China To Enhance Anti-Pandemic Cooperation With Brunei, Says Chinese FM

BEIJING, Apr 23 (NNN-XINHUA) – Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister, Wang Yi, said yesterday that, China is ready to deepen cooperation with Brunei in fighting COVID-19, support Brunei in carrying out vaccination and help it overcome the pandemic at an early date. Wang made the remarks in a telephone…

Tanzania’s Weather Watchdog Issues Alert Over Tropical Cyclone

DAR ES SALAAM, Apr 23 (NNN-IRIN) – Tanzania’s weather watchdog, yesterday, issued an alert, saying, a tropical cyclone called Jobo, may cause strong winds and waves in the country’s coastal belt of Lindi and Mtwara regions. The cyclone, which appeared in the Indian Ocean, is currently in Madagascar heading north,…

Death Toll In Interrupted Oxygen Supply Tragedy In India Rises To 29

MUMBAI, Apr 23 (NNN-PTI) – Death toll caused by low oxygen supply after leakage in the tank, rose to 29 in India’s Nashik city, 167 km from Mumbai, the country’s financial centre, according to local officials. The tragedy at the civic-run hospital that struck on Wednesday, had previously reported 22…

World Bank To Provide Bangladesh With 250-Million-USD Loan

DHAKA, Apr 23 (NNN-BSS) – The World Bank and the government of Bangladesh signed a 250-million-usd loan agreement yesterday, to help Bangladesh create more and better jobs and recover faster from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Third Programmatic Jobs Development Policy Credit, the last in a series of three credits, focuses…

Fear Of U.S. Hate Crimes Prompts Asians To Reconsider Study Plans: Media

WASHINGTON, Apr 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Spiking anti-Asian violence in the United States, prompted people in Asia to reconsider study plans at U.S. universities, and question their confidence in America as a world role model, reported USA TODAY. Since the start of the pandemic, Americans scapegoating China as the source of…

Iran’s President Urges Full Implementation Of Nuke Deal

TEHRAN, Apr 22 (NNN-IRNA) – Iranian President, Hassan Rouhani, yesterday, called for full implementation of the 2015 Iranian nuclear deal, commonly known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). “The JCPOA must be implemented well. We want the implementation of the same JCPOA document, neither a word less nor…

Israel Attacks Targets Near Damascus Again

DAMASCUS, Apr 22 (NNN-SANA) – Israel launched missile attacks on targets in the vicinity of the Syrian capital, Damascus, before daybreak today, wounding four soldiers, state TV reported. The Israeli attack was launched from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, said the report, citing a military source. It added that, the Syrian…

Australia Offers To Help Indonesia Search For Missing Submarine

CANBERRA, Apr 22 (NNN-ANTARA) – The Australian government offered to help find an Indonesian submarine that went missing with 53 people on board. The German-made KRI Nanggala-402 submarine, was reportedly conducting a torpedo drill in waters north of the resort island of Bali when losing contact early yesterday. The Indonesian…

BWF President Poul-Erik Hoyer Larsen Set For Reelection

KUALA LUMPUR, Apr 22 (NNN-XINHUA) – Badminton World Federation (BWF) president and Olympic gold medalist, Poul-Erik Hoyer Larsen, is set to be re-elected for another term during the 82nd BWF Annual General Meeting (AGM) in May. According to the report, released by BWF yesterday, Larsen is the only candidate for…

Four Killed, Over A Dozen Injured In SW Pakistan’s Hotel Bomb Blast

ISLAMABAD, Apr 22 (NNN-APP) – Four people were killed and over a dozen others injured, when an explosive-laden vehicle, exploded inside the parking lot of Serena hotel in Quetta, capital city of Pakistan’s south-west Balochistan province, last night, the country’s Interior Minister, Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad, said. There was a threat…
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