Latest: Shooting At Mosque In Kabul Killed Five
KABUL, Nov 23 (NNN-ANA) – Five people were killed, as a man opened fire inside a mosque, in Khawja Rawash area of Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul city, today, police said.– NNN-ANA
Update: Death Toll Of Indonesia’s Quake Rises To 268, 151 Still Missing
JAKARTA, Nov 23 (NNN-ANTARA) – The death toll of Monday’s earthquake in west Indonesia has jumped to 268, and 151 others are still missing, a local official said, yesterday. “The number of deaths has reached 268 people now,” Head of the National Disaster Management Agency, Suharyanto, told a press conference.…
Japan Granted Emergency Approval To Home-Developed COVID-19 Oral Drug
TOKYO, Nov 23 (NNN-NHK) – Japan’s health ministry, granted emergency approval to Japanese drugmaker, Shionogi & Co.’s COVID-19 drug, yesterday, making it the first domestically developed oral medicine against the virus. The oral drug, Xocova, for coronavirus patients with mild symptoms, was given fast-track approval in Japan, by a health…
Pakistan Witnessed Increase In Cement Exports In First Four Months Of FY 2022-2023
ISLAMABAD, Nov 23 (NNN-APP) – Pakistan’s cement exports increased by 1.25 percent, in the first four months of the current fiscal year of 2022-23, compared to the same period of the last fiscal year, according to figures from the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS), yesterday. The cement exports from the…
Fitch Solutions Trimmed Palm Oil Short-Term Price Forecasts
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 23 (NNN-BERNAMA) – Fitch Solutions Country Risk and Industry Research, yesterday trimmed palm oil short-term price forecasts, on the easing of global edible oils market and weaker demand outlook. The Fitch Group unit said in a report, it made a downward revision of 6.2 percent to its…
Iran To Draw Up Roadmap With Belarus To Strengthen Economic Ties
TEHRAN, Nov 23 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran’s first vice president, said yesterday that, Tehran and Minsk will draw up a roadmap, to expand economic and trade relations. Mohammad Mokhber made the remarks, in an address to a joint press conference with visiting Belarusian Prime Minister, Roman Golovchenko, following their meeting in…
Cambodia’s Defence Minister Called For Collective Efforts, Solidarity To Address Security Challenges To ASEAN
SIEM REAP, Nov 23 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia’s defence minister, Tea Banh, yesterday, called for collective efforts and solidarity, to address key challenges to security in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). In his opening remarks of the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM) Retreat, Banh said, as the region has…
Singapore Reported 2,388 New COVID-19 Cases
SINGAPORE, Nov 23 (NNN-XINHUA) – Singapore reported 2,388 new cases of COVID-19 yesterday, bringing the total tally to 2,157,021. A total of 167 cases are currently warded in hospitals, with eight of them in intensive care units, according to statistics released by the country’s Ministry of Health. One new death…
S.Korea Reported 72,873 New Covid-19 Cases
SEOUL, Nov 22 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea reported 72,873 new COVID-19 cases, as of midnight, compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 26,654,729, the health authorities said today. The daily caseload was up from 23,091 in the previous day and slightly higher than 72,866 tallied…
7.0-Magnitude Quake Hit 18 Km SW Of Malango, Solomon Islands
SYDNEY, Nov 22 (NNN-XINHUA) – An earthquake, with a magnitude of 7.0, jolted 18 km SW of Malango, the Solomon Islands, at 02:03:07 GMT today, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicentre, with a depth of 15.0 km, was initially determined to be at 9.812 degrees south latitude, and 159.596…