Campaigning Reaches Crescendo As Parties Hold Rallies Across India To Woo Voters

NEW DELHI, Feb 6 (NNN-XINHUA) – Campaigning for upcoming local elections here in the Indian capital reached a crescendo, as different political parties are trying hard to woo voters to their side. Thursday (today) will mark the last day of campaigning for the elections in the city. Almost all the…

Brazilian meat industry confident the situation in China will boost demand for Mercosur poultry and beef

BRASILIA, Feb 5 (NNN-MERCOPRESS) — Brazil’s meat industry association ABPA said a “perfect storm” of health and food security concerns in China promises to drive up demand for Mercosur meat, giving Brazilian meatpacker shares a boost. China reported a new outbreak of bird flu on Saturday while millions of chickens…

Human Trafficking Of Women, Children In Indian States On The Rise

MUMBAI, Feb 5 (NNN-XINHUA) – Human trafficking of women and children, reached alarming proportion in India’s western state of Maharashtra, with 28,316; 29,279 and 33,964 of them missing, in 2016; 2017 and 2018, respectively, media quoted figures from the National Crime Records Bureau as reporting. India’s financial capital, Mumbai and…

Brunei, UK Boost Defence Ties

LONDON, Feb 5 (NNN-BB NEWS) – Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei, consented to sign the exchange of letters, in the field of defence, with British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, at No 10, Downing Street, London, yesterday. Accompanying the Sultan was his son, Prince ‘Abdul Mateen. Earlier, the Sultan attended…

Brunei Sees 17 Percent Increase In Cancer Cases During 2014-2018

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Feb 5 (NNN-BB NEWS) – Cancer patients in Brunei have increased by 17 percent from 2014 to 2018, compared to the period of between 2009 to 2013, Health Minister, Haji Mohammad Isham, said. According to the minister, on World Cancer Day, which fell on Tuesday (yesterday), about…

EU, Iran vow to enhance cooperation, interaction to settle issues

TEHRAN, Feb 5 (NNN-Xinhua) — The visiting EU representative and Iranian senior officials have expressed their readiness to boost cooperation in the matters of the Iranian nuclear program, regional security and others. Josep Borrell, EU high representative for foreign affairs and security policy, announced that the European states will do…

Two more planes evacuate Americans from virus-hit Wuhan

WASHINGTON, Feb 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States evacuated more than 300 more people on two new flights out of Wuhan, China, the epicenter of the fast-spreading new coronavirus, the State Department said. The two flights left Wuhan on Tuesday US time after the passengers were screened, a State Department…

US working with pharmaceutical firm on new type of coronavirus treatment

The coronavirus WASHINGTON, Feb 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States is working with a pharmaceutical company to develop a treatment for the 2019 Novel Coronavirus, using a class of drug that has boosted survival rates among Ebola patients, officials said.The partnership between the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)…

US finalizes rule to slap duties on countries that undervalue currencies

U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross WASHINGTON, Feb 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The U.S. Commerce Department finalized a new rule to impose anti-subsidy duties on products from countries that it has determined undervalue their currencies against the dollar, including potentially China. The move could provide a fresh irritant in U.S.-China trade talks…

Iran, EU Vow To Enhance Cooperation, Interaction To Settle Issues

TEHRAN, Feb 5 (NNN-IRNA) – The visiting EU representative and Iranian senior officials, expressed their readiness to boost cooperation, in the matters of the Iranian nuclear programme, regional security and others. Josep Borrell, EU high representative for foreign affairs and security policy, announced that, the European states will do their…
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