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…

China reports 889 new coronavirus cases, death toll surpasses 2,200

BEIJING, Feb 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — China had 889 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infections on Thursday, the National Health Commission said on Friday, up from 394 cases a day earlier. That brings the total accumulated number of confirmed cases in mainland China so far to 75,465. The death toll from the…

Vietnam police charge 7 over UK truck deaths

Police move the lorry container where bodies were discovered, in Grays, Essex, Britain HANOI, Feb 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Police in Vietnam have charged seven people in connection with the deaths of 39 migrants whose bodies were discovered in the back of a truck near London last year. The victims, who…

Ahead of Trump’s visit, Indian city cleans the swamp

Taj Mahal NEW DELHI, Feb 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ahead of the much-awaited visit of US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania to Agra next week, the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has mounted a massive image makeover of the Taj city. According to reports, over 500 cusecs of…
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