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US to ban TikTok downloads, WeChat use from Sunday

Video sharing app Tiktok displayed on a tablet screen in Paris WASHINGTON, Sept 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States ordered…

COVID-19 Cases In Nepal Cross 60,000 Mark With Record High Daily Spike

KATHMANDU, Sept 19 (NNN-NEPALNEWS) – With record high infection of over 2,000 cases in a single day, COVID-19 cases in…

Indian Gov’t Says 30 COVID-19 Vaccine Candidates Under Various Stages Of Development

NEW DELHI, Sept 19 (NNN-UNI) – India’s federal health ministry said, 30 COVID-19 vaccines were under various stages of development.…

Aussie PM “Encouraged” In Fight Against Second Wave Of COVID-19 Infections In Hardest-Hit State

CANBERRA, Sept 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Australian Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, declared that he is “encouraged” by the nation’s fight against…

Thai returnee dies of COVID-19, first fatality in more than 100 days

BANGKOK, Sept 19 (NNN-BERNAMA) — A 54-year-old Thai man who returned from Saudi Arabia earlier this month died of COVID-19…

Tony Fernandes quashes news AirAsia Japan suspending flights

PETALING JAYA, Sept 18 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Airasia Group chief executive officer Tan Sri Tony Fernandes has quashed news that AirAsia Japan…

Indonesia capital eyes doubling of COVID-19 testing as cases soar

Health workers conduct a swab test on civilians, some of 28 living in the compounds of the Indonesian army’s Officer…

Two-thirds of Japan public support new PM Suga, polls show

Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga (center) TOKYO, Sept 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — New Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s government was backed…

Japan sending team to probe Mauritius ship grounding

Oil leaking from the MV Wakashio that ran aground off the southeast coast of Mauritius TOKYO, Sept 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) —…

Covid-19: South Korea’s capital Seoul seeks US$4 million in damages from church over new outbreak

South Korean police stand guard near the Sarang Jeil Church, which has become a new cluster of coronavirus disease infections,…