Japan Extends COVID-19 Emergency Period As Battle To Contain Virus Continues

TOKYO, Feb 3 (NNN-NHK) – Japanese Prime Minister, Yoshihide Suga, said, the state of emergency in place for Tokyo and other regions hard hit by COVID-19, will be extended by one month until Mar 7. The state of emergency initially declared by Suga on Jan 7, will be extended to…

Pakistan Kicked Off COVID-19 Inoculations With Chinese Vaccines

ISLAMABAD, Feb 3 (NNN-APP) – Pakistan’s Prime Minister, Imran Khan, launched COVID-19 vaccination drive with China-donated vaccines yesterday, as part of the country’s efforts to bring the pandemic under control. The first batch of the Sinopharm vaccines reached Pakistan early Monday from Beijing, on a special Pakistan Air Force plane.…

Iraq’s Daily COVID-19 Cases Hit New Record; Israel To Gradually Lift Lockdown Restrictions Next Week

CAIRO, Feb 3 (NNN-MENA) – Iraq set a new record of daily COVID-19 cases in 2021, with 1,135 infections confirmed yesterday. Meanwhile, Israel will start gradually lifting the lockdown restrictions next week. The Iraqi Ministry of Health said, its total nationwide cases climbed to 621,755, with the addition of 1,135…

Bursa Malaysia Top Performing Bourse In the Region Last Year – Chairman

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 2 (NNN-Bernama) — Bursa Malaysia (Malaysia’s Stock Exchange) continued to be the top-performing bourse in the region with 2.4 per cent growth in 2020, according to chairman Abdul Wahid Omar. He said a large foreign outflow of US$6.08 billion (RM24.6 billion, US$1 = RM4.04) recorded in 2020…

Over 600 Malaysians Registered With The Embassy of Malaysia in Myanmar

By V. Sankara KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 2 (NNN-Bernama) — There are over 600 Malaysians currently registered with the Embassy of Malaysia in Yangon, Myanmar, where most of them comprise businessmen and professionals working with various companies, and quite a number of them are with their families, said Malaysia’s embassy in…

Over 50 Killed In Afghanistan’s Targeted Killings In Jan

by Farid Behbud KABUL, Feb 2 (NNN-XINHUA) – More than 50 people were killed, in separate targeted attacks in Afghanistan in Jan, as the increased assassinations and targeted killings triggered concern among ordinary Afghans in recent months, according to official figures. Over the weekend, five people, including two security forces…

Myanmar’s Regional, State Chief Ministers Released After Detention By Military

YANGON, Feb 2 (NNN-MNA) – A majority of regional and state chief ministers were released today, after the military’s one-day detention, a senior military official, said. The military detained government leaders, regional and state chief ministers and central executive members of the ruling National League for Democracy, early yesterday. The…

Myanmar military takeover threatens country’s development: World Bank

Soldiers stand guard at a Myanmar’s military checkpoint on the way to the congress compound in Naypyitaw WASHINGTON, Feb 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The World Bank said it was gravely concerned about the current situation in Myanmar and a military takeover of power, warning the events risked a major setback to the country’s…

COVID-19: WHO team in Wuhan hold “good discussions” with Chinese counterparts

GENEVA/WUHAN, Feb 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A World Health Organization-led team investigating the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic on Monday visited the Center for Disease Control and Prevention in China’s central region of Hubei, where the outbreak emerged in late 2019. The group of independent experts spent about 4-1/2 hours on…

UN fears for Myanmar Rohingya after coup, Security Council due to meet Tuesday

People stock up rice in Yangon, Myanmar, on Feb 1 UNITED NATIONS, Feb 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United Nations fears the coup in Myanmar will worsen the plight of some 600,000 Rohingya Muslims still in the country, a UN spokesman said as the Security Council planned to meet on the latest developments…
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