Bulgaria finds 18 dead migrants reportedly from Afghanistan suffocated in truck

Police and emergency medical services on site after 18 people were found dead in an abandoned truck SOFIA, Feb 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Bulgarian authorities on Friday found the bodies of 18 people who suffocated in a truck smuggling them through the country. Bulgaria’s deadliest such incident comes as the Balkan…

Vietnam To Issue Biometric Passports From Next Month

HANOI, Feb 18 (NNN-VNA) – Vietnam will issue passports embedded with electronic microprocessor chips, containing biometric information from next month, so as to facilitate international travel for its citizens, local media reported yesterday. The Nhan Dan (People) newspaper, cited a statement by the Immigration Department, under the Ministry of Public…

US-China rift: Pres Biden says United States not looking for a new Cold War as search ended for debris from downed Chinese balloon

  WASHINGTON, Feb 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Joe Biden said he would talk to his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in the wake of the US Air Force shooting down what Washington says was a high-tech Chinese spy balloon earlier this month.    “I expect to be speaking with President Xi…

Uzbekistan To Commission Solar, Wind Power Plants With Total Capacity Of 4,300 MW This Year

TASHKENT, Feb 18 (NNN-UzA) – Uzbekistan plans to commission solar and wind power plants, with a total capacity of 4,300 megawatts by year’s end, a presidential decree released yesterday, said. It further said, the Uzbek government will allocate 15.4 billion U.S. dollars to renewable energy source projects, which include the…

Cambodia Slashed PCR COVID-19 Test Fee To 50 USD For Outbound Travellers

PHNOM PENH, Feb 18 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia, yesterday, decided to lower the fee for a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) COVID-19 test, with a certificate, to 50 U.S. dollars, from the current 130 dollars for outbound travellers, Health Minister, Mam Bunheng, said. For all authorised COVID-19-testing laboratories in the country, the…

Kyrgyzstan Declares State Of Emergency In Naryn Oblast Due To Avalanches

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, Feb 18 (NNN-KNA) – Kyrgyzstan has declared a state of emergency in Naryn Oblast, due to avalanches, the press service of the country’s Ministry of Emergency Situations, reported yesterday. In connection with the avalanches on the Bishkek-Naryn-Torugart highway, and due to the continuing danger of avalanches, the governor…

China, Vietnam Vowed To Bolster Economic Cooperation

HANOI, Feb 18 (NNN-VNA) – A conference was held between China’s Yunnan provincial department of commerce and the Vietnam Trade Promotion Agency under the Ministry of Industry and Trade, yesterday, to strengthen cooperation in a wide range of economic, investment and trade issues. As bilateral trade between Vietnam and China…

Delegation From China’s Hainan Province Promoted Business Opportunities In Indonesia

JAKARTA, Feb 18 (NNN-ANTARA) – A delegation from south China’s Hainan Province promoted business opportunities offered by its free trade port status yesterday, in the Indonesian capital. Shen Xiaoming, secretary of the Hainan provincial committee of the Communist Party of China, said at a promotion gathering that, Hainan is an…

Three Killed, 10 Wounded As Terrorists Storm Police Building In Karachi

ISLAMABAD, Feb 18 (NNN-APP) – At least three attackers were killed and 10 other people wounded last night, when a group of terrorists opened fire at a police building in Karachi, capital of Pakistan’s south Sindh province, police and hospital officials said. The attack happened at around 7:10 p.m. local…

Iranian President Says China Visit “Successful”

TEHRAN, Feb 18 (NNN-IRNA) – Iranian President, Ebrahim Raisi, described his state visit to China as “very successful and fruitful.” Raisi made the remarks in an address to reporters, upon arrival in Tehran from his Beijing visit, according to the website of the Iranian president’s office. Noting that he held…
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