IAEA To Visit Crippled Fukushima Plant Ahead Of Japan’s Plan To Dump Toxic Water Into Pacific

TOKYO, Feb 7 (NNN-NHK) – The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), plans to visit the disaster-hit Fukushima plant next week, to evaluate the safety of Japan’s contentious plan to discharge radioactive water from the plant into the Pacific Ocean, the government said today. Japan’s foreign and industry ministries said, a…

Australian States Ease Restrictions As COVID-19 Cases Drop

SYDNEY, Feb 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The COVID-19 cases in three of Australia’s worst-hit states have dropped, easing restrictions today, according to official data. The state of New South Wales (NSW) recorded 7,437 cases and 14 deaths today, the third consecutive day NSW has reported fewer than 10,000 cases. Hospitalisations in…

Salah’s Egypt Target Revenge In World Cup Play-Off After AFCON Defeat

YAOUNDÉ, Feb 7 (NNN-MENA) – Mohamed Salah’s Egypt are hoping to avenge their Africa Cup of Nations final defeat, at the hands of Senegal, when the countries meet again in a decisive two-legged World Cup play-off next month. The Pharaohs fell short of winning a record-extending eighth continental crown, as…

S. Korea’s Imported Car Sale Logs Double-Digit Fall In Jan

SEOUL, Feb 7 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea’s imported car sale logged a double-digit fall last month, owing to the global supply shortage of semiconductors used to make vehicles, industry data showed today. The number of imported vehicles, sold in the local market, was 17,361 in Jan, down 22.2 percent from…

Over 70,000 People Affected By Natural Disasters In Laos In 2021

VIENTIANE, Feb 7 (NNN-KPL) – Over 70,000 people were affected by natural disasters, mostly floods, in Laos in 2021, in which 17 people were injured and 19 were killed. Issues on extreme weather were the theme of the Disaster Management Committee Meeting for 2021, and a report on the Disaster…

India Reports 83,876 New COVID-19 Cases

NEW DELHI, Feb 7 (NNN-PTI) – India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 42,272,014 today, as 83,876 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country, the health ministry’s latest data showed. Besides, as many as 895 deaths, due to the pandemic since yesterday morning, took the total death…

China, Argentina Sign MOU On Belt And Road Initiative

BEIJING, Feb 6 (NNN-XINHUA) – China and Argentina signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the Belt and Road Initiative, according to a joint statement, yesterday, after a meeting between Chinese President, Xi Jinping and his Argentine counterpart, Alberto Fernandez. At China’s invitation, Fernandez is paying a visit to China,…

Measles Outbreak Kills At Least 74 Children In N. Afghanistan

FAIZABAD, Afghanistan, Feb 7 (NNN-ANA) – At least 74 children died, following an outbreak of measles in Afghanistan’s northern province of Badakhshan, a provincial official said yesterday. “There had been pockets of measles cases across several Badakhshan districts, including Kuf Ab, Darwaz, Kohistan, as well as, provincial capital, Faizabad city…

S. Korea Reports 35,286 More Covid-19 Cases

SEOUL, Feb 7 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea reported 35,286 more cases of COVID-19 as of midnight, compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 1,044,963, the health authorities said today. The daily caseload was down from 38,689 the previous day, but it hovered above 30,000 for…

Myanmar’s COVID-19 Cases Rise To 537,901 With 332 New Infections

YANGON, Feb 7 (NNN-MNA) – Myanmar recorded another 332 COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 537,901, according to a release from the Ministry of Health yesterday. The country saw no new deaths from COVID-19 yesterday, leaving the total death…