Egypt, Pakistan Eye Further Security, Economic Cooperation

CAIRO, Feb 18 (NNN-MENA) – Egyptian President, Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, held talks yesterday with visiting Pakistani Foreign Minister, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, on boosting security and economic cooperation between the two countries, said the Egyptian presidency in a statement. Sisi and Qureshi discussed bolstering ties between Egypt and Pakistan “especially in terms…

Police Foil Sale Of 24 Protected Animals In East Java

JAKARTA, Feb 18 (NNN-ANTARA) – Indonesia’s East Java provincial police and the local natural resources conservation centre, thwarted the sale of 24 protected animals, a police officer, said. The police seized 15 Moluccan cockatoos, one crested hawk-eagle, and eight East Javan langurs, the East Java provincial police’s spokesman, Senior Commissioner,…

Foreign Visitors To Japan Fall 98.3 Percent In Jan

TOKYO, Feb 18 (NNN-NHK) – The preliminary number of foreign visitors to Japan stood at 46,500, down 98.3 percent in Jan, compared to a year earlier, decreasing for the 16th consecutive month, statistics showed. The plunge in the number was caused by the country’s suspension of entry of all non-resident…

Sri Lanka Lifts Travel Ban On Visitors From Britain

COLOMBO, Feb 18 (NNN-SLNEWS) – Sri Lanka’s Foreign Ministry, said yesterday that, the temporary travel restrictions, introduced by the government on visitors travelling from Britain, due to the spread of a new COVID-19 variant, were lifted with immediate effect. The Foreign Ministry said, in a statement, that, following discussions with…

India Imports Over 85 Percent Of Oil, 53 Percent Of Gas In 2019-20: PM

NEW DELHI, Feb 18 (NNN-PTI) – Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, said, India imported over 85 percent of oil and 53 percent of gas, to meet domestic demand in the 2019-2020 (April 2019-March 2020) fiscal year. Modi gave the figures while laying the foundation stone of various key projects, of…

Japan’s Olympics Minister Hashimoto, Top Candidate To Replace Mori As Tokyo 2020 President

TOKYO, Feb 18 (NNN-NHK) – Japan’s Olympics minister, Hashimoto Seiko, has been named the top candidate to become the new president of the Tokyo 2020 organising committee, it was stated here, yesterday. The eight-member selection committee for the new president, pegged the minister for the Tokyo Games chief, to replace…

Facebook Blocks News In Australia

CANBERRA, Feb 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Social media giant, Facebook, blocked Australians from sharing or accessing news on the platform. As of today, the Facebook accounts of Australian publishers, ranging from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) to the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) and local health authorities have been wiped clean. Australians…

Myanmar Police Issue Arrest Warrants For Celebrities For Endorsing Strike Movement

YANGON, Feb 18 (NNN-MNA) – Myanmar police issued arrest warrants for six celebrity artistes, for their endorsing a national strike movement, according to a Myanmar Police Force’s statement, yesterday. The statement said, files are issued against three directors, two actors and a vocalist, for endorsing the civil disobedience movement and…

India Issues New Guidelines For Int’l Travellers Amid New COVID-19 Variants

NEW DELHI, Feb 18 (NNN-PTI) – The Indian government, yesterday issued new guidelines for incoming international travellers, in the wake of three variants of the COVID-19, which were first detected in Britain, South Africa and Brazil respectively, according to an official statement. All three variants have demonstrated increased transmissibility, as…

Thai Deputy PM Says Sinovac Vaccines To Arrive Next Week

BANGKOK, Feb 18 (NNN-TNA) – Thai Deputy Prime Minister and Public Health Minister, Anutin Charnvirakul, yesterday, reassured the delivery of Sinovac vaccines from China to Thailand, beginning next week. On the second day of a debate in parliament, Anutin said, the first shipment of the Chinese vaccines is scheduled to…
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