Tonga To Impose Nationwide Lockdown After Port Workers Test Positive For COVID-19
SUVA, Feb 2 (NNN-PIN) – Tsunami-hit Tonga will go into a nationwide lockdown today, after two port workers in the…
Japan’s Job Availability Drops For Third Year In 2021 Amid COVID-19
TOKYO, Feb 2 (NNN-NHK) – The ratio of job availability in Japan declined for the third straight year in 2021,…
S.Korea’s Daily COVID-19 Cases Hit Record High Of Over 18,000
SEOUL, Feb 2 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea’s daily number of COVID-19 cases hit a new record high, surpassing 18,000, amid…
Aussie Scientist Adds To Knowledge Of World’s Tree Species
SYDNEY, Feb 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) – An international team of conservation scientists, including researchers from Australia, believe, they have finally unearthed…
Pakistani Security Forces Arrest Terrorist Commander In Balochistan
ISLAMABAD, Feb 2 (NNN-APP) – The Pakistani security forces arrested a commander of a banned organisation, in south-western Balochistan province,…
India Raises Defence Budget By 9.8 Percent
NEW DELHI, Feb 2 (NNN-PTI) – India’s defence budget was increased to 5.25 trillion Indian Rupees (about 70 billion U.S.…
6.2-Magnitude Quake Strikes Off Eastern Indonesia, No Tsunami Alert Issued
JAKARTA, Feb 2 (NNN-ANTARA) – A 6.2-magnitude earthquake hit Indonesia’s eastern province of Maluku early today, but it was not…
Sri Lanka Rules Out Lockdown Amid Omicron Spread, Urges People To Get Boosters
COLOMBO, Feb 2 (NNN-SLN) – Sri Lanka’s Health authorities, ruled out a nationwide lockdown, as the Omicron variant of COVID-19…
Afghanistan Seeks Foreign Investment In Agriculture Sector
KABUL, Feb 2 (NNN-ANA) – The Afghan caretaker government’s acting Deputy Prime Minister, Abdul Salam Hanafi, chaired a cabinet meeting,…
Covid-19: WHO warns of Covid medical waste threat
GENEVA, Feb 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The World Health Organization warned Tuesday that the vast amount of waste produced in…