Myanmar Lifts Stay-At-Home Order In 44 Townships

YANGON, Oct 28 (NNN-MNA) – Myanmar’s Health Ministry, yesterday announced to lift the stay-at-home order in 44 townships, as fewer daily COVID-19 infections were detected. The announcement said, the order will be lifted in 20 townships of Yangon region and 24 townships of Mandalay, Bago, Sagaing, Magway and Ayeyarwady regions,…

One Dead, One Injured In Tunnel Construction Collapse In Central Japan

TOKYO, Oct 28 (NNN-NHK) – A collapse at the tunnel construction site of the Linear Chuo Shinkansen in central Japan, left one worker dead and one injured last night, police said. The accident took place at around 7:20 p.m. local time, at the construction site of the “Seto Tunnel” in…

No Roman holiday: G20 meets on climate, Covid, recovery

 ROME, Oct 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The leaders of the world’s major economies gather in Rome this weekend for the first in-person G20 summit since the pandemic began, with Covid-19, economic recovery and climate change topping a packed agenda.    US President Joe Biden is flying in to reiterate his message…

Bangladesh Signs Deal With World Bank For COVID-Stricken People

DHAKA, Oct 28 (NNN-BSS) – Bangladesh signed an agreement with the World Bank’s International Development Association (IDA), to receive 200 million U.S. dollars, to create jobs for the country’s COVID-stricken low-income people. Fatima Yasmin, secretary of Bangladesh’s Economic Relations Division, and Mercy Miyang Tembon, country director of World Bank, signed…

Education Cannot Wait Calls For Urgent Funding For Afghanistan

UNITED NATIONS, Oct 28 (NNN-BIA) – Education Cannot Wait (ECW), yesterday, appealed to donors to significantly increase financial support, for a robust collective humanitarian-development nexus response, including urgent funding for education. ECW Director, Yasmine Sherif, who has just returned from the first all-women UN mission to Afghanistan since the Taliban…

US Revokes Licence Of Top Chinese Telecoms Company

Federal Communication Commission, led by Jessica Rosenworcel, has taken action against several Chinese telecoms firms  WASHINGTON, Oct 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Washington has revoked the US licence of one of China’s biggest telecoms companies citing “national security” concerns. China Telecom must stop providing services in America within 60 days. Officials said…

Asean, Eas Must Chart A New Course Forward For Next Pandemic – Malaysian PM

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 28 (NNN-Bernama) — ASEAN and participating countries of the East Asia Summit (EAS) must chart a new course forward in preparation for the next pandemic, says Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob. In his intervention at the 16th EAS, he said a new global health security architecture needs…

Malaysia Calls Refugee Convention Signatories To Receive More Rohingya Refugees

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 28 (NNN-Bernama) — Malaysia calls for proportionate responsibility sharing, particularly among signatory countries of the 1951 Refugee Convention, to uphold and stand committed to their international legal obligations by receiving more Rohingya refugees for resettlement or relocation. Speaking in his intervention at the 16th East Asia Summit (EAS) held virtually Wednesday night, Prime Minister…

44 Multinational Companies Receive Licenses To Move Regional Headquarters To Saudi Capital

RIYADH, Oct 28 (NNN-SPA) – A total of 44 multinational companies received yesterday, licenses to move their regional headquarters to the Saudi capital, Riyadh, it was reported. The licenses were issued during the second day of the fifth edition of the Future Investment Initiative (FII), that gathered the world’s most…

Iran Says Nuclear Talks To Resume By End Of Nov

TEHRAN, Oct 28 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran has agreed to resume talks, aimed at reviving the Iran nuclear agreement, by the end of Nov, Iran’s nuclear negotiator, Ali Bagheri Kani tweeted yesterday, after his meeting with EU mediators in Brussels. “We had a very serious and constructive dialogue with Enrique Mora,…
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