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New Zealand’s South Island Regions Hit Hard By Heavy Rain, Flooding

WELLINGTON, Aug 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The West Coast and Nelson-Tasman regions of New Zealand’s South Island, have been hit hard…

Aussie State Police Arrested Three Over Drug Operation Worth Millions

SYDNEY, Aug 18 (NNN-AAP) – Police in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW), have arrested three individuals involved…

New Zealand Logged 4,540 New COVID-19 Community Cases

WELLINGTON, Aug 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) – New Zealand recorded 4,540 new community cases of COVID-19 and 16 deaths from the pandemic,…

Monkeypox cases top 35,000 as 15,000 Covid-19 deaths reported in a week, says WHO

GENEVA, Aug 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Monkeypox infections continue to rise globally, with more than 35,000 cases across 92 countries and…

Philippines Mulls Extending Public Health Emergency Till Year-End Amid Surging COVID-19 Cases

MANILA, Aug 18 (NNN-PNA) – Philippine President, Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos, said yesterday that, he is mulling extending the nationwide state…

Myanmar Towns Recorded Highest Single-Day Rainfalls In Over 50 Years

YANGON, Aug 18 (NNN-MNA) – Myanmar’s commercial city of Yangon, and the western town of Kyaukphyu, experienced the heaviest single-day…

People-To-People Ties Make Singapore-Malaysia Relation “Special” – Envoy

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 18 (NNN-BERNAMA) — After a three-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Singapore High Commission held…

India Enhanced Credit Guarantee To Revive Pandemic-Hit Hospitality Sector

MUMBAI, Aug 18 (NNN-PTI) – India enhanced the limit of Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS) by 6.3 billion U.S.…

Six Dead From House Fire In Jakarta

JAKARTA, Aug 18 (NNN-ANTARA) – Six tenants died, after allegedly being trapped in a fire, at a rooming four-story house,…