Fuel Prices Rise To Record High In Sri Lanka

COLOMBO, Apr 19 (NNN-XINHUA) – Sri Lanka’s state-owned Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC), has increased its fuel prices from midnight last night, to a record high. With the latest price hike, the price of Octane 92 petrol rose by 33.1 percent to a record 338 Sri Lankan rupees (1.04 U.S. dollars)…

S. Africa Declares State Of National Disaster To Tackle Widespread Floods

JOHANNESBURG, Apr 19 (NNN-BUANEWS) – As the cost of last week’s floods, which badly affected KwaZulu-Natal Province, reached billions of rands, South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa, declared a National State of Disaster last night. The cabinet met in a special session Sunday night and decided to declare a National State…

Italian PM Tests Positive For COVID-19

ROME, Apr 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Italy’s Prime Minister, Mario Draghi, has tested positive for COVID-19, the government said in a statement yesterday. Draghi, 74, who is fully vaccinated, “is asymptomatic,” according to the statement. His schedule has been curtailed, including a planned trip to Angola and the Republic of the…

Road Accidents Claim 35 Lives During Lao New Year Holidays

VIENTIANE, Apr 19 (NNN-KPL) – A total of 35 people were killed in road accidents across Laos, during the celebrations of the Lao New Year from Apr 11 to 17. According to the latest report, issued by the traffic police department, under the Lao Ministry of Public Security, 312 accidents…

5.9-Magnitude Offshore Earthquake Jolts Southern Philippines

MANILA, Apr 19 (NNN-PNA) – An offshore earthquake, with a preliminary magnitude of 5.9, jolted Davao Oriental province, in the southern Philippines today, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said. The institute said, the quake, which occurred at 9:23 a.m. local time, hit at a depth of 49 kilometres,…

99.2 Percent Of Indonesian Population Obtain COVID-19 Antibodies

JAKARTA, Apr 19 (NNN-ANTARA) – Almost the entire Indonesian population has COVID-19 antibodies, obtaining from vaccinations or infections, or both, Minister of Health, Budi Gunadi Sadikin, said yesterday. A serological survey, conducted by the Ministry of Health and the University of Indonesia’s Faculty of Public Health, concluded that, 99.2 percent…

Mongolia Culls 49.2 Percent More Livestock In Q1 Due To Diseases

ULAN BATOR, Apr 19 (NNN-XINHUA) – At least 3,300 heads of livestock were killed in Mongolia in the first quarter (Q1), due to animal diseases, marking an increase of 49.2 percent, compared to the same period last year, the country’s National Statistics Office said yesterday. Earlier yesterday, Mongolia launched a…

Singapore Reports 2,480 New COVID-19 Cases

SINGAPORE, Apr 19 (NNN-CNA) – Singapore reported 2,480 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 yesterday, bringing the total tally to 1,162,780. Among the total cases, there were 2,402 local transmissions and 78 imported cases, respectively. Of the new local cases, 263 cases were detected through PCR (polymerase chain reaction) tests, and…

Sri Lanka’s 21 New State Ministers Sworn In

COLOMBO, Apr 19 (NNN-XINHUA) – Twenty-one new state ministers took their oaths before President Gotabaya Rajapaksa yesterday, hours after 17 new cabinet ministers were sworn in. In a small ceremony, held at the president’s official house, the state ministers were sworn in by the president, as the nation faced severe…

Jordan Summons Israel’s Envoy To Protest Operations At Al-Aqsa Mosque

AMMAN, Apr 19 (NNN-PETRA) – Jordan yesterday summoned the Israeli charge d’affaires of the Israeli embassy in Amman, to protest against Israel’s operations in the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, the Jordanian Foreign Ministry said. Jordan’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman, Haitham Abu Al-Foul, stressed the need to respect the right of worshippers to…