Int’l Students Return As Australia Opens Border To Singapore

CANBERRA, Nov 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The first contingent of international students has arrived in Australia, under its travel bubble with Singapore that came into effect today. Travellers fully vaccinated against COVID-19, who depart from Singapore can enter Australia without quarantining for the first time, since Mar, 2020. Two flights of…

Malaysia Reports 5,859 New COVID-19 Infections, 41 More Deaths

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 21 (NNN-BERNAMA) – Malaysia reported another 5,859 new COVID-19 infections, as of midnight, bringing the national total to 2,581,747, according to the health ministry. Nineteen of the new cases are imported, with 5,840 being local transmissions, data released on the ministry’s website showed. Another 41 deaths have…

Thai Gov’t To Deepen Collaboration With China’s Huawei In Post-Pandemic Era

BANGKOK, Nov 21 (NNN-TNA) – The Thai government intends to further deepen its digital cooperation with Chinese technology company, Huawei, senior Thai officials said, at a cloud event held in Bangkok this week. During the ‘Powering Digital Thailand 2022’ on Nov 17-19, Thai Deputy Prime Minister, Prawit Wongsuwon said, digital…

Indian Gov’t Says 1.29 Billion COVID-19 Vaccines Distributed To States

NEW DELHI, Nov 21 (NNN-PTI) – The Indian government provided 1.29 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines to states, of which over 216.5 million jabs remain unutilised, officials said yesterday. “More than 1.29 billion vaccine doses have been provided to states so far, through the government (free of cost channel) and…

IMF: China’s Economic Recovery ‘Well Advanced’

WASHINGTON, Nov 21 (NNN-XINHUA) – China’s economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic is “well advanced,” though momentum is slowing, and its climate strategy is being implemented by all levels of government, the International Monetary Fund said on Friday, days after it concluded its annual consultation mission to the country. An…

Pro-Gov’t Forces Capture Key Areas As Fighting Escalates In Yemen’s Hodeidah

ADEN, Nov 21 (NNN-YPA) – Forces loyal to the Yemeni government, captured key areas from the Houthi rebel group, as fighting continued escalating in the country’s Red Sea port city of Hodeidah yesterday, a military official said. During the past hours, the joint pro-government forces, backed by the Saudi-led coalition,…

Iran Condemns UK’s Decision To Blacklist Palestine’s Hamas

TEHRAN, Nov 21 (NNN-IRNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister, Hossein Amir Abdollahian, has condemned Britain’s decision, to declare the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) a terrorist organisation. “The political solution for Palestine lies in a referendum, among the indigenous residents (Muslim, Jewish, and Christian),” Abdollahian wrote in a tweet, shortly before…

Daesh-Claimed Blasts Raise Concerns In Afghanistan

KABUL, Nov 21 (NNN-ANA) – Concerns have been aroused as the Afghan capital Kabul witnessed a series of bomb blasts conducted by the Daesh outfit, with the latest two explosions in Dashti Barchi, killing one person and wounding six others on Wednesday. Spokesman for the Interior Ministry, Qari Sayed Khosti,…

Hydropower Project Of CPEC Starts Reservoir Impoundment In E. Pakistani Province

KAROT, Pakistan, Nov 20 (NNN-APP) – The Karot Hydropower Project, a major pilot project under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), successfully closed the gates of the diversion tunnels today, starting reservoir impoundment. Invested by the China Three Gorges Corporation (CTG), with a total of about 1.74 billion U.S. dollars, the…

Philippines To Allow Entry Of Fully Vaccinated Foreign Tourists

MANILA, Nov 20 (NNN-PNA) – The Philippines will soon allow the entry of fully-vaccinated foreign tourists from China and over 40 other “green” or COVID-19 low-risk countries and regions, Cabinet Secretary, Karlo Nograles, said yesterday. Nograles, co-chair of the interagency coronavirus task force, said, the government is still finalising the…