Severe weather hit southern New Zealand, trapping ultramarathon athletes

WELLINGTON, Feb 22 (NNN-XINHUA) – Another wave of severe weather has hit southern New Zealand and trapped athletes of an ongoing seven-day ultramarathon, as North Island residents are cleaning the mud left by Cyclone Gabrielle. Six athletes have been airlifted to the Queenstown Lakes Hospital, after 110 athletes were trapped…

Rare Wild Donkeys Spotted Near China-Mongolia Border

HOHHOT, Mongolia, Feb 22 (NNN-XINHUA) – Patrollers have recently spotted a herd of Mongolian wild donkeys in north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, as heightened protection improves the environment for the rare mammals. The eight donkeys were seen earlier this month, in the Urad natural reserve, near the China-Mongolia border,…

India Launched Mobile Fast Payment System For Foreign Travellers

NEW DELHI, Feb 22 (NNN-PTI) – India’s central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), announced a payment facility for in-bound foreign travellers, by using mobile-based fast payment system, “Unified Payments Interface (UPI),” with effect from yesterday. Two banks, namely the ICICI Bank and the IDFC First Bank, and two…

Russia-Ukraine conflict: Russian Pres Putin suspends US nuclear treaty, vows to keep fighting in Ukraine

  MOSCOW, Feb 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday suspended Moscow’s participation in a nuclear arms reduction treaty with Washington during a speech in which he accused the West of escalating the Ukraine conflict.    In his scathing state of the nation address to Russian lawmakers, Putin also vowed…

Philippine Senate Ratified RCEP Trade Agreement

MANILA, Feb 22 (NNN-PNA) – The Philippine Senate, yesterday, ratified the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) trade agreement, meaning the ASEAN member has officially approved the pact. Twenty senators voted for the agreement, paving the way for ratifying the world’s largest free trade area, representing 30 percent of the global…

Egypt Looks Forward To Attracting More Chinese Investments: Seminar

CAIRO, Feb 22 (NNN-MENA) – Egypt looks forward to attracting more investments from China, through further improving the investment environment in the country, Egyptian officials and business leaders told a recent seminar, held in the Egyptian capital, Cairo. The China-Egypt Entrepreneur Seminar, hosted by the Egyptian Businessmen’s Association, was attended…

Iraq Signed Energy Deals With Chinese, UAE Companies To Develop Oil, Gas Fields

BAGHDAD, Feb 22 (NNN-NINA) – Iraq, yesterday signed deals with two Chinese companies and a United Arab Emirates (UAE) firm, to develop six oil and gas fields, as part of its efforts to increase the production of much-needed natural gas for power plants. During the signing ceremony, at the Iraqi…

Vietnam Cut Retail Fuel Prices Slightly

HANOI, Feb 22 (NNN-VNA) – Vietnam has cut retail prices of gasoline and other oil products by up to 3.5 percent, due to recent decreases in global oil prices, the Ministry of Industry and Trade said, yesterday. Diesel prices were down by 3.5 percent to 20,806 Vietnamese dong (0.87 U.S.…

6.5 Million Stimulant Tablets Seized In Eastern Myanmar

YANGON, Feb 22 (NNN-MNA) – Myanmar authorities have seized 6.5 million stimulant tablets in eastern Myanmar’s Shan state, according to a release from the Central Committee for Drug Abuse Control, yesterday. Acting on a tip-off, anti-narcotic police raided a cattle breeding farm in Minesat township, in Shan state, at around…

Three Killed, 17 Injured In A Bus Crash In Central Vietnam

HANOI, Feb 21 (NNN-VNA) – Three people died and 17 others were injured, in a crash between a sleeper bus and a truck, in Vietnam’s central province of Quang Nam early today. The accident took place at around 1:30 a.m. on National Highway 1A in Tam Anh Nam Commune, Nui…
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