Asia

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,…

Japan’s Suicide Rate Spiked Due To Pandemic: Study

TOKYO, Aug 18 (NNN-NHK) – The COVID-19 pandemic saw suicide rate in Japan spike between Mar, 2020 and Jun, 2022,…

Australia’s Floods Likely To Continue With Return Of La Nina

SYDNEY, Aug 17 (NNN-AAP) – The record-breaking downpours and flash floods that plagued Australia’s eastern states in recent years are…

New Zealand Logged 4,489 New COVID-19 Community Cases

WELLINGTON, Aug 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) – New Zealand recorded 4,489 new community cases of COVID-19 and 16 more deaths from the…

Chinese Space-Tracking Ship Docked At Sri Lanka’s Hambantota Port

COLOMBO, Aug 17 (NNN-XINHUA) – China’s space-tracking ship, Yuanwang-5, docked at Sri Lanka’s Hambantota International Port (HIP), for replenishment purposes.…

World’s first malaria vaccine to benefit millions of children: UNICEF

UNICEF said that in 2020, nearly half a million children died from malaria in Africa alone UNITED NATIONS, Aug 17…

Road Crash Killed Three In Indonesia

JAKARTA, Aug 17 (NNN-ANTARA) – Three people were killed in a car crash that occurred on the Jagorawi toll road,…

Pacific Besieged With Waves Of Plastic Pollution

SYDNEY, Aug 17 (NNN-AAP) – Pacific nations are being forced to deal with piles of plastic pollution, discarded from other…