China Pavilion Stages Dazzling Light Shows At Expo 2020 Dubai

DUBAI, Oct 8 (NNN-XINHUA) – Spectacular light shows have been held every day since Oct 1, at the China Pavilion of Expo 2020 Dubai, with 150 drones participating. The shows are expected to be staged every night until Feb 10 next year, at the China Pavilion, one of the largest…

India, Nepal Sign Pacts For New Railway Lines

NEW DELHI, Oct 8 (NNN-PTI) – India and Nepal yesterday signed Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), for the start of passenger train services on the Jaynagar-Kurtha section, and a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the Final Location Survey (FLS) of the proposed broad gauge railway line, between Raxaul and Kathmandu. The…

6.1-Magnitude Quake Strikes Tokyo Region, No Tsunami Warning Issued

TOKYO, Oct 8 (NNN-NHK) – An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1, last night struck Japan’s Tokyo region, but no tsunami warning has been issued, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). The temblor occurred at around 10:41 p.m. local time, with its epicentre at a latitude of 35.6 degrees…

South Asia’s Recovery Continues Amid Uncertainties Due To COVID-19: World Bank

DHAKA, Oct 8 (NNN-BSS) – South Asia’s recovery continues, as global demand rebounded and targeted containment measures helped minimise the economic impacts of the recent waves of COVID-19. But the recovery remains fragile and uneven, and most countries are far from pre-pandemic trend levels, says the World Bank, in its…

Indonesia Approves Emergency Use Of China’s Zifivax COVID-19 Vaccine

JAKARTA, Oct 8 (NNN-ANTARA) – Indonesia’s drug and food authority BPOM, said yesterday, it has issued an emergency use authorisation (EUA) for the Zifivax COVID-19 vaccine, produced by Chinese biopharmaceutical company, Anhui Zhifei Longcom. “Today, BPOM again announces that we have approved a COVID-19 vaccine product under the trade name…

26 Israelis Arrested In Joint Operation With FBI For Alleged Forex Fraud

JERUSALEM, Oct 7 (NNN-PNN) – Israeli police said yesterday that, 26 Israelis were arrested, on suspicion of massive fraud, related to foreign exchange cryptocurrency transactions, in a joint operation with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The suspects allegedly conned “tens of millions of shekels” (millions of U.S. dollars) from…

Palestine, Egypt Discuss Peace Process With Israel

RAMALLAH, Oct 7 (NNN-WAFA) – Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, and his Egyptian counterpart, Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, yesterday discussed by telephone, the readiness to resume peace and achieve calm with Israel. The official Palestinian news agency said that, Abbas explained to al-Sisi the Palestinian side’s readiness to act under the auspices of…

Philippine Vice President Robredo To Run In 2022 Presidential Elections

MANILA, Oct 7 (NNN-PNA) – Philippine Vice President, Maria Leonor Robredo, said today that, she will run for president in the May 2022 elections, in the country. “I will fight. We will fight. I am running for president in the 2022 elections,” Robredo, 56, said in an online announcement. The…

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,…