Cambodian Gov’t Extends Cash Assistance To Pandemic-Hit Families For Another Three Months

PHNOM PENH, Jan 22 (NNN-AKP) – The Cambodian government, extended a cash handout for approximately 700,000 families hit by COVID-19 for another three months until Mar, according to a decision released yesterday. “The subsidy will be disbursed in the fourth week of each month,” said Economy and Finance Minister, Aun…

Egypt Announces New Travel Restrictions Amid COVID-19 Spread

CAIRO, Jan 22 (NNN-MENA) – The spread of COVID-19 has prompted the Egyptian Health Ministry to tighten up health restrictions at airports, seaports and land crossings. Starting today, “Egyptian and foreign travellers to Egypt, except children below the age of 12, will be required to present certificates of coronavirus vaccination,…

Iran Rejects West’s “Constructed Deadlines” For Vienna Nuke Talks

TEHRAN, Jan 22 (NNN-IRNA) – Western countries involved in the ongoing Vienna nuclear negotiations, on Thursday continued to create a sense of urgency, by highlighting again that, it was now just a matter of weeks to revive the 2015 Iranian nuclear pact, despite Iran’s repeated rejection of such “constructed deadlines.”…

Pakistan Records Highest Number Of Daily COVID-19 Cases

ISLAMABAD, Jan 21 (NNN-APP) – Pakistan reported 7,678 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, the highest number of fresh cases in a day, since the pandemic started in the country in 2020, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) said today. The overall tally of the infected people…

S.Korea’s Export Logs Double-Digit Growth In First 20 Days Of Jan

SEOUL, Jan 21 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea’s export logged double-digit growth in the first 20 days of Jan, owing to continued recovery in global demand, customs office data showed, today. Export, which takes up about half of the export-driven economy, amounted to 34.4 billion U.S. dollars in the Jan 1…

Pfizer’s COVID-19 Vaccine Approved In Japan For Children Aged 5-11

TOKYO, Jan 21 (NNN-NHK) – Japan’s health ministry, today approved the use of Pfizer vaccines, to inoculate children aged between five and 11, as the nation continues to grapple with surging numbers of COVID-19 cases. The vaccine rollout for eight million eligible children in this age group will start in…

First Relief Flights Arrive In Tonga After Volcano Eruption: UN

UNITED NATIONS, Jan 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The first relief flights arrived at Tonga’s just re-opened international airport yesterday, carrying much-needed water, sanitation and shelter supplies, communications gear and power generators, UN humanitarians said. The arrivals came as assessment teams reached most parts of the remote south-west Pacific nation, including far-flung…

Presidents Of Egypt, S. Korea Agree On Boosting Cooperation In Various Fields

CAIRO, Jan 21 (NNN-MENA) – Egyptian President, Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, and his visiting South Korean counterpart, Moon Jae-in, agreed yesterday, on the importance of boosting joint cooperation to support Egypt’s vision, the Presidency office of Egypt said, in a statement. This is the first visit by a South Korean president in…

Brunei Reports 36 New COVID-19 Cases, 16,022 In Total

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Jan 21 (NNN-ANN) – Brunei reported 36 new cases of COVID-19 yesterday, bringing the total tally of infections to 16,022. According to Brunei’s Ministry of Health, the newly recorded cases included 20 local infections and 16 import cases. As of Jan 19, 94.7 percent of Brunei’s population…

UN Chief Alarmed At Continued Airstrikes In Yemen

UNITED NATIONS, Jan 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) – UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, yesterday, expressed alarm at the continued airstrikes in Sanaa, Hodeidah and elsewhere in Yemen, in recent days, said his spokesman. Guterres also noted with alarm that, missile attacks and shelling continued in several areas in the country. All of these…