Palestinian Universities Cooperate In Teaching Chinese Language

RAMALLAH, Palestine, Feb 23 (NNN-XINHUA) – Various Palestinian universities, signed a cooperation agreement on Chinese language teaching. Under the agreement, Al-Quds University, which hosts the only Confucius Institute in Palestine, will overlook the implementation of the agreement, in terms of providing educational programmes and language teachers, appointed by the Chinese…

Iran Announces Suspension Of All Sports Events For 10 Days

TEHRAN, Feb 23 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran will suspend all sports events in the country for 10 days, over the outbreak of the new coronavirus, also named COVID-19, official reported. From Feb 24 (tomorrow), all sports activities and events, including soccer matches, will be stopped for 10 days, the headquarters said,…

Tokyo 2020 Postpones Volunteer Training Amid Virus Outbreak

TOKYO, Feb 22 (NNN-NHK) – Organisers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games postponed training for volunteers “as part of efforts to prevent the spread of infection of the novel coronavirus” (COVID-19). “The organising committee continues to work closely with all related organisations to prepare for a safe and secure Tokyo…

Death Toll Of Flash Flood In Indonesia Rises To Seven

JAKARTA, Feb 22 (NNN-ANTARA) – The death toll from a flash flood in Indonesia’s Yogyakarta province, increased to seven, with 23 others injured, a disaster agency official said today (Saturday). The victims were swept away by the flood, as 249 students of the SMP Negeri I Turi secondary school, were…

Police Gun Down Five Militants During Shootout In NW Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Feb 22 (NNN-APP) – Police in Pakistan’s northwest Peshawar city killed five militants, during an exchange of fire in the wee hours of Saturday morning. The Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) launched a search operation in the provincial capital of the northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, on a tip-off regarding presence of…

S. Korea Confirms 142 More Cases Of Covid-19, 346 In Total

SEOUL, Feb 22 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea confirmed 142 more cases of COVID-19 on Saturday (today), raising the total number of infections to 346. As of 9.00 a.m. local time (0000 GMT), the number of infected patients totalled 346, up 142 from the previous day. The Korea Centres for Disease…

Death Toll From COVID-19 Rises To Four In Iran

TEHRAN, Feb 22 (NNN-IRNA) – Four people have died from the infection of COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) disease in Iran, an adviser to Iran’s Ministry of Health and Medical Education said, on Friday. “So far, 18 Iranians have been infected by the virus, out of which four have died,” Alireza Vahabzadeh…

No New Military Pact With Any Countries Under Philippines’ Duterte: Spokesperson

MANILA, Feb 22 (NNN-PNA) — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is not keen on negotiating new military pacts with any countries, presidential spokesperson, Salvador Panelo said, on Friday. Panelo told a local news network that, he asked Duterte himself, if the Philippine leader is “open to military forces agreement with other…

Japan, South Korea To Hold Talks On Export Control Next Month

TOKYO, Feb 22 (NNN-NHK) – Japan and South Korea agreed to hold talks on export control next month, Japan’s Trade Ministry said, on Friday. The director general-level dialogue between Yoichi Iida, director general of the ministry’s trade control department, and his South Korean counterpart, Lee Ho-hyun, will be held on…

900,000 pangolins trafficked worldwide: watchdog

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Nearly 900,000 pangolins arebelieved to have been trafficked worldwide in the past two decades, awildlife watchdog said, highlighting the challenge in tackling theillicit trade. As the world’s most heavily trafficked mammal, the creatures are targetedfor their body parts which are highly valued in traditional…
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