Two Died In Helicopter Crash In New Zealand

WELLINGTON, Dec 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Two people died and three others were seriously injured, in a helicopter crash in New Zealand’s Kaikoura, the police confirmed today. Five people were on board the helicopter that crashed, near the Kekerengu Rivermouth, 60km north of Kaikoura, in New Zealand’s South Island today. The…

Myanmar’s COVID-19 Cases Increase To 109,512, Deaths Reach 2,292

YANGON, Dec 15 (NNN-MNA) – The number of COVID-19 cases in Myanmar increased to 109,512 as of yesterday, according to a release from the Ministry of Health and Sports. A total of 1,170 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases were reported in the country. The death toll reached 2,292 with 24 new…

Japan To Suspend Travel Campaign Nationwide Over Holidays Amid Virus Spike

TOKYO, Dec 15 (NNN-NHK) – The Japanese government will suspend its subsidised “Go To Travel” campaign, instituted to help promote domestic tourism nationwide, during the end of year and New Year holidays, as the country is contending with a surge in cases, Prime Minister, Yoshihide Suga, said yesterday. The nationwide,…

UN Chief Urges Member States To Help Address Severe Economic Crisis In Yemen

UNITED NATIONS, Dec 15 (NNN-SABA) – United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, called on member states to help address the severe economic crisis in Yemen, which has been mired in a civil war since 2014. “I call on all member states to step up their financial support for United Nations relief…

Syria Condemns Turkey For Cutting Off Water Supply In Syria’s Hasakah

DAMASCUS, Dec 15 (NNN-SANA) – The Syrian Foreign Ministry, yesterday condemned Turkey, for cutting off water supply in the country’s north-eastern province of Hasakah. In a statement, addressing the UN Security Council, the ministry said, Turkish forces had cut off the supply of the Alouk water station, the main water…

Hamas Calls For Unity, Resistance Against Israel On Occasion Of 33 Years Of Creation

GAZA, Dec 15 (NNN-WAFA) – Hamas, ruler of the Gaza Strip since 2007, called for internal unity and popular resistance against Israel, as the movement marked 33 years of its creation. Hamas would continue its efforts to achieve an internal Palestinian unity and a real partnership with all powers and…

State Of Emergency In Thailand’s South Extended For Another Three Months

BANGKOK, Dec 15 (NNN-TNA) – Thailand’s Emergency Situation Administration Committee (ESAC), chaired by Deputy Prime Minister, Prawit Wongsuwan, announced that, the state of emergency in Thailand’s restive southern border provinces of Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat, is to be extended for another three months, from Dec 20, for security reasons. The…

Mongolian President Urges Public To Use Water, Electricity Sparingly

ULAN BATOR, Dec 15 (NNN-MONGOLIAWEB) – Mongolian President, Khaltmaa Battulga, urged the public to better conserve water and electricity. Battulga made the remarks after the Mongolian government decided to write off payments for water, heat, electricity and waste for households and organisations (excluding governmental organisations, state and local owned entities,…

Another Wartime Bomb Found At Construction Site Of Bangladesh’s Main Airport

DHAKA, Dec 15 (NNN-XINHUA) – Another 250-kg wartime bomb was found yesterday, at the construction site of Bangladesh’s Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka, said the Defence Ministry’s Inter-Service Public Relations (ISPR) department. The department said that, workers found the cylinder-shaped general-purpose (GP) bomb, buried about 3.05 metres deep, when…

Philippines Logs 1,339 New COVID-19 Cases, Total Reaches 450,733

MANILA, Dec 15 (NNN-PNA) – Philippines Department of Health (DOH), reported 1,339 new confirmed COVID-19 infection yesterday, bringing the total number in the country to 450,733. The DOH said, 41 more patients recovered, raising the total number of recoveries to 418,723. The death toll climbed to 8,757 after 24 more…