Australia Begins COVID-19 Vaccinations

CANBERRA, Feb 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, became one of the first Australians to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. Morrison this morning, received his first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, alongside Chief Medical Officer, Paul Kelly and a small group of aged care residents and staff, and frontline…

China, Vietnam Vow To Strengthen Security, Law Enforcement Cooperation

HANOI, Feb 21 (NNN-XINHUA) – Vietnam is willing to enhance pragmatic cooperation between the public security departments of China and Vietnam, said General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee (CPVCC) and Vietnamese President, Nguyen Phu Trong, when meeting with Chinese State Councillor and Minister of Public Security,…

Vaccine Arrives, Takes Malaysia’s Battle Against Covid-19 To Next Level

SEPANG, Feb 21 (NNN-Bernama) — The long-awaited COVID-19 vaccine to protect Malaysia’s population arrived in the country on a special aircraft which landed at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) here Sunday. Flight MH604, bearing the Jalur Gemilang livery to symbolise the vaccine is for Malaysians, landed at 10.07 am…

Five Dead, Five Injured In House Fire In Philippine Capital

MANILA, Feb 21 (NNN-PNA) – Five people died, when a six-hour fire destroyed around 300 houses, in Manila’s Tondo district, in the Philippines, a firefighter said today. Gaudencio Magallanes told local media that the five fatalities, including four children aged three, eight, 10, and 12, were found inside the bathroom…

Feature: Displaced Yemenis Eke Out Miserable Living By Scavenging

SANAA, Feb 21 (NNN-XINHUA) – “I am 72 years old. I have been here for more than six years,” said Ahamed Abyadh, who is an internally displaced person (IDP), at the Dharawan camp, near the capital, Sanaa. “In my hometown, my wife and 10 of my children and grandchildren died…

Over 200 million vaccine doses administered globally, 45% in G7 countries

PARIS, Feb 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than 200 million coronavirus vaccine doses have been administered in at least 107 countries and territories. Some 45 percent of the injections took places in countries belonging to the wealthy G7 club, whose members promised to share doses more fairly with worse-off countries. The…

IAEA Chief In Tehran Ahead Of Iran’s Deadline To Withdraw From Additional Protocol

TEHRAN, Feb 21 (NNN-IRNA) – Head of UN nuclear watchdog, Rafael Grossi, arrived in Tehran yesterday, ahead of Iran’s deadline to withdraw from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) additional protocol. “The trip is aimed at technical consultations with the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran, about how to continue cooperation…

Death Toll From Bus Plunge In Central India Rises To 54

NEW DELHI, Feb 21 (NNN-PTI) – The death toll from a bus plunge in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh rose to 54, officials said. A five-day search operation has been called off, with the recovery of the last missing body from the canal the bus plunged into. The…

Military Operation In NW Pakistan Leaves Three Killed: Army

ISLAMABAD, Feb 21 (NNN-APP) – Two terrorists and a soldier were killed in an exchange of fire, during a military operation in Pakistan’s north-western North Waziristan district, an army statement said. The security forces conducted the operation late Friday night, by acting on an intelligence tip-off, regarding presence of the…

Ceasefire Signatories Announce Suspension Of Political Dialogues With Myanmar Military

YANGON, Feb 21 (NNN-MNA) – Myanmar’s Peace Process Steering Team (PPST), of 10 Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) signatories, yesterday, announced a suspension of political dialogues with the military. The PPST demands the release of all detained leaders and will cooperate with international community, to resolve the current political crisis, the…
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