Indonesia To Launch 15 Downstream Megaprojects This Year

JAKARTA, Feb 16 (NNN-ANTARA) – Indonesian President, Prabowo Subianto, said yesterday that, the country would undertake 15 downstream megaprojects this year, as part of his priority programme. “We will continue and realise our downstreaming efforts. This year, at least 15 megaprojects worth billions of dollars will be launched,” Prabowo said,…

14 Dead In Two Separate Road Accidents In India

NEW DELHI, Feb 15 (NNN-PTI) – At least 14 people have died and around 27 were injured, in two separate road accidents in north India, confirmed the police today. Ten persons died and nearly 19 were injured when the vehicle they were travelling in collided head-on with a bus, coming…

House Fire Killed Two In Japan’s Isesaki City

TOKYO, Feb 15 (NNN-NHK) – A house fire destroyed a residential building, in Japan’s Isesaki City of Gunma Prefecture, this morning, leaving two dead. The incident occurred in a rural area with scattered houses. At around 6:30 a.m. local time, a nearby resident reported to the fire department about the…

Dengue Outbreak Declared In Philippine Capital

MANILA, Feb 15 (NNN-PNA) – The mayor of Quezon City, the most populous city in the capital region of the Philippines, declared a dengue outbreak today, citing nearly a 200-percent surge in cases. From Jan 1 to Feb 14 (yesterday), the city’s health department recorded 1,769 dengue cases, nearly 200…

March, April Temperatures In Sri Lanka Expected To Be Higher Than Previous Years

COLOMBO, Feb 15 (NNN-XINHUA) – There is a possibility that temperatures in Sri Lanka, during March and April this year, will be higher than in previous years, said a meteorologist today. Speaking to the media about the ongoing dry weather conditions, Malith Fernando, a meteorologist from the country’s meteorological department,…

29 Arrested In Eastern Myanmar For Illegal Online Gambling, Fraud

YANGON, Feb 15 (NNN-MNA) – Authorities arrested 29 suspects in eastern Myanmar’s Tachileik township, for illegal online gambling and financial fraud on Feb 12 and Feb 13, according to a statement from the State Administration Council’s Information Team, late yesterday. The group included seven Thai nationals and 22 Myanmar nationals.…

Three Killed, 30 Injured As Elephant Attack Triggered Stampede At Temple In Kerala

NEW DELHI, Feb 15 (NNN-PTI) – At least three people were killed and 30 others injured, some of them critically, after two captive elephants went berserk, triggering a stampede, during a festival at a temple in the southern Indian state of Kerala, police said yesterday. The incident took place Thursday…

Six Killed, Seven Injured In S. Korea’s Construction Site Fire

SEOUL, Feb 15 (NNN-YONHAP) – Six people were killed and seven others injured, after fire broke out at a construction site in South Korea’s south-eastern port city of Busan, yesterday, according to multiple media outlets. The fire broke out at about 10:51 a.m. local time (0151 GMT), at a hotel…

ASEAN Gaining Ground As “Middle Power” In Multipolar World: Malaysian Minister

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 15 (NNN-BERNAMA) – As the U.S. pursues a disruptive foreign policy, non-Western intergovernmental organisations like the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are gaining ground as “middle powers,” capable of shielding themselves, a Malaysian official said. Recognising the risks of geopolitical tensions and economic disruptions, ASEAN is…

Former Lebanese PM Hariri Announces Political Comeback

BEIRUT, Feb 15 (NNN-NNA) – Former Lebanese Prime Minister, Saad Hariri, declared yesterday, he would revive his Future Movement party and re-engage in elections, reversing a 2022 decision to quit politics, during a rally marking 20 years since his father Rafik Hariri’s assassination Speaking in Beirut’s Martyrs’ Square, on the…