Japan To Approve 40 Billion USD Extra Budget, To Support Reconstruction Efforts, Bolster SMEs

TOKYO, Jan 25 (NNN-NHK) – A supplementary budget worth 4.47 trillion yen (40.77 billion U.S. dollars), for fiscal 2019, earmarked in part, to underpin reconstruction efforts in Japan, after a series of natural disasters, is likely to be approved by parliament next week, lawmakers were quoted as saying. The extra…

China Mobilises Medical Teams To Fight New Coronavirus

WUHAN/BEIJING, Jan 25 (NNN-XINHUA) – China is mobilising medical staff to aid Wuhan, the centre of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak, as the country reported 830 confirmed cases of pneumonia, caused by the virus and 25 deaths by the end of Thursday. By Thursday midnight, Hubei Province in central China…

CARICOM members urged to continue pressing for reparation from former colonisers

TURIN, Italy, Jan 23 (NNN) — Colonialism Reparation, a body set up to seek reconciliation efforts, apologies and reparations payments for countries that had been colonised in the past, has been continuing its efforts towards reparation despite seeing poor or slow response from their former colonisers. In a press statement…

Update: Two more people test positive for Wuhan virus in Singapore; total of 3 confirmed cases – MOH

SINGAPORE, Jan 24 (NNN-CNA) — Two more people have tested positive for the Wuhan virus in Singapore, bringing the total number of cases to three, the Ministry of Health said. The new patients include the 37-year-old son of the first confirmed case, MOH said in a media briefing on Friday afternoon. …

Australia to probe crash that killed three US firefighters

NSW Prime Minister Gladys Berejiklian confirming to the media that three US residents died in a firefighting aircraft crash in the Snowy Mountains region SYDNEY, Jan 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Police investigators will join a probe into the crash of a firefighting plane that killed three American crew helping to battle…

Update: US investigating second suspected case of Chinese virus

Security guards patrol outside the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan, China HOUSTON, Jan 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Authorities in Texas are investigating a second suspected case on US soil of a deadly Chinese virus, namely a college student who had recently returned from the city at the heart of the outbreak.…

Search suspended for South Koreans, Nepalis hit by avalanche

The valley in the Annapurna mountain region where the avalanche struck KATHMANDU, Jan 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The search for four South Korean trekkers and three Nepalis swept away by an avalanche in the Himalayas almost a week ago was suspended Thursday as conditions made further operations too risky. The trekkers…

Singapore confirms first case of Wuhan virus

SINGAPORE, Jan 24 (NNN-CNA) — Singapore on Thursday announced a confirmed case of the Wuhan virus, a new coronavirus that has sickened hundreds of people and killed at least 25.  In a media briefing, the Ministry of Health said the patient is a 66-year-old Chinese man. The Wuhan resident, who arrived in Singapore…

India once again rejects US Pres Trump’s offer to mediate in Kashmir issue

NEW DELHI, Jan 24 (NNN-Xinhua) — India once again rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s offer to mediate in the Kashmir issue, saying it had to be “bilaterally” resolved with Pakistan. In a statement, Ministry of External Affairs spokesman Raveesh Kumar said that there was no role for any third party…

Update: China virus toll jumps to 25 dead with 830 confirmed cases – govt

BEIJING, Jan 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The death toll in China’s viral outbreakhas risen to 25, with the number of confirmed cases also leaping to 830, thegovernment said on Friday. The National Health Commission said authorities were also examining 1,072 suspected cases of the virus that first emerged in central city…
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