Aussie Students Tackle Final School Exams Under Strict COVID-19 Conditions

SYDNEY, Oct 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Roughly 70,000 students in the Australian State of New South Wales (NSW), commenced their Higher School Certificate (HSC) examinations, under strict COVID-19 regulations today. All school leavers in the state have been required to sit the exam, which represents the culmination of 13 years of…

Bangladesh COVID-19 Cases Rose To 390,206, Death Toll Reached 5,681

DHAKA, Oct 20 (NNN-BSS) – Bangladesh reported 1,637 new COVID-19 cases and 21 new deaths on Monday, making the tally at 390,206 and death toll at 5,681, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), said. The official data showed that 15,146 samples were tested in the last 24 hours across…

39 Kg Of ICE Seized In Myanmar

YANGON, Oct 20 (NNN-MNA) – Myanmar authorities have seized 39 kg of methamphetamine (ICE), in Shan state, according to a press release issued by the Military True News Information Team, on Monday. According to the release, a joint security force made a seizure in Mong Hsat township on Saturday. The…

Endangered Tiger Found Alive In Wire Trap In Indonesia’s Aceh

JAKARTA, Oct 20 (NNN-ANTARA) – A critically endangered Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae), has been found alive in a wire trap, in Gayo Lues district’s forest, in the Indonesian province of Aceh, authorities said on Monday. The Aceh Natural Resources Conservation Agency’s head, Agus Arianto, said that, the agency, with…

Six Killed In Road Accident In Pakistan’s Sindh Province

ISLAMABAD, Oct 20 (NNN-APP) – Six people were killed, in a road accident in Umerkot district of Pakistan’s southern Sindh province, on Monday, according to local media. The accident happened when a car, carrying the deceased, hit into a trailer coming from the opposite direction, at a main highway, local…

Japan, Vietnam Agree Broadly On Defence Transfer During Suga’s First Visit

HANOI, Oct 20 (NNN-VNA) – Japan hailed an agreement in principle, to supply Vietnam with military gear and technology, as the two governments pledged today, to strengthen security and economic ties amid mounting concerns about China’s assertiveness in the region. “It is a big step in the field of security…

Australian Government Urged To Build Monument To Indigenous People In Nation’s Capital

CANBERRA, Oct 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) – An Australian academic, called for the government to build a monument to indigenous Australians. In a speech last night, Mark Kenny, a journalist and senior fellow at the Australian Studies Institute, at Australian National University (ANU), said, a monument on the banks of Lake Burley…

1,200 Youth Commissioned To Afghan National Army

KABUL, Oct 20 (NNN-XINHUA) – A total of 1,200 youth were commissioned to the Afghan national army on Monday, after completing a 14-week military training course. “The newly graduated soldiers from now on are ready to be deployed to any parts of the country, to serve the nation,” Shah Mahmoud…

First Commercial Passenger Flight From UAE Lands In Israel

JERUSALEM, Oct 20 (NNN-MA’AN) – The first commercial passenger flight by a carrier from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), landed yesterday in Israel, about a month after the two countries signed a normalisation deal. The UAE’s Etihad Airways flight, landed at the Ben Gurion airport, outside Tel Aviv yesterday morning.…

Jordan, Kuwait FMs Discuss Ties, Regional Issues

AMMAN, Oct 20 (NNN-PETRA) – Jordanian and Kuwaiti foreign ministers, on Monday, discussed means to boost bilateral ties and regional peace. At a meeting in Amman, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Ayman Safadi, and Kuwaiti Foreign Minister, Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah, held discussions about furthering…