Foreign Direct Investment In S.Korea Grows 41.3 Percent From Jan To Sept

SEOUL, Oct 7 (NNN-YONHAP) – Foreign direct investment (FDI) into South Korea logged a double-digit growth in the first nine months of this year, on expectations for economic recovery, a government report showed today. The FDI amounted to 18.21 billion U.S. dollars in the Jan-Sept period, up 41.3 percent from…

Mongolia Logs 2,237 New COVID-19 Cases, 15 More Deaths

ULAN BATOR, Oct 7 (NNN-XINHUA) – Mongolia’s COVID-19 infections grew by 2,237 to 319,247 in the past 24 hours, the health ministry said today. The latest confirmed cases were all local infections, and nearly half of them were detected in the capital city of Ulan Bator, the country’s hardest-hit area,…

Blast In Afghanistan’s Khost Province Kills One, Wounds 17

KHOST, Afghanistan, Oct 7 (NNN-ANA) – One person has been confirmed dead and 17 others were injured, as an explosive device went off at a religious school, in Khost city, capital of eastern Khost province yesterday, a provincial official said today. The official, Mawlawi Mohammad Sabir Sabari, said, the blast…

Australian Researchers Urge Government To Stop Sandalwood Commercial Harvesting

SYDNEY, Oct 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Australian sandalwood, one of the most valuable timbers in the world, is facing extinction in the wild, while the iconic outback tree is still being harvested in the state of Western Australia (WA). Researchers from Charles Sturt University and Curtin University are urging the WA…

Indonesia Conducts Flight Test Using Biofuel

JAKARTA, Oct 7 (NNN-ANTARA) – Indonesia has successfully conducted a flight test with a medium-range twin-engined transport aircraft, using bio-aviation turbine fuel, bioavtur J2.4. Bioavtur J2.4 is a mixed bioavtur fuel, of which 2.4 percent is biofuel made from refined palm oil. “Now we see a new history … We…

India’s COVID-19 Tally Rises To 33,894,312, Death Toll Nears 450,000

NEW DELHI, Oct 7 (NNN-PTI) – India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 33,894,312 today, with 22,431 new confirmed cases registered in the past 24 hours across the country, the federal health ministry’s latest data showed. An additional 318 deaths from the pandemic since yesterday morning took the total death toll to…

APEC Report Finds Mixed Progress In Ensuring Access To Services

WELLINGTON, Oct 7 (NNN-XINHUA) – More work has to be done by APEC member economies, to ensure an open and predictable environment for access to services markets, said a new report issued today by the APEC Policy Support Unit. The report noted that the region underperformed over the past four…

Australian Most Populous State Adds New Freedom To Roadmap

SYDNEY, Oct 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Premier of Australia’s most populous state of New South Wales (NSW), Dominic Perrottet, today introduced a number of new freedom, as the state prepares for its first stage of re-opening on Oct 11. With the new freedom roadmap, the number of vaccinated adults allowed to…

Update: 20 Killed, Over 300 Injured In Earthquake In SW Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Oct 7 (NNN-APP) – At least 20 people died and over 300 others were injured, after an earthquake of 5.9 magnitude hit Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province early this morning, provincial Home Minister, Mir Ziaullah Langove, said. The minister told the media that a state of emergency has been declared…

New Zealand Reports 29 New Community Cases Of COVID-19 Delta Variant

WELLINGTON, Oct 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) – New Zealand reported 29 new Delta variant cases of COVID-19 in the community today, bringing the total number of confirmed infections in the country’s community outbreak to 1,448. Twenty-four of the new infections were recorded in the largest city Auckland, and five cases in nearby…