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New Zealand Pledges To Take More Steps Against Plastic Wastes

WELLINGTON, Dec 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) – New Zealand will phase out more single-use plastics, the government announced today (Sunday). A report,…

Hong Kong Police Commissioner Watches Flag-Raising Ceremony In Beijing

BEIJING, Dec 8 (NNN-XINHUA) – Tang Ping-keung, the new commissioner of police, of China’s Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR),…

APEC Pledges To Further Cooperation In Chile Year’s Closing Meeting

SINGAPORE, Dec 8 (NNN-CNA) – Members of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), pledged to further their cooperation at the APEC…

US Pres Trump and South Korea’s Moon discuss maintaining talks with North: Seoul

SEOUL, Dec 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in and US President Donald Trump agreed during a phone conversation…

Update: Samoa’s Measles Death Toll Rises To 65 Amid State Of Emergency

SUVA, Dec 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The Samoan government confirmed today (Saturday), two more deaths in the island nation’s measles epidemic,…

15 Militants Killed In S. Afghan Special Operation

KABUL, Dec 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Fifteen Taliban militants have been killed and two others arrested, after Afghan Special Forces waged…

India’s Central Bank Makes All-Day Digital Money Transfer Available

NEW DELHI, Dec 7 (NNN-PTI) – India’s central banking institution, Reserve Bank of India (RBI), said, round-the-clock transactions will be…

US Pres Trump calls for World Bank to stop lending money to wealthy China

U.S. President Donald Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping WASHINGTON, Dec 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Donald Trump on Friday…

Cambodian PM Renews Call On Fight Against Fake News

PHNOM PENH, Dec 7 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodian Prime Minister, Samdech Techo Hun Sen, renewed his call on all journalists, to…

400 People Evacuated From Hotel Blaze In Thailand’s Resort Of Pattaya

BANGKOK, Dec 7 (NNN-TNA) – About 400 people were evacuated on Friday, after a fire gutted a hotel in Thailand’s…