Mongolians Battle Steppe Fire In Eastern Region

ULAN BATOR, Apr 19 (NNN-MONGOLIAWEB) – Around 160 people, including firefighters and residents, have been fighting to contain a steppe fire, in Mongolia’s eastern province of Sukhbaatar, the provincial emergency management department said yesterday. The steppe fire broke out before noon yesterday, in Dariganga soum (administrative subdivision) of the province,…

Opening Of Travel Bubble With New Zealand A “Win-Win”: Aussie PM

CANBERRA, Apr 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Australian Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, today welcomed the opening of free travel between his country and New Zealand, saying it is a “win-win” for both countries. As of today, Australians can entre and return from New Zealand without having to quarantine on either side. It…

China Donates Fodder To Mongolian Region Hit By Blizzards, Sandstorms

HOHHOT, Apr 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Trucks loaded with fodder, donated by China as disaster relief to southern Mongolia’s Omnogovi Province, following blizzards and sandstorms, left the Chinese border city of Bayannur, in north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous region. According to the city authority, all 150 tonnes of donated fodder passed…

Asian Economy To Grow 6.5 Percent In 2021: Report

BOAO, Hainan, Apr 19 (NNN-XINHUA) – The growth rate of the Asian economy in 2021 is expected to reach at least 6.5 percent, according to a report released by the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) yesterday. The figure represents a significant rebound from the 1.7-percent contraction registered last year, said…

Feature: Egypt Opens Pharaonic Mummies Hall To Visitors At New Museum In Cairo

by Mahmoud Fouly CAIRO, Apr 19 (NNN-XINHUA) – With its dark and dimly-lit open rooms, the crypt-like Royal Mummies Hall, at Cairo’s new National Museum of Egyptian Civilisation (NMEC) was opened to visitors, for the first time yesterday, displaying 20 mummies of Ancient Egyptian kings and queens. The showcased mummies…

11 Passengers Killed In Egypt’s Train Derailment: Ministry

CAIRO, Apr 19 (NNN-MENA) – At least 11 people were killed and 98 others were wounded, in a train derailment yesterday, in the Delta city of Toukh, north of the Egyptian capital, Cairo, the Egyptian Health Ministry said. A total of 60 ambulances were sent to the scene, and the…

Local Daesh Leader Killed By Gov’t Forces In Eastern Afghanistan

KABUL, Apr 18 (NNN-XINHUA) – A local Daesh leader was killed by Afghan Special Forces, in the country’s eastern Nangarhar province, last night, National Directorate of Security (NDS), the country’s national intelligence agency, confirmed today. “Acting on a confirmed tip-off, the NDS Special Operations Forces, conducted an operation in Kuz…

5.8-Magnitude Quake Strikes Off Japan’s Miyagi Prefecture, No Tsunami Warning Issued

TOKYO, Apr 18 (NNN-NHK) – An earthquake, with a magnitude of 5.8, struck off Japan’s Miyagi Prefecture today, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). The temblor occurred at 9:29 a.m. local time (0029 GMT), with its epicentre at a latitude of 38.3 degrees north, and a longitude of 141.9…

Three Policemen Killed In Insider Attack In Afghanistan

QALA-E-NAW, Apr 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Three police constables were killed, when one of their colleagues turned his gun against them, in Afghanistan’s western Badghis province, the latest in a string of insider attacks, local police confirmed today. The incident occurred at a police checkpoint in Muqur district, in the north…

New Zealand Reports Four Imported COVID-19 Cases

WELLINGTON, Apr 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) – New Zealand reported four new cases and one historical case of COVID-19 at the border in two days, the Ministry of Health said in a statement today. While there was no new case of COVID-19 in the wider community, four new positive cases and one…
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