Singapore Reported 1,052 New COVID-19 Cases

SINGAPORE, Dec 18 (NNN-XINHUA) – Singapore reported 1,052 new cases of COVID-19 yesterday, bringing the total tally to 2,188,511. A total of 91 cases are currently warded in hospitals, with four of them held in intensive care units, according to statistics released by the country’s Ministry of Health. No new…

Uzbekistan’s Foreign Trade Turnover Reached 45 Billion USD

TASHKENT, Dec 18 (NNN-XINHUA) – Uzbekistan’s foreign trade turnover, reached 45 billion U.S. dollars as of Dec 1, the Uzbek State Statistics Committee said, yesterday. The country’s exports amounted to 17.4 billion dollars, and imports 27.6 billion dollars, during the period, resulting in a trade deficit of 10.2 billion dollars,…

Uzbekistan Gets One-Billion-USD World Bank Loan, For Strategic Reforms

TASHKENT, Dec 18 (NNN-XINHUA) – The World Bank has approved a financial support package to Uzbekistan, comprising of 470-million-U.S.-dollar highly concessional loans, and 480-million-U.S.-dollar low-cost loans, the lender’s office in Tashkent said yesterday. The financing will support “an inclusive transition to a private-sector-led economy, by strengthening market institutions and ensuring…

China, New Zealand Collaborated On Dairy Cattle Disease Prevention, Control

CHRISTCHURCH, Dec 18 (NNN-XINHUA) – Chinese and New Zealand experts, discussed yesterday, prevention and control of major diseases of diary cattle, and establishment of a long-term effective mechanism, for diary technology exchange and cooperation, between the two countries. Addressing an online and offline conference, Chinese Consul General in Christchurch, He…

Police Arrested Five Drug Dealers In Afghanistan

KABUL, Dec 18 (NNN-ANA) – Police have arrested five drug dealers in the Afghan capital, Kabul, reported the state-run Bakhtar news agency (BNA), yesterday. Kabul police spokesperson, Khalid Zadran, told BNA that, officers of the Kabul anti-narcotics police department have arrested five people with drugs, over the last 24 hours.…

Over 90,000 Suspects Arrested Over Drug-Related Offenses In Sri Lanka This Year

COLOMBO, Dec 18 (NNN-XINHUA) – Sri Lankan police said yesterday that, over 90,000 people have been arrested, so far this year, over drug-related offenses. Police spokesman, Nihal Thalduwa, said that, among the arrested suspects, 45,801 were apprehended over heroin-related violations and 1,441 kilos of heroin were confiscated. The spokesman said,…

Giant Panda Eimei Appointed Sino-Japan Friendship Envoy

SHIRAHAMA, Japan, Dec 18 (NNN-NHK) – Eimei, the giant panda that has lived in Japan for 28 years, was appointed a special envoy for Sino-Japan friendship in western Japan yesterday. Chinese Consul General in Osaka, Xue Jian, announced the designation at a ceremony held yesterday in Adventure World, an amusement…

Malaysia campsite landslide death toll rises to 24

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 17 (NNN-Bernama) — Three more bodies have been recovered on Saturday at a campsite in Malaysia that was struck by a landslide a day earlier, taking the death toll to 24. The bodies were that of a woman in her 30s, a boy aged two to three, and a girl. Inspector-General of Police Acryl…

Death Toll In India’s Bihar Hooch Tragedy Rose To 81

NEW DELHI, Dec 17 (NNN-PTI) – The death toll in the suspected toxic liquor consumption, in the eastern Indian state of Bihar, today has risen to 81, state-run broadcaster, All India Radio (AIR), said. “The death toll in Bihar hooch tragedy has risen to 81,” the broadcaster said. “Maximum (of)…

Thai King and Queen tested positive for COVID-19

BANGKOK, Dec 17 (NNN-Bernama) — Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn and Queen Suthida tested positive for COVID-19 with mild symptoms, said Royal Household Bureau. In a statement, Royal Household Bureau said King Vajiralongkorn and Queen Suthida took routine COVID-19 tests late Friday night and the results had returned positive. “Overall, their symptoms…
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