Three-Member Team Boards Distressed Oil Tanker Off Sri Lanka To Probe Fire

COLOMBO, Sept 12 (NNN-XINHUA) – The Sri Lankan Navy said that, a three-member team had boarded the MT New Diamond oil tanker, which caught fire in Sri Lanka’s eastern waters last Thursday, to carry out an investigation after the fire had been completely doused. The three-member team was from the…

Thai Border Police Camps To Be Converted Into COVID-19 Quarantine Centres For Migrant Workers

BANGKOK, Sept 12 (NNN-TNA) – Thailand’s Ministry of Interior, said, as part of the government’s efforts to ease labour shortage in Thailand, border police camps may be converted to COVID-19 quarantine centres, to house migrant workers who have papers to work in Thailand. The Interior Ministry has jurisdiction and is…

Virtual Asean Regional Forum won’t stop vibrant discussions of major issues

By Nur Ashikin Abdul Aziz KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 11 (NNN-BERNAMA) — The ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF), the annual Asia-Pacific multilateral forum on peace and security, will convene tomorrow (Sept 12) under very challenging security situations caused by the new coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and escalating tensions in the South China Sea. Due to the pandemic,…

Covid-19: North Korea issues shoot-to-kill orders to prevent virus – US

WASHINGTON, Sept 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — North Korean authorities have issued shoot-to-kill orders to prevent the coronavirus entering the country from China, according to the commander of US forces in the South. The impoverished North — whose crumbling health system would struggle to cope with a major virus outbreak — has…

Covid-19: UN seeks ‘quantum leap’ in funding for virus fight

GENEVA, Sept 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The UN called for animmediate “quantum leap” in funding to fight the new coronavirus as the death toll crossed 900,000 six months after the pandemic broke out. Alarming figures cropped up, with France registering a record of almost10,000 new Covid-19 cases over the last 24…

India, China agree to protect border agreements, avoid raising tension

MOSCOW, Sept 11 (NNN-BERNAMA-SPUTNIK) — India and China have agreed to protect the existing border agreements and avoid the further escalation of tensions, reported Sputnik news agency, quoting a joint statement from the foreign ministers of both nations. Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, held on…

WHO seeks urgent action to prevent deaths linked to trans fat intake

GENEVA, Sept 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The World Health Organization (WHO)warned that 11 countries account for about two-thirds of the global deaths linked to trans fat intake, calling upon these countries to take urgent action to avoid the deaths. The 11 countries out of 15 with the most coronary heart diseasedeaths…

Covid-19 vaccine: 8,000 jumbo jets needed to deliver doses globally, says IATA

Equivalent of 8,000 Boeing 747s will be needed,the International Air Transport Association said MONTREAL (Canada), Sept 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Shipping a coronavirus vaccine around the world will be the “largest transport challenge ever” according to the airline industry. The equivalent of 8,000 Boeing 747s will be needed, the International Air…

Deadly bomb blast targets Afghan vice president

The bombing came as Afghan officials and the Taliban prepared to begin talks KABUL, Sept 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 10 people have been killed in a roadside bomb attack in the Afghan capital Kabul that targeted the first vice president, Amrullah Saleh.Saleh, a former head of the Afghan intelligence…

Covid-19: Death toll passes 900,000 worldwide

PARIS, Sept 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The global toll from the coronavirus pandemic has topped 900,000 deaths since it first appeared in China late last year. A total of 900,052 Covid-19 deaths have been registered worldwide, from 27,711,866 declared cases of the virus. Latin American and the Caribbean are the worst-hit…
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