Indonesia’s Foreign Debt Falls To 411.5 Billion USD In Q1

JAKARTA, May 20 (NNN-ANTARA) – Indonesia recorded foreign debt of 411.5 billion U.S. dollars, in the first quarter this year, down from 415.7 billion dollars in the previous quarter, Bank Indonesia said yesterday. Erwin Haryono, head of the Communications Department of the country’s central bank, said, this number decreased by…

Vietnam To Play Thailand In SEA Games Men’s Soccer Final

HANOI, May 20 (NNN-VNA) – Vietnam, host of the ongoing 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games), will face Thailand in the event’s men’s soccer final. The Vietnam national under-23 soccer team defeated Malaysia 1-0, at Viet Tri Stadium, in the northern Phu Tho Province last night, while Thailand beat Indonesia…

Brunei’s Total Trade Rises 92.8 Percent In Jan

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, May 20 (NNN-ANN) – Brunei recorded 2,607.8 million Brunei dollars (1,890.3 million U.S. dollars) of total trade for Jan, 2022, a 92.8 percent year-on-year increase. The latest statistics, released yesterday by the Ministry of Finance and Economy, showed that, Brunei’s exports increased by 128.9 percent year-on-year to…

Soldier Killed In Terrorist Attack In NW Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, May 20 (NNN-APP) – A soldier was killed in an explosion near a military convoy in South Waziristan district of Pakistan’s north-west Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, an army statement said yesterday. The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of the Pakistani army, said that, security forces came under…

Malaysia Reports 2,124 New COVID-19 Infections, Three New Deaths

KUALA LUMPUR, May 20 (NNN-BERNAMA) – Malaysia recorded 2,124 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight, bringing the total tally to 4,485,419, according to the health ministry. They included one new imported case and 2,123 local transmissions, data released on the ministry’s website showed. Three more deaths have been reported from…

New Zealand Reports 7,800 New Community Cases Of COVID-19

WELLINGTON, May 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) – New Zealand recorded 7,800 new community cases of COVID-19, and 17 more deaths, the Ministry of Health said today. Among the new community infections, 2,755 were reported in the largest city, Auckland, the ministry said. In addition, 99 new cases of COVID-19 were detected at…

S.Korea Reports 25,125 New COVID-19 Cases

SEOUL, May 20 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea reported 25,125 new COVID-19 cases as of midnight, compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 17,914,957, the health authorities said today. The daily caseload was down from 28,130 the previous day and lower than 32,441 tallied a week…

Afghanistan’s Rice Farmers Struggle To Feed Their Hungry Nation

KUNDUZ, May 20 (NNN-ANA) – Afghanistan needs jobs. In the medium and long term, nothing else can help the country struggle back to its feet. The triple whammy of war, regime change and COVID-19 has left the country reeling. “Afghanistan is in economic crisis. It is the moral responsibility of…

13 Women Awarded Damages For Japanese Medical School’s Entrance Exams Rigging

TOKYO, May 20 (NNN-NHK) – A Japanese court, yesterday decided that, a medical school in Tokyo should pay about 8.05 million yen (63,000 U.S. dollars) in damages, to 13 women, for rigging its entrance exams, in favour of male candidates. The Tokyo District Court ruled that the plaintiffs had suffered…

NATO Chief Vows To Settle Turkey’s Concerns Over Expansion

COPENHAGEN, May 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Jens Stoltenberg, secretary general of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), yesterday pledged to address Turkey’s concerns on Finland’s and Sweden’s applications to join the military alliance. “We are addressing the concerns that Turkey has expressed,” he said at a press conference, held here jointly…