Egypt Vows To Keep Food Prices In Fair Range Amid Russia-Ukraine Crisis

CAIRO, Mar 10 (NNN-MENA) – Egyptian Prime Minister, Mostafa Madbouly, yesterday pledged to keep food prices in the fair range, amid the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine. “We coordinate with the chambers of commerce, to ensure food commodities at fair prices and to avoid any kind of exaggeration,” Madbouly…

Yoon Suk-Yeol Elected S.Korean President Amid People’s Aspiration For Transfer Of Power

SEOUL, Mar 10 (NNN-YONHAP) – Yoon Suk-yeol of the main conservative opposition People Power Party, won a narrow victory in the South Korean presidential election, amid people’s aspiration for transfer of power. Yoon garnered a 48.56-percent support in the election held yesterday, defeating his liberal rival by a narrow margin,…

ASEAN Centre For Biodiversity Launches Programme For Youth Storytellers

PHNOM PENH, Mar 10 (NNN-AKP) – The ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB), yesterday, kicked off a programme for youth storytellers, calling on the young people in ASEAN to use their skills and talents in storytelling, to highlight what life in harmony with nature would look like. In this programme of…

First Super-Heavy Equipment Of Bangladesh’s Largest Fertiliser Factory Installed

DHAKA, Mar 9 (NNN-BSS) – The carbon dioxide stripping tower, the first super-heavy equipment of Bangladesh’s Ghorashal-Polash Urea fertiliser project (GPUFP), the country’s largest and first ever, green fertiliser factory, was installed successfully yesterday. Engineers and workers from China National Chemical Engineering & Construction Corporation Seven Ltd, successfully lifted and…

Global COVID-19 Death Toll Tops Six Million: WHO

GENEVA, Mar 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The worldwide death toll inflicted by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, has surpassed six million, reaching 6,004,421, as of yesterday, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). Globally, as of 4:31 p.m. CET yesterday, there have been 446,511,318 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,004,421 deaths, reported…

5.0-Magnitude Quake Hits West Chile Rise – USGS

BEIJING, Mar 9 (NNN-XINHUA) – An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0, jolted West Chile Rise at 0207 GMT today, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicentre, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 38.3849 degrees south latitude, and 93.0447 degrees west longitude.– NNN-XINHUA

Yemen’s Houthis Shot Down “Drone Of Saudi-Led Coalition”

SANAA, Mar 9 (NNN-YPA) – Yemen’s Houthi militia announced yesterday, they shot down a drone above Harad city, in the north-western province of Hajjah, the Houthi-run al-Masirah TV quoted a statement by Houthi military spokesman as saying. The Houthis said, the drone “was believed to be made in the United…

Racial Disparities Remain In U.S. Physics Graduates: Report

NEW YORK, Mar 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Racial discrimination and inequality remain in physics graduates in the United States, U.S. space and astronomy news website Space.com reported. Though the number of U.S. undergraduate physics degrees awarded tripled between 1999 and 2020, the share of Black graduates has droped from 4.8 percent…

Six Teens Charged With Drive-By School Shooting In U.S. Midwest

WASHINGTON, Mar 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Six teenagers were arrested and charged with murder, in a drive-by shooting, outside a high school in the U.S. Midwestern city of Des Moines, police said yesterday. The shooting, which killed a 15-year-old male and critically injured two teen girls, took place on Monday afternoon,…

UN Rights Official Concerned Over Killings Of People Of African Descent By Police In U.S.

GENEVA, Mar 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) – People of African descent, die at the hands of law enforcement, in disproportionately large numbers in many countries, especially in the United States, a United Nations (UN) human rights official said yesterday. Michelle Bachelet, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, said in her annual report…