S.Korea’s Export Logs Double-Digit Fall In First 10 Days Of Feb

SEOUL, Feb 11 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea’s export logged a double-digit fall, in the first 10 days of this month, due to less business days, customs office data showed today. Export, which takes up about half of the country’s export-driven economy, amounted to 15.7 billion U.S. dollars in the Feb…

Severe Weather Smashes Australia With Flooding, Fires

SYDNEY, Feb 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Multiple bushfires have been raging through vast swathes of Western Australia (WA) throughout this week, while the east of the country has been hit by heavy rains and floods, affected by the La Niña weather pattern. The fires, which have torn through thousands of hectares…

India Reports 58,077 New COVID-19 Cases

NEW DELHI, Feb 11 (NNN-PTI) – India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 42,536,137 today, as 58,077 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country, showed the federal health ministry’s latest data. Besides, as many as 657 deaths were recorded since yesterday morning, taking the death toll to…

Pakistan Reports 3,498 New COVID-19 Cases, 39 More Deaths

ISLAMABAD, Feb 11 (NNN-APP) – Pakistan yesterday recorded 3,498 new COVID-19 cases and 39 more deaths, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) said, today. The NCOC, leading the country’s campaign against the pandemic, said, the total number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the country rose to 1,477,573, including…

Malaysia Reports 19,090 New COVID-19 Infections, 10 New Deaths

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 11 (NNN-BERNAMA) – Malaysia recorded 19,090 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight, bringing the total tally to 2,975,422, according to the health ministry. Among the newly reported infections were 134 new imported cases and 18,956 local transmissions, showed data released on the ministry’s website. A further 10…

Indonesia To Buy 42 Warplanes, Two Submarines From France

JAKARTA, Feb 11 (NNN-ANTARA) – Indonesia will purchase 42 Rafale warplanes and two Scorpene-class submarines from France, to update its defence equipment. The deal came, after Indonesia’s Minister of Defence, Prabowo Subianto, met with his French counterpart, Florence Parly, here, yesterday. The warplane purchase agreement was signed by the CEO…

Cambodia To Host ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting Next Week

PHNOM PENH, Feb 11 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia, the chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) for 2022, will host the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Retreat (AMM Retreat) on Feb 15-17, in Phnom Penh, in a hybrid format, the country’s foreign ministry said, yesterday. Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign…

700 Trained Security Personnel Commissioned To Afghan Forces

KABUL, Feb 11 (NNN-ANA) – About 700 security personnel have been recently commissioned to security forces, under Afghanistan’s Taliban-led caretaker government, after receiving military training, according to related authorities, yesterday. In the southern Helmand province, 600 soldiers, on Wednesday, graduated from a training centre of the al-Azm Military Corps, after…

Pakistan Pursues Multidimensional Diplomacy For Durable Peace, Inclusive Development: FM

ISLAMABAD, Feb 11 (NNN-APP) – Pakistan is utilising multidimensional diplomacy, focusing on economic, science, public and digital diplomacy, to lead the advocacy for durable peace and inclusive development, Pakistani Foreign Minister, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, said yesterday. Addressing a conference at the National University of Sciences and Technology in Islamabad, Qureshi…

India’s Central Bank Governor Calls Crypto Currency A Threat

MUMBAI, Feb 11 (NNN-PTI) – India’s central bank governor, yesterday termed cryptocurrency as a huge threat to the country’s macroeconomic and financial stability. Addressing the media, after the bi-monthly monetary policy, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor, Shaktikanta Das said, “Our position on cryptocurrency is very clear… Private cryptos are…