Biden Should Sympathise With Americans Instead Of Boasting About Progress In Upcoming Address: NYT

NEW YORK, Feb 16 (NNN-XINHUA) – In his upcoming first State of the Union address, U.S. President, Joe Biden, should show more sympathy to the Americans, instead of boasting about progress that defy the Americans’ lived experiences, The New York Times said. Outlining what Biden may talk about in his…

Western Australia State Reopens To International Students

SYDNEY, Feb 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The state of Western Australia (WA), announced a new pathway for already-enrolled international students to return to the Aussie state, despite its closed borders. The new pathway announced last night, allows international students already enrolled in a WA primary school, secondary school, university, college, and…

Malaysia Reports 22,133 New COVID-19 Infections, 31 More Deaths

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 16 (NNN-BERNAMA) – Malaysia recorded 22,133 new COVID-19 infections, as of midnight, bringing the total tally to 3,083,683, according to the health ministry. Among the newly reported cases are 80 imported cases and 22,053 local transmissions, showed the data, released on the ministry’s website. A further 31…

Philippine Remittances Hit All-Time High In 2021

MANILA, Feb 16 (NNN-PNA) – Personal remittances from overseas Filipinos, reached a new high of 34.884 billion U.S. dollars in 2021, equivalent to 8.9 percent of the gross domestic product of the country, the Philippine central bank said, yesterday. For Dec last year, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said,…

Chinese Products Set To Feature Prominently At Malaysian Trade Show

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 16 (NNN-XINHUA) – Chinese-made products are set to be featured prominently, in the upcoming National Entrepreneur Day 2022 (HUN 2022) in Malaysia, the main participating business group said yesterday. Some 100 products from China will be featured at the event, from Mar 24-28, to raise awareness and…

Car Bombing Targets Convoy Of Yemen’s Defence Ministry In Marib

ADEN, Feb 16 (NNN-YPA) – An explosion, caused by a booby-trapped car, struck yesterday, a convoy of Yemen’s Defence Ministry, in the country’s northern oil-rich province of Marib. “A number of military trucks, belonging to the Saudi-backed Yemeni government, were bombed by a booby-trapped car, while passing through the road…

Oil Reserve Discovered In Egypt’s Gulf Of Suez

CAIRO, Feb 16 (NNN-MENA) – Dubai-based Dragon Oil, has discovered an oil reserve in the Gulf of Suez, Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources said yesterday. “The estimated reserve of the oil field, located in the north-eastern Ramadan area, could be around 100 million barrels,” the ministry said in…

S.Korea’s Presidential Election Campaign Kicks Off

SEOUL, Feb 16 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea’s presidential election campaigning, officially kicked off yesterday, for a 22-day run, ahead of the election, to be held on Mar 9. A total of 14 candidates are competing for the South Korean presidency, of a single five-year term, according to the National Election…

Pakistan’s PM Launches Second Phase Of Pakistan’s First Instant Payment System

ISLAMABAD, Feb 16 (NNN-APP) – Pakistani Prime Minister, Imran Khan, yesterday, launched the second phase of the country’s first instant payment system called “Raast,” to enable person-to-person payments. Addressing a ceremony, Khan said, the newly launched initiative will not only enable common people to execute digital payments instantly, securely and…

Chief Minister Of Madhya Pradesh Tests Positive For COVID-19 For Second Time

NEW DELHI, Feb 16 (NNN-PTI) – Days after the local government, in India’s Madhya Pradesh, ended COVID-19 curbs, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, chief minister of the central state, said yesterday that, he has tested positive for COVID-19. This is the second time that Chouhan had tested positive for COVID-19 since the…