Australian PM To Travel To Japan To Meet With Counterpart

CANBERRA, Nov 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Australian Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, will travel to Japan within days, to meet with the country’s new leader, Yoshihide Suga. Morrison announced that he would visit Japan to discuss the pandemic, trade, security and defence with Suga, who became PM of Japan in Sept, following…

Laos Plans To Build New Expressway In Northern Provinces

VIENTIANE, Nov 12 (NNN-KPL) – The Lao government plans to build a new expressway, linking Luang Prabang with Oudomxay, drastically reducing travel time between the two provinces. According to Lao economic daily, the proposed expressway would link Luang Prabang province, some 230 km north of the capital Vientiane, with Oudomxay…

Typhoon Vamco Triggers Flooding In Philippine Capital, Provinces

MANILA, Nov 12 (NNN-PNA) – Philippine rescuers evacuated people stranded on rooftops of their submerged homes today, as Typhoon Vamco caused major flooding in the capital, Manila, and several provinces in the main island of Luzon. Typhoon Vamco, the third powerful cyclone to batter the Philippines in 11 days, made…

India’s COVID-19 Tally Reaches 8,683,916

NEW DELHI, Nov 12 (NNN-PTI) – India’s COVID-19 tally reached 8,683,916 today, as 47,905 new cases were registered across the country in the past 24 hours, said the latest data released by the federal health ministry. With 550 deaths since yesterday morning, the total death toll in the country reached…

Spotlight: Leaders Of ASEAN, Dialogue Partners To Meet Online With RCEP Signing In Sight, Post-Pandemic Recovery In Focus

HANOI, Nov 12 (NNN-VNA) – With the 37th summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and related meetings to take place from today to Nov 15, all eyes are on the potential signing of the long-awaited Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). According to Nguyen Quoc Dung, deputy minister…

Nuclear Reactor In North-Eastern Japan Approved To Restart

TOKYO, Nov 12 (NNN-NHK) – A nuclear reactor in north-eastern Japan, damaged by the 2011 tsunami and earthquake disaster, received the final approval yesterday, to restart operations after clearing the last hurdle with local offices. The governor of Miyagi Prefecture approved the restart of the No. 2 reactor, at Tohoku…

Cambodia Bans State-Organised Events In Capital, Neighbour Province To Prevent Second Wave Of COVID-19

PHNOM PENH, Nov 12 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia, yesterday, banned all state-organised events and meetings, in the capital Phnom Penh and neighbouring Kandal province for two weeks, in a bid to prevent the second wave of COVID-19 infections. In a letter sent to Phnom Penh municipal and Kandal provincial governors, Prak…

S. Korea Reports 143 More COVID-19 Cases, 27,942 In Total

SEOUL, Nov 12 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea reported 143 more cases of COVID-19, as of midnight yesterday, compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 27,942. The daily caseload hovered above 100 for the fifth consecutive day, due to small cluster infections in Seoul and its…

New Zealand Reports Three New Cases Of COVID-19

WELLINGTON, Nov 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) – New Zealand reported three new cases of COVID-19 today – one imported and two community cases. The first case was detected in a recent returnee in a managed isolation facility. The person, who arrived on Nov 9, from Los Angeles, returned a positive test on…

Global Oil Demand To Contract By 9.8 Million Barrels Per Day In 2020: OPEC

VIENNA, Nov 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), cut its forecast of global oil demand for 2020, predicting a 9.8 million barrels per day (b/d) year-on-year contraction, in its monthly report published yesterday. The oil cartel revised down its forecast for world oil demand this…