EGYPTIAN Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty voiced on Wednesday Egypt’s “full support” for Lebanon to elect a new president and end its two-year presidential vacuum.

CHINESE telecoms firm Huawei has partnered with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) to promote the conservation of a marine protected area on Kenya’s south coast.
The three-year project, which was unveiled Monday, seeks to protect the ecological health of Kisite-Mpunguti Marine Park and Reserve, a biodiversity hotspot located on the edge of Kenya’s south coastal county of Kwale.

The opening ceremony for Ayeyawady Shukhintha Resort in Myitkyina marking the 77th Anniversary of Kachin State Day that falls on 10 January 2025 was held at the resort yesterday.

Myanmar and Belarus foster friendship and cooperation

2025 International Conference on Applied Research in Education begins

Local farmers and businesspersons from Yekyi Township of Ayeyawady Region shipped 550,000 pieces of dragon fruits to Yangon market said Daw Cherry, the owner of fruit wholesale centre in Yekyi Township.
They sent 450,000 pieces of dragon fruits in October, compared to 550,000 pieces of fruits in November. Local farmers grow dragon fruit plants in organic techniques.

NIHON Hidankyo, the Japanese atomic bomb survivors’ group that won last year’s Nobel Peace Prize, urged the government on Wednesday to participate as an observer at a convention of signatories to a UN nuclear weapons ban treaty, but said Prime Minis-
ter Shigeru Ishiba remained noncommittal during a meeting in Tokyo.

MYANMAR nationals won four first prizes in the Muse-Ruili Cross-border Marathon, according to a statement from the Chinese Embassy in Myanmar.

MALICIOUS media outlets intentionally spread fake news, claiming that security forces torched the houses in Myothit village of Yinmabin township, Sagaing Region, on 5 January. 

According to a security official, security forces conducted security measures in the village and its vicinities to curb destructive actions of terrorists who launched armed attacks and arson attacks in townships and villages. 

IRAN’S Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei on Monday condemned recent remarks by a White House official about the possibility of the United States hitting Iranian nuclear facilities, calling them “a threat against international peace and security”.