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Fuel Prices Rise To Record High In Sri Lanka

COLOMBO, Apr 19 (NNN-XINHUA) – Sri Lanka’s state-owned Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC), has increased its fuel prices from midnight last…

Road Accidents Claim 35 Lives During Lao New Year Holidays

VIENTIANE, Apr 19 (NNN-KPL) – A total of 35 people were killed in road accidents across Laos, during the celebrations…

5.9-Magnitude Offshore Earthquake Jolts Southern Philippines

MANILA, Apr 19 (NNN-PNA) – An offshore earthquake, with a preliminary magnitude of 5.9, jolted Davao Oriental province, in the…

99.2 Percent Of Indonesian Population Obtain COVID-19 Antibodies

JAKARTA, Apr 19 (NNN-ANTARA) – Almost the entire Indonesian population has COVID-19 antibodies, obtaining from vaccinations or infections, or both,…

Mongolia Culls 49.2 Percent More Livestock In Q1 Due To Diseases

ULAN BATOR, Apr 19 (NNN-XINHUA) – At least 3,300 heads of livestock were killed in Mongolia in the first quarter…

Singapore Reports 2,480 New COVID-19 Cases

SINGAPORE, Apr 19 (NNN-CNA) – Singapore reported 2,480 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 yesterday, bringing the total tally to 1,162,780.…

Sri Lanka’s 21 New State Ministers Sworn In

COLOMBO, Apr 19 (NNN-XINHUA) – Twenty-one new state ministers took their oaths before President Gotabaya Rajapaksa yesterday, hours after 17…

Indonesian Mining Giant Starts Exporting Coal To Europe

JAKARTA, Apr 19 (NNN-ANTARA) – Coal mining giant, PT Adaro Energy Indonesia, said yesterday that, it has started to export…

Myanmar Reports No Deaths From COVID-19 In Past Week

YANGON, Apr 19 (NJNN-MNA) – Myanmar has recorded no deaths from COVID-19 for more than a week since Apr 7,…

Scores Of People Feared Dead As Mini Market Building Collapses In Indonesia’s Kalimantan

JAKARTA, Apr 19 (NNN-ANTARA) – Scores of people are feared dead after the collapse of a mini market building, in…