Brunei Logs 71 New COVID-19 Cases, Total Tally At 14,701

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Nov 24 (NNN-ANN) – Brunei reported 71 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 yesterday, bringing the total tally to 14,701. According to Brunei’s Ministry of Health, all the newly recorded cases were local infections. While the source of 13 local infections was still under investigation, four new clusters…

COVID-19 Costs Cambodia 2.3 Billion USD So Far: PM

KAMPONG CHAM, Nov 24 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodian Prime Minister, Samdech Techo Hun Sen, said yesterday that, the COVID-19 pandemic has cost the country about 2.3 billion U.S. dollars. “So far, we have spent 2.3 billion dollars to deal with the COVID-19 crisis,” he said, at the inauguration ceremony of the…

12th India-U.S. Trade Policy Forum Held In New Delhi

NEW DELHI, Nov 24 (NNN-PTI) – The 12th India-U.S. Trade Policy Forum was held in the Indian capital, New Delhi yesterday, and both sides reaffirmed commitment to closer economic ties. India’s Commerce Minister, Piyush Goyal and visiting U.S. Trade Representative, Katherine Tai, discussed issues for “developing an ambitious, shared vision…

New Zealand To Gradually Open Border From Jan, 2022

WELLINGTON, Nov 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Fully vaccinated New Zealanders will find it easier to come home from Jan, 2022, with foreign nationals to follow from Apr onwards, as the government removes the requirement for managed isolation and quarantine (MIQ), for most travellers, COVID-19 Response Minister, Chris Hipkins said, today. Fully…

Cambodia To Host 13th ASEM Summit On Pandemic Recovery, Multilateralism

PHNOM PENH, Nov 24 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia will organise the 13th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) Summit (ASEM13) on Nov 25-26 (tomorrow-Friday), via videoconference, the country’s foreign ministry announced, in a press statement, yesterday. The summit will be chaired by Cambodian Prime Minister, Samdech Techo Hun Sen, and participated by heads of…

Five Killed As Vehicle Falls Into Gorge In Eastern India

NEW DELHI, Nov 24 (NNN-PTI) – Five people from the same family were killed yesterday, after the vehicle they were in, skidded off the road and fell into a gorge, in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand, officials said. The accident took place in Govindpur area of Dhanbad district, about…

Vietnam Reports 11,132 New COVID-19 Cases, 1,143,967 In Total

HANOI, Nov 24 (NNN-VNA) – Vietnam reported 11,132 new COVID-19 cases yesterday, including 11,126 locally transmitted and six imported, according to its Ministry of Health. Most of the community cases were detected in southern localities, including 1,204 in Ho Chi Minh City, 709 in Ba Ria, Vung Tau province, and…

Uzbekistan Plans To Produce 8,000 Megawatts Renewable Energy By 2026

TASHKENT, Nov 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Uzbek President, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, tasked his government to achieve a target of 8,000 megawatts (MW) of renewable energy by 2026. During a meeting on developing renewable energy, the government announced plans to build five solar power plants, with a total capacity of 900 MW in…

Turkey Confirms 28,170 Daily COVID-19 Cases

ANKARA, Nov 24 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkey yesterday reported 28,170 new COVID-19 cases, raising its tally of infections to 8,624,580. The death toll from the virus rose by 208 to 75,443, while 29,353 more people recovered in the last 24 hours, according to the Turkish Health Ministry. A total of 365,412…

China To Donate Another One Million Sinovac Vaccines To Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 24 (NNN-XINHUA) – China will donate another one million doses of the Sinovac vaccine to Malaysia, The Malaysia Reserve reported yesterday. Malaysian Foreign Minister, Saifuddin Abdullah, was quoted as saying that, China has so far donated 28 million doses of the Sinovac vaccine to ASEAN (the Association…