall

DAMASCUS, Dec 11 (NNN-SANA) – Israel ramped up airstrikes across Syria and carried out significant ground operations, targeting critical military…
Africa
  • December 11, 2024

Gaps in birth registration leave 150 million children ‘invisible’: UNICEF

    UNITED NATIONS, Dec 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Despite recent progress in birth registration, some 150 million children worldwide remain “invisible,” deprived…