New Zealand Reports Four New Cases Of COVID-19

WELLINGTON, Nov 2 (NNN-XINHUA) – New Zealand reported four new cases of COVID-19 from managed isolation, and no community cases. One case is an international mariner, staying at the Sudima in Christchurch, detected at day 15 testing, as a close contact of a day-six case. The person is now in…

Music Returns To Sydney Opera House After Virus Hiatus

SYDNEY, Nov 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The Sydney Opera House reopened to audiences yesterday evening, for the first time since Mar, when it was forced to close due to the pandemic, breathing life back into the country’s struggling performing arts sector. A special Jazz performance last night, followed by a theatre…

New Zealand New Cabinet Line-Up Focuses On COVID-19 Recovery

WELLINGTON, Nov 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Experienced ministers will hold key economic recovery and ongoing COVID-19 response portfolios, in the new Cabinet line-up, announced by New Zealand Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, today. “The next three years will be very challenging for New Zealand. With the global outlook worsening, we won’t be…

Three Killed, Seven People Wounded In Attacks In N. Afghanistan

KUNDUZ, Nov 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Three Afghan Border Force (ABF) members were killed and seven people wounded, in two separate attacks in Afghanistan’s northern Kunduz province, late yesterday. In one incident, senior ABF commander, Daud Nijrabi, and two ABF soldiers were killed and two soldiers wounded, after their vehicle was…

S.Korea Announces New 5-Tier Social-Distancing Regulations

SEOUL, Nov 2 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea, yesterday, announced a new five-tier social-distancing regulations, replacing the existing three-tier scheme, in a bid to minimise close-down of shops and restaurants that hit hard the owners of microbusinesses and ordinary people. South Korean Prime Minister, Chung Sye-kyun, said that, the government redesigned…

Another Span Of Bangladesh’s Longest Padma Bridge Installed

DHAKA, Nov 2 (NNN-BSS) – China Railway Major Bridge Engineering Group Co, Ltd (MBEC), installed another span of Bangladesh’s largest Padma Bridge, bringing a total of 5.25 km of its main structure into view so far. About 6.15 km of the 25-metre-wide and 10-km-long bridge is being built over Padma…

Top Militant Commander Killed In Indian-Controlled Kashmir Gunfight

SRINAGAR, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Nov 2 (NNN-PTI) – A top militant commander of the Hizbul Mujahideen group was killed yesterday, during a fierce gunfight with government forces, in restive Indian-controlled Kashmir, police said. Saifullah was killed at Rangreth area, on the outskirts of Srinagar city, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir.…

Update: At Least 22 Killed, Over 390,000 Displaced As Typhoon Goni Slams Philippines

MANILA, Nov 2 (NNN-PNA) – 22 people were killed and many others missing, after Typhoon Goni swept across south of the Philippines’ main island of Luzon Sunday, the Office of Civil Defence (OCD) said. The OCD in Bicol, one of the hardest-hit southernmost regions of Luzon, said, nine died in…

51 Killed, 896 Wounded In Turkish Earthquake

ISTANBUL, Nov 2 (NNN-ANADOLU) – At least 51 people were killed and 896 others wounded, in a strong earthquake that hit Turkey’s western province of Izmir, Vice President, Fuat Oktay, said. At the coordination centre of the Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD), in Izmir, Oktay said, 682 of the…

S. Korea’s Export Falls In Oct On Fewer Business Days

SEOUL, Nov 1 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea’s export fell in Oct, on fewer business days, after logging the first rebound in seven months in Sept, a government report showed today. Export, which accounts for about half of the export-driven economy, shrank 3.6 percent from a year earlier to 44.98 billion…