Thai Prosecutors To Indict Red Bull Scion Of Cocaine Use, Reckless Driving In Hit-And-Run Saga

BANGKOK, Sept 19 (NNN-TNA) – Thai prosecutors announced their decision to indict Red Bull scion, Vorayuth Yoovidhya, on charges of cocaine use and reckless driving, which caused the death of a junior police officer in the hit-and-run case in 2012. The decision to indict Vorayuth came, two months after public…

Uzbekistan Police Arrest 15 Members Of Radical Islamic Group

TASHKENT, Sept 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Fifteen members of the radical Islamic group, Hizb ut-Tahrir, were arrested, after a police and security service joint raid in Uzbekistan’s Samarkand region, Samarkand police department said yesterday. The joint operation was carried out in Taylak, Samarkand, Urgut districts and the city of Samarkand, a…

CPEC To Boost Regional Connectivity, Benefit Central Asian Countries: Pakistani President

ISLAMABAD, Sept 19 (NNN-APP) – Pakistani President, Arif Alvi, told his Turkmen counterpart, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, in a telephone conversation that, the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), would boost regional connectivity, the president house said. Alvi said, countries of the region, particularly Afghanistan and Central Asian countries, would tremendously benefit from CPEC’s…

Prague Zoo shuts exhibit to protect primates from Indonesia

PRAGUE, Sept 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Prague Zoo in the Czech Republic has announced it is closing its popular “Indonesian Jungle” exhibit from Saturday as there is a risk of the orangutan and the macaque monkeys catching Covid-19 from visitors. In the exhibit visitors first walk through a mock cave where…

US to ban TikTok downloads, WeChat use from Sunday

Video sharing app Tiktok displayed on a tablet screen in Paris WASHINGTON, Sept 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States ordered a ban on downloads of popular Chinese-owned video app TikTok and use of the messaging and payment platform WeChat, saying they threaten national security.The move, to be implemented Sunday, comes…

COVID-19 Cases In Nepal Cross 60,000 Mark With Record High Daily Spike

KATHMANDU, Sept 19 (NNN-NEPALNEWS) – With record high infection of over 2,000 cases in a single day, COVID-19 cases in Nepal surpassed 60,000 mark, Nepal’s Ministry of Health and Population, said. “The cases reached 61,593 yesterday with 2,020 new cases confirmed in the last 24 hours,” Jageshwor Gautam, spokesperson at…

Indian Gov’t Says 30 COVID-19 Vaccine Candidates Under Various Stages Of Development

NEW DELHI, Sept 19 (NNN-UNI) – India’s federal health ministry said, 30 COVID-19 vaccines were under various stages of development. Of the 30 vaccines, three were in the advanced stage. “Nationally, nearly 30 COVID-19 vaccine candidates are under development, by both industry and academia. These vaccines are in different stages…

Aussie PM “Encouraged” In Fight Against Second Wave Of COVID-19 Infections In Hardest-Hit State

CANBERRA, Sept 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Australian Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, declared that he is “encouraged” by the nation’s fight against a second wave of COVID-19 infections in the state of Victoria. Morrison yesterday held a meeting of the Cabinet, which is composed of the prime minister and state and territory…

Thai returnee dies of COVID-19, first fatality in more than 100 days

BANGKOK, Sept 19 (NNN-BERNAMA) — A 54-year-old Thai man who returned from Saudi Arabia earlier this month died of COVID-19 today, the first death recorded in the country in more than 100 days. The man who had served as an interpreter at the Labour Ministry in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, arrived…

Tony Fernandes quashes news AirAsia Japan suspending flights

PETALING JAYA, Sept 18 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Airasia Group chief executive officer Tan Sri Tony Fernandes has quashed news that AirAsia Japan is to suspend all flights for most of October. “I don’t know where this came out from but obviously, (we do) re-value and evaluate all our operations at any one moment. “We will…
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