Indian Man Back From S. Africa Tests Positive For COVID-19, Omicron Yet To Be Found

NEW DELHI, Nov 29 (NNN-PTI) – A 32-year-old Indian man, who arrived from South Africa in Mumbai via Delhi, has tested positive for COVID-19, media reported today. However, it is yet to be ascertained, if he suffered from the Omicron variant of COVID-19. The said passenger arrived from South Africa…

Cambodian PM Orders Large-Scale Crackdown On Land Grabs To Save Country’s Largest Lake

PHNOM PENH, Nov 29 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodian Prime Minister, Samdech Techo Hun Sen, yesterday ordered relevant authorities to launch a large-scale crackdown on illegal land grabs around the kingdom’s largest freshwater lake, Tonle Sap, and to seize back all the encroached land. In a recorded message to the public, the…

Cambodian Prince Norodom Ranariddh Passes Away At Age 77: Official

PHNOM PENH, Nov 29 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodian Prince, Norodom Ranariddh, passed away yesterday, at the age of 77, Cambodian Prime Minister, Samdech Techo Hun Sen said, in a condolence letter. “I and my wife are extremely saddened to learn that Prince Norodom Ranariddh, president of the Funcinpec Party and head…

Australian Gov’t Announces Landmark Anti-Trolling Laws

CANBERRA, Nov 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The Australian government has announced landmark legislation to crack down on abuse and bullying on social media. Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, yesterday released the social media and anti-trolling legislation, which he said would be introduced to parliament. Under the legislation, social media companies would be…

S. Korea Reports 3,309 More Covid-19 Cases

SEOUL, Nov 29 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea reported 3,309 more cases of COVID-19, as of midnight, compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 444,200. The daily caseload was down from 3,928 in the previous day, owing to fewer tests over the weekend, but it marked…

Indigenous Australians Given Say On New Cultural Protection Laws

CANBERRA, Nov 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Indigenous groups from around Australia, will shape the country’s cultural heritage protection systems, under a new agreement. The government today announced a partnership with the First Nations Heritage Protection Alliance, under which Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, will have a direct say in reforming…

Myanmar Reports 350 New COVID-19 Cases, Nine More Deaths

YANGON, Nov 29 (NNN-MNA) – Myanmar reported 350 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the tally to 521,561 yesterday, according to a release from the Ministry of Health. With nine more deaths, the death toll reached 19,088 yesterday, the release said. The number of recoveries increased to…

Bangladesh Investment Summit Kicks Off In Dhaka

DHAKA, Nov 29 (NNN-BSS) – A two-day international investment summit, started in the Bangladeshi capital, to help the country woo more foreign investors. Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, inaugurated the summit at a city hotel in Dhaka yesterday, joining virtually from her official residence, Ganabhaban. Speaking as the chief guest, she…

Philippines Imposes Travel Ban On Seven More Countries Over Omicron Variant

MANILA, Nov 29 (NNN-PNA) – The Philippines yesterday imposed travel restrictions on seven European countries, to keep out the potentially more contagious new coronavirus variant, Omicron, a government spokesman said. Cabinet Secretary and acting Presidential spokesperson, Karlo Nograles, said, Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Belgium, and Italy…

Five Kurdish Security Members Killed In Daesh Attack In Iraq

BAGHDAD, Nov 29 (NNN-NINA) – Five Kurdish security members, known as Peshmerga, were killed, in an overnight attack by the militants of the extremist Daesh group, in north-eastern Iraq, a Kurdish security source said yesterday. Azad al-Dalawi, an officer from the Peshmerga said, a group of Daesh militants attacked late…