Australia To Face Further Drenching As Downpours Continue

SYDNEY, Dec 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The record-breaking wet weather that battered Australia’s eastern states for much of last month, shows little sign of relenting with heavy rains predicted to continue today. The day’s biggest storm fronts are forecast to roll across Queensland’s southeast and the northern region of New South…

Malaysia Reports 4,965 New COVID-19 Infections, 66 New Deaths

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 8 (NNN-BERNAMA) – Malaysia reported another 4,965 new COVID-19 infections, as of midnight, bringing the national total to 2,667,999, according to the health ministry. Some 29 of the new cases are imported, with 4,936 being local transmissions, data released on the ministry’s website showed. Another 66 more…

5.0-Magnitude Quake Strikes Off Japan’s Fukushima Prefecture, No Tsunami Warning Issued

TOKYO, Dec 8 (NNN-NHK) – An earthquake, with a magnitude of 5.0, early this morning, struck off Japan’s Fukushima Prefecture, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). The temblor occurred at around 2:29 a.m. local time, with its epicentre at a latitude of 37.2 degrees north and a longitude of…

Iran Says U.S. Seeking “New Crisis” In Region, After Daesh Fall

TEHRAN, Dec 8 (NNN-IRNA) – Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, Ali Shamkhani, yesterday accused the United States of seeking “a new crisis” in the region, after the fall of the Daesh militant group, state TV reported. “The United States is very angry about the collapse of Daesh in…

FMs Of Cambodia, Myanmar Discuss Bilateral Cooperation, ASEAN Matters

PHNOM PENH, Dec 8 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Prak Sokhonn, yesterday met with visiting Myanmar’s Foreign Minister, U Wunna Maung Lwin, discussing bilateral cooperation and ASEAN issues, Cambodian foreign ministry’s press said. U Wunna Maung Lwin congratulated Cambodia as the incoming chair of the Association…

Afghan Gov’t Deploys Military Unit To Prevent Deforestation

KABUL, Dec 7 (NNN-ANA) – The Taliban caretaker government in Afghanistan, has established a military unit, to protect the forests and prevent deforestation in the mountainous country, a spokesman of the government said, today. Approved by the cabinet of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, the 450-member military unit, would be…

India’s COVID-19 Tally Rises To 34,648,383 With 6,822 New Infections

NEW DELHI, Dec 7 (NNN-PTI) – India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 34,648,383 today, as 6,822 new cases were registered, during the past 24 hours across the country, showed the federal health ministry’s latest data. The number of daily cases is the lowest in 558 days. Besides, as many as 220…

Unemployment Rate In Philippines Decreases To 7.4 Percent In Oct

MANILA, Dec 7 (NNN-PNA) – Around 3.50 million Filipinos were out of work in Oct, down from the 4.25 million reported in Sept, according to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) survey. In an online briefing, PSA head, Dennis Mapa, said, the Oct unemployment rate, 7.4 percent, was the third lowest…

Remains Of Sri Lankan Manager Killed In Pakistan Flown Back Home

COLOMBO, Dec 7 (NNN-XINHUA) – The remains of Priyantha Kumara, a Sri Lankan manager, who was brutally killed by a mob in Pakistan last week, arrived in Sri Lanka last night, on a special flight from Lahore. The remains were received by Priyantha’s family, at the Bandaranaike International Airport and…

India’s Tata Motors To Raise Commercial Vehicle Prices Next Month

MUMBAI, Dec 7 (NNN-PTI) – India’s automaker, Tata Motors, will raise prices for its commercial vehicles by a range of 2.5 percent, effective Jan 1, 2022, the company said, in its filing with the Bombay Stock Exchange yesterday. Tata Motors, with an annual revenue of 34 billion U.S. dollars, attributed…