Sydney Airport Reported 78.8 Percent Traffic Recovery To Pre-COVID-19 Level

SYDNEY, Feb 21 (NNN-AAP) – Australia’s Sydney Airport, today released a monthly report on its traffic performance, saying that, a total of 3,120,000 passengers passed through the airport in Jan, which marked a 78.8 percent recovery, compared to the pre-COVID-19 level. According to the report, domestic passenger traffic totalled 1,887,000,…

Botswana loses a third of rhino to poaching in five years

GABORONE, Feb 21 (NNN-NEWVISION) — Botswana revealed that rhino poaching increased dramatically in the five years leading up to 2021, resulting in the extinction of roughly one-third of the endangered species’ population. In all, 138 rhinos were slaughtered between 2018 and last year, Tourism Minister Philda Kereng told parliament. This…

UN tries anew to finish treaty protecting the high seas

 UNITED NATIONS, Feb 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — UN member states embraced “positive energy” as they launched two weeks of negotiations aimed at finally reaching a treaty meant to protect and preserve vast areas of the world’s oceans. After more than 15 years of formal and informal talks, this is the third…

77 Pieces Of Lost Cambodian Ancient Jewellery Returned Home From Britain

PHNOM PENH, Feb 21 (NNN-AKP) – Seventy-seven pieces of lost Cambodian ancient jewellery, handed over by family of the late antique collector, Douglas Latchford, returned to Cambodia from Britain, said a press statement from the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts, yesterday. Arriving in Cambodia last Friday, gold and other…

Four Killed, 13 Injured In Suspected Firecracker Blast In Indonesian Village

JAKARTA, Feb 21 (NNN-ANTARA) – A huge explosion at a village house in Blitar city of Indonesia’s East Java Province, killed four and injured dozens in the area, on Sunday evening, the local police said yesterday. The victims killed in the blast were all from the same family, a father…

Chinese FM To Visit Indonesia

BEIJING, Feb 21 (NNN-XINHUA) – Chinese Foreign Minister, Qin Gang, will visit Indonesia from today, Feb 21 to 23, at the invitation of Minister for Foreign Affairs of Indonesia,Retno Marsudi, Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Wang Wenbin, announced here, yesterday. Qin will chair the 4th meeting of the Joint Commission on Bilateral…

Chinese FM Met Singaporean Counterpart In Beijing

BEIJING, Feb 21 (NNN-XINHUA) – Chinese Foreign Minister, Qin Gang, met with his Singaporean counterpart, Vivian Balakrishnan, in Beijing, yesterday. Qin said that, China attaches great importance to bilateral ties with Singapore, and the unique role Singapore plays in regional and international affairs. China stands ready to work with Singapore,…

UK summons Iran envoy over ‘threats’ to UK-based Iranian journalists

LONDON, Feb 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The British government summoned Iran’s top diplomat in London to condemn “serious threats” to the lives of UK-based journalists after a Persian-language TV network was forced to relocate. Charge d’Affaires Mehdi Hosseini Matin was hauled in “to make clear the UK will not tolerate threats…

APEC to finance digital connectivity in business formalization project proposed by Peru

LIMA, Feb 21 (NNN-ANDINA) — The Secretariat of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) has approved the financing for the cooperation project presented by Peru, titled “Study and workshop to understand the role of digital connectivity in the formalization process of informal businesses in the Asia-Pacific region,” the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has reported. This…

China says ‘never interfered’ in Canadian elections

 MONTREAL, Feb 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — China has rejected allegations it interfered in Canada’s federal elections, describing Canadian media reports that cited intelligence documents as “false” and attempts at “smearing” Beijing. A statement from the Chinese consulate general in the western city of Vancouver accused Canadian media of “smearing and discrediting…
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