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Australian Defence Minister Overturns Special Forces Medal Ban

CANBERRA, Apr 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Australia’s Defence Minister, Peter Dutton, pulled rank and intervened, to ensure soldiers who served in…

Mongolians Battle Steppe Fire In Eastern Region

ULAN BATOR, Apr 19 (NNN-MONGOLIAWEB) – Around 160 people, including firefighters and residents, have been fighting to contain a steppe…

Covid-19: Britain is investigating variant originating in India

Health workers carry the body of a man, who died from the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), from an ambulance for burial…

Opening Of Travel Bubble With New Zealand A “Win-Win”: Aussie PM

CANBERRA, Apr 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Australian Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, today welcomed the opening of free travel between his country…

China Donates Fodder To Mongolian Region Hit By Blizzards, Sandstorms

HOHHOT, Apr 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Trucks loaded with fodder, donated by China as disaster relief to southern Mongolia’s Omnogovi Province,…

Asian Economy To Grow 6.5 Percent In 2021: Report

BOAO, Hainan, Apr 19 (NNN-XINHUA) – The growth rate of the Asian economy in 2021 is expected to reach at…

Philippines Logs 10,098 New COVID-19 Cases, Total Tops 936,000

MANILA, Apr 19 (NNN-PNA) – The Philippines’ Department of Health (DOH), reported yesterday, 10,098 new COVID-19 infections, bringing the total…

Fiji Locks Down Greater Nadi, Lautoka Area After Woman Tests Positive For COVID-19

SUVA, Apr 19 (NNN-XINHUA) – The South Pacific island nation of Fiji, this morning, locked down its greater Nadi and…

Local Daesh Leader Killed By Gov’t Forces In Eastern Afghanistan

KABUL, Apr 18 (NNN-XINHUA) – A local Daesh leader was killed by Afghan Special Forces, in the country’s eastern Nangarhar…

5.8-Magnitude Quake Strikes Off Japan’s Miyagi Prefecture, No Tsunami Warning Issued

TOKYO, Apr 18 (NNN-NHK) – An earthquake, with a magnitude of 5.8, struck off Japan’s Miyagi Prefecture today, according to…