India Art Fair 2020 Held In New Delhi

NEW DELHI, Feb 2 (NNN-PTI) – Since its inception in 2008, the India Art Fair (IAF) has been a celebration of South Asian modern and contemporary art, and is the biggest exhibition of the same in the country. The 12th edition of this Delhi-based fair is being held from Jan…

Bangladeshi Opposition Rejects Major City Polls, Calls Strike For Today

DHAKA, Feb 2 (NNN-BSS) – Bangladesh’s largest opposition party, called for a dawn-to-dusk strike for today (Sunday), in the capital Dhaka, rejecting the results of two major city polls. At a press conference in Dhaka, hours after the city corporation polls, ex-Prime Minister, Khaleda Khaleda Zia’s Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)…

Iran Starts 10-Day Celebrations For Anniversary Of Victory Of 1979 Islamic Revolution

TEHRAN, Feb 2 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran on Saturday, started 10-day Fajr (Dawn) celebrations, for the anniversary of the victory of the Islamic Revolution in 1979. The first day of the celebrations, on Feb 1 (yesterday), marked the return of Sayyid Ruhollah Khomeini, the late leader of the Islamic Revolution, to…

S.Korea’s Export Keeps Falling For 14 Months To Jan

SEOUL, Feb 1 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea’s export kept falling for 14 straight months through Jan, on the lowered number of working days, caused by the Lunar New Year holiday, a government report showed today. Export, which takes up about half of the export-driven economy, amounted to 43.35 billion U.S.…

Lao Food Festival 2020 Held To Promote Female Entrepreneurs

VIENTIANE, Feb 1 (NNN-KPL) – A large number of Lao, foreign visitors, as well as, Vientiane residents, attended Lao Food Festival 2020, held at Chao Anouvong Park, Vientiane Capital, on Jan 28-31. During the four-day event, there was cooking competition, participated by chefs from northern, central and southern regions of…

Cambodian PM To Pay Working Visit To South Korea Next Week

PHNOM PENH, Feb 1 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodian Prime Minister, Samdech Techo Hun Sen, will pay a working visit to South Korea, on Feb 3-5, said a foreign affairs ministry’s statement. In Seoul, Hun Sen will attend the Universal Peace Federation (UPF) World Summit 2020, on Peace, Security and Human Development,…

5.3-Magnitude Quake Strikes Japan’s Ibaraki Prefecture, No Tsunami Warning Issued

TOKYO, Japan, Feb 1 (NNN-NHK) – An earthquake, with a magnitude of 5.3, on Saturday, struck Japan’s Ibaraki Prefecture, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). The temblor occurred at 2:07 a.m. local time, with its epicentre at a latitude of 36.0 degrees north, and a longitude of 140.1 degrees…

S. Korea’s 2nd chartered plane carrying 330 citizens arrives in Seoul from Wuhan

Quarantine workers get ready to receive S. Koreans from Wuhan Quarantine workers wearing full protective suits and masks get ready to receive South Korean nationals flown in on a chartered plane from Wuhan, China, at Gimpo International Airport in western Seoul on Feb. 1, 2020. Photo courtesy of Yonhap SEOUL,…

Malaysia to send 18 million medical gloves to Wuhan for healthcare workers amid coronavirus outbreak

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 31 (NNN-CNA) — The Malaysian government will be sending 18 million pieces of medical gloves to healthcare workers in Wuhan amid an escalating coronavirus outbreak. In a statement on Friday, Primary Industries Minister Teresa Kok said Malaysia is in full solidarity with the people of Wuhan. “At…

US: Pilots, flight attendants demand flights to China stop as virus fear mounts worldwide

CHICAGO (US), Jan 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Pilots and flight attendants are demanding airlines stop flights to China as health officials declare a global emergency over the rapidly spreading coronavirus, with American Airlines’ pilots filing a lawsuit seeking an immediate halt. China has reported nearly 10,000 cases and 213 deaths, but the…
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