Duterte Accepts His Party’s Vice Presidential Nomination In 2022 Elections

MANILA, Sept 9 (NNN-PNA) – Philippine President, Rodrigo Duterte, formally accepted yesterday, the ruling party PDP-Laban’s nomination, to run for vice president in next year’s national elections. “No words can express my gratitude for your continued trust and confidence in my leadership, and for nominating me as the party’s official…

Britain working on ways for poor countries to attend climate talks

The UK is asserting maintaining a lead role in the fight against climate change LONDON, Sept 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Environmental groups have called for crucial UN climate talks set to be conducted in Glasgow this year to be postponed amid fears people from poorer countries will not be able to…

Japan Decides To Extend COVID-19 Emergency State In 19 Prefectures

TOKYO, Sept 9 (NNN-NHK) – The Japanese government decided yesterday, to extend the COVID-19 emergency state for 19 prefectures through Sept 30, which is now covering 21 of 47 prefectures through Sept 12. Prefectures of Miyagi and Okayama will be altered from state of emergency to quasi-state of emergency. Meanwhile,…

Floods Submerge Thousands Of Houses In Indonesia’s Kalimantan

JAKARTA, Sept 9 (NNN-ANTARA) – Floods have submerged 15,439 houses, and affected 25,443 people, in 13 sub-districts of Katingan district, Central Kalimantan province, Indonesia’s National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) said yesterday. “The rains that have fallen since the last few days have caused the Katingan and Samba rivers to overflow,”…

S.Korea Reports 2,049 More COVID-19 Cases, 267,470 In Total

SEOUL, Sept 9 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea reported 2,049 more cases of the COVID-19, as of midnight Wednesday, compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 267,470. The daily caseload was slightly up from 2,048 in the prior day, hovering above 1,000 for 65 straight days.…

New Zealand Reports 13 New Community Cases Of COVID-19 Delta Variant

WELLINGTON, Sept 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) – New Zealand reported 13 new community cases of Delta variant of COVID-19 today, all in the largest city, Auckland, which brought the total number of cases in the country’s community outbreak to 868. Of the current community cases, 31 cases are in hospital, including five…

United Nations launches urgent appeal for Afghanistan aid

A humanitarian situation has been triggered following Taliban takeover UNITED NATIONS, Sept 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ahead of a conference on the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) made an urgent appeal for more than 600 million dollars in emergency aid for…

Nepal Seeks To Draw 10-Billion-USD Investments In Five Years

KATHMANDU, Sept 9 (NNN-XINHUA) – The Investment Board Nepal (IBN), a high-level government body, formed to facilitate large-scale investments, yesterday unveiled a strategic plan, aiming to attract investments of 10 billion U.S. dollars in the next five years. Nepali Prime Minister, Sher Bahadur Deuba, who is the board’s chairperson, rolled…

Several People Missing After Two Boats Collide In Northeast India

NEW DELHI, Sept 9 (NNN-PTI) – Several people went missing, after a boat capsized, following a collision with another one, in the Brahmaputra river, in India’s northeastern state of Assam last night, media reports said. According to India’s English daily, Hindustan Times, the collision between the two ferries occurred between…

Indonesia Reports 6,731 New COVID-19 Cases, 626 More Deaths

JAKARTA, Sept 9 (NNN-ANTARA) – The number of COVID-19 cases in Indonesia rose by 6,731 within one day, to 4,147,365, with the death toll adding by 626 to 137,782, the country’s Health Ministry said yesterday. According to the ministry, 11,912 more people were discharged from hospitals, bringing the total number…
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