S.Korea’s Car Export Falls 12.1 Percent In 2020

SEOUL, Jan 29 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea’s car export posted a double-digit fall last year, due to weak global demand, caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, customs office data showed today. Passenger car export declined 12.1 percent over the year to 34.7 billion U.S. dollars in 2020, according to Korea Customs…

Covid-19: 1,000 Cuban, Haitian migrants stranded in Colombia

BOGOTA, Jan 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The closing of Panama’s border due toCovid-19 has stranded a thousand migrants — most from Haiti and Cuba — in Colombia, as they had planned to sneak across on their way to the UnitedStates, officials said. Now in makeshift tents on the beach of Necocli,…

US: Taliban have ‘not met their commitments’ in Afghan peace deal

WASHINGTON, Jan 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Taliban are not meeting thepromises they made in the peace agreement with the United States, including reducing violence and cutting ties with Al-Qaeda, the Pentagon said. “We are still involved in trying to get a negotiated settlement. TheTaliban have not met their commitments,” said…

Covid-19: WHO virus experts poised to start Wuhan fieldwork

WUHAN (China), Jan 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Experts from the World Health Organization met Chinese officials Friday ahead of their first site visits in Wuhan for a coronavirus origins probe which will take in a food market presumed to be “ground zero” of the pandemic. The fieldwork was set to begin…

Zhaparov Takes Office As Kyrgyz President

BISHKEK, Jan 29 (NNN-XINHUA) – Sadyr Zhaparov, officially took office as the new Kyrgyz president yesterday, to be the sixth president of Kyrgyzstan. Zhaparov took the oath at an inauguration ceremony at the Kyrgyz National Philharmonic building, followed then, by head of the country’s Central Election Commission, Nurzhan Shaildabekova, who…

Uzbek, S. Korean Leaders Hold Video Meeting To Develop Trade Ties

TASHKENT, Jan 29 (NNN-XINHUA) – Uzbek President, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, and his South Korean counterpart, Moon Jae-in, held a virtual summit via video links yesterday, to develop bilateral economic and trade relations, Mirziyoyev’s press service said. “The agenda of the talks includes acute issues of development of bilateral relations of the…

COVID-19 Vaccines From India Arrive In Sri Lanka

COLOMBO, Jan 29 (NNN-SLNEWS) – Sri Lanka yesterday received 5,00,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine gifted by India, the country’s first consignment, as the island nation prepares to begin its roll-out. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who received the vaccines from the Indian High Commissioner at the Bandaranaike International Airport tweeted: “Received 500,000…

COVID-19 Cases Rise To 139,152 In Myanmar

YANGON, Jan 29 (NNN-MNA) – The number of COVID-19 cases rose to 139,152 in Myanmar yesterday, according to the Health and Sports Ministry. Myanmar reported 350 new COVID-19 infections, and 14 more deaths in the past 24 hours, the release said. The death toll increased to 3,103, while 123,556 recovered…

Brunei Issues Guidelines For Chinese New Year After Recording More Imported COVID-19 Cases

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Jan 29 (NNN-ANN) – The Brunei government yesterday released a direction for precautionary measures, during the upcoming Chinese New Year celebrations, after the country recorded four more imported cases of COVID-19. According to Brunei’s Ministry of Health, Chinese New Year celebrations in the sultanate should be held…

Covid-19: WHO team ends quarantine, starts Wuhan probe under global glare

WUHAN (China), Jan 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A team of experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) left quarantine in Wuhan on Thursday (Jan 28) to begin a heavily scrutinised probe into the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic. The group started a two-week quarantine on arrival on Jan 14 in the central…
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