Asia

Flood Warnings Issued As Wild Weather Pummels E. Australian Coastline

SYDNEY, Dec 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) – A severe weather system, lashing parts of Australia’s east coast, prompted over 850 calls for…

Azerbaijan, Armenia Accuse Each Other Of Breaching Ceasefire

BAKU, Dec 14 (NNN-ASNA) – Azerbaijan and Armenia yesterday reported casualties in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh, while accusing each other…

Iran Plans To Launch Pilot Air Taxi Lines

TEHRAN, Dec 13 (NNN-IRNA) – Iranian Roads and Urban Development Ministry, plans to launch four pilot air taxi lines, a…

India’s COVID-19 Tally Reaches 9,857,029 With 30,254 New Cases

NEW DELHI, Dec 13 (NNN-PTI) – India’s COVID-19 tally reached 9,857,029 today, as 30,254 new cases were registered during the…

Road Mishap Claims Seven Lives In Western India

NEW DELHI, Dec 13 (NNN-PTI) – At least seven people died and three others seriously injured, in a collision between…

Sri Lanka Records Highest Annual Elephant Deaths

COLOMBO, Dec 13 (NNN-SLNEWS) – Sri Lanka recorded the highest annual elephant deaths and second-highest human deaths in the world,…

Thai Expert Says COVID-19 Returnees From Myanmar Highly Infectious

BANGKOK, Dec 13 (NNN-TNA) – A Thai health expert warned that COVID-19-infected returnees from Myanmar’s Tachilek township, are highly infectious…

Myanmar Aims To Export Two Million Tonnes Of Rice In 2020-21

YANGON, Dec 13 (NNN-MNA) – The Myanmar government aims to achieve the export target of two million tonnes of rice…

Japan’s Daily COVID-19 Cases Top 3,000-Mark

TOKYO, Dec 13 (NNN-XINHUA) – Japan logged a record of 3,037 daily COVID-19 cases yesterday, surpassing 3,000 for the first…

Covid-19: Peru suspends clinical trials of Chinese vaccine

LIMA, Dec 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Peru has temporarily suspended clinicaltrials of a Covid vaccine made by Chinese drug giant Sinopharm…