COVID-19 still international health emergency: WHO

GENEVA, Jan 31 (NNN-XINHUA) — The World Health Organization (WHO) said that the COVID-19 pandemic still constitutes a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC), the WHO’s highest alert level. The announcement came amid the recent increase of weekly reported deaths worldwide. After its quarterly assessment meeting on the COVID-19…

COVID-19 Forced Over 1,600 Private Schools To Shut Down In Philippines

MANILA, Jan 31 (NNN-PNA) – More than 1,600 private schools in the Philippines were shut down, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, from 2020 to 2022, Philippine Vice President and Education Secretary, Sara Duterte-Carpio said, yesterday. After a significant decrease in 2020, due to COVID-19-related school closures, she said in a…

World Day for Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs): Cuban ministry of health stresses importance of attention to tropical diseases

HAVANA, Jan 31 (NNN-ACN) — On the occasion of World Day for Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs), the Cuban Ministry of Public Health ( MINSAP) stressed the importance of including these diseases in the international health agenda, with a view to eradicating them.The agency pointed out on its official Facebook page…

Cambodia Earned 966 Million USD From Bicycle Exports In 2022

PHNOM PENH, Jan 31 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodian exports of bicycles to international markets hit 966 million U.S. dollars in 2022, up 48 percent from 651 million dollars in the year before, said a Ministry of Commerce report, released yesterday. The Ministry of Commerce’s Undersecretary of State and Spokesman, Penn Sovicheat,…

Indian Gov’t Directs TV Channels To Show Programmes On Public Themes

NEW DELHI, Jan 31 (NNN-PTI) – India’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, yesterday issued fresh guidelines, directing private broadcasters to undertake public service broadcasting, for 30 minutes every day. According to the guidelines, the content needs not be of 30 minutes at a stretch and could be spread over smaller…

Vietnam’s State-Owned Banks Under Capital Increase Pressure

HANOI, Jan 31 (NNN-VNA) – Vietnam’s major state-owned banks are under pressure for a capital increase in 2023, as their charter capital is too low, with some unable to ensure the regulated minimum capital adequacy ratio (CAR), local media reported, yesterday. The low CAR will affect the credit supply of…

Pakistan’s Stock Market Significantly Plunged Amid Blast In Peshawar

ISLAMABAD, Jan 31 (NNN-APP) – The Pakistan Stock Exchange, significantly plunged by nearly 600 points, in the first trading session of the week, yesterday, which was largely attributed to the blast in the early afternoon, in its north-west Peshawar city. The Pakistan Stock Exchange’s benchmark KSE 100-Index, moved down by…

Chairing ASEAN, Indonesia Pushes For More Concrete Cooperation: FM

JAKARTA, Jan 31 (NNN-ANTARA) – As the 2023 ASEAN chair, Indonesia has aimed to push for more concrete and inclusive cooperation among countries in the region, said Indonesian Foreign Minister, Retno Marsudi, yesterday. “We want to show the world that ASEAN is relevant and important for all regions and countries…

Latest: 63 Killed, Over 157 Injured In Suicide Blast In Pakistan’s Peshawar

ISLAMABAD, Jan 31 (NNN-APP) – The death toll from the suicide blast that ripped through a mosque yesterday afternoon, in Pakistan’s north-west provincial capital of Peshawar, rose to 63, an official said. Muhammad Asim, spokesperson for the Lady Reading Hospital, said, the death toll rose after some of the wounded…

Japan’s Takahama Nuclear Reactor Halted After Alert Went Off

TOKYO, Jan 31 (NNN-NHK) – A reactor at Kansai Electric Power Co.’s Takahama nuclear plant in Fukui Prefecture of central Japan, was automatically halted yesterday, after an alert went off, local media reported. Following an alert warning of a rapid decrease in the number of neutrons within the unit, the…
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