More Retail Businesses In Malaysia Allowed To Open

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 10 (NNN-BERNAMA) – Most businesses in the retail sector are now allowed to operate starting today, under strict compliance with existing standard operating procedures (SOP), Senior Minister, Ismail Sabri Yaakob, announced. Ismail Sabri said, the decision was made during a special meeting, held by the National Security…

New Zealand Gov’t Approves First COVID-19 Vaccine

WELLINGTON, Feb 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The New Zealand government has confirmed formal approval for the use of Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, COVID-19 Response Minister, Chris Hipkins, said today. Border workers and the people they live with are the first to be vaccinated, the minister said, adding that, people such as cleaners,…

Australia Releases Coins Of Ox To Celebrate Chinese New Year

CANBERRA, Feb 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Featuring an ox standing in the river under willow branches, the gold and silver coins, released by the Royal Australian Mint (RAM) were expected to bring people good luck in the Chinese New Year. “This year we’ve been seeing tremendous demand for our lunar releases,”…

UN condemns use of force against Myanmar protesters

UNITED NATIONS/YANGON, Feb 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United Nations condemned the use of force against anti-coup protesters in Myanmar, after police fired rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse rallies. “The use of disproportionate force against demonstrators is unacceptable,”Ola Almgren, the UN resident coordinator and humanitarian coordinator inMyanmar, said in…

Covid-19: Latest global developments

PARIS, Feb 10 (NNN-AGNECIES) — Here are some of the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis: The virus has killed at least 2,325,744 people since the outbreak emergedin China in December 2019, according to a tally from official sources. The US is the worst-affected country with 465,083 deaths followed byBrazil…

Azerbaijan Declares 2021 As ‘Year Of Nizami Ganjavi’

BAKU, Feb 10 (NNN-AZERTAC) – Azerbaijani President, Ilham Aliyev, signed a decree declaring 2021 as the Year of Nizami Ganjavi. The 880th anniversary of the great poet and thinker, Nizami Ganjavi, will be celebrated in the country this year.  The Cabinet of Ministers has been instructed to develop and implement…

Uzbekistan Celebrates 580th Anniversary Of Famous Poet And Thinker Alisher Navoi

TASHKENT, Feb 10 (NNN-CAN) – Uzbekistan yesterday held events across the country, to mark the 580th anniversary of the birth of famous medieval poet, statesman and thinker, Alisher Navoi. Uzbekistan holds an international conference and literature evenings every Feb 9, to read Navoi’s works, with an online Navoi-challenge, reciting the…

Uzbekistan Introduces Visa Free Regime For Tourists From China, Arab Countries

TASHKENT, Feb 10 (NNN-CAN) – Uzbekistan will introduce a ten-day visa free regime for tourists from China, including its special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macao, as well as, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait and Oman, starting from Mar 1, a presidential decree said, yesterday. According to the document, to be…

Pakistani FM Apprises Chilean Counterpart Of Rescue Operation For Missing Mountaineer

ISLAMABAD, Feb 10 (NNN-APP) – Pakistani Foreign Minister, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, held a telephone conversation with his Chilean counterpart, Andres Allamand regarding a missing Chilean mountaineer who attempted to scale the world’s second-highest peak K2, in winter. Chilean mountaineer, Juan Pablo Mohr, was attempting to scale K2 with Pakistan’s renowned…

Indonesia Reports 8,700 Newly-Confirmed COVID-19 Cases, 213 New Deaths

JAKARTA, Feb 10 (NNN-ANTARA) – The COVID-19 cases in Indonesia rose by 8,700 within one day, to 1,174,779, with the death toll adding by 213 to 31,976, the Health Ministry said last night. According to the ministry, 10,424 more people were discharged from hospitals, bringing the total number of recovered…
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