Gunman Robs Bank Of Around 40,000 USD In Myanmar’s Yangon

YANGON, Feb 8 (NNN-XINHUA) – A gunman, with a bogus bomb, robbed a bank located in the eastern part of Myanmar’s Yangon, on Friday, an official from Office of the Yangon Region Police Force told Xinhua. “The robbery took place at a branch of CB Bank in North Dagon township,…

Worker Killed, Another Injured As Plane Crashes Tow Truck At Bangkok Airport

BANGKOK, Feb 8 (NNN-TNA) – One airport worker was killed and another injured, following a crash between a domestic airliner and its tow truck, at Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok. According to Don Mueang airport director, Samphan Khutharanon, the Nok Air plane, accidentally crashed with the tow truck, at…

New Zealand Dairy Company Donates Milk Products To Wuhan To Help Fight Novel Coronavirus

WELLINGTON, Feb 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Milk New Zealand Diary Ltd said, on Friday, that, it has donated 2,000 cases of dairy products to Wuhan city, in central China, which is battling the novel coronavirus epidemic. “We donated 2,000 cases of Theland 4.0 protein milk, and 1,000 cases of HawkeSpring natural…

World’s Top Palm Oil Producers Accuse EU Of Trying To Increase Barrier In Commodity Trade

JAKARTA, Feb 8 (NNN-ANTARA) – Indonesia and Malaysia, the world’s largest palm oil producers, accused the European Union of planning to increase the level of non-tariff barrier in palm oil trade. After deciding that oil palm plantations caused excessive deforestation and should be excluded from raw materials used in bio…

Sri Lankan PM Visits India

NEW DELHI, Feb 8 (NNN-PTI) – Sri Lankan Prime Minister, Mahinda Rajapaksa, arrived here on Friday, on a four-day state visit to India, officials said. Rajapaksa was received by junior human resources development minister, Sanjay Shamrao Dhotre, at the airport in New Delhi. Rajapaksa will hold talks with Indian Prime…

India To Move 100 Million Tonnes Of Cargo On Coastal Shipping Route Over Next Five Years

MUMBAI, Feb 8 (NNN-PTI) – India will move 100 million tonnes of coastal cargo in the next five years, through the coastal shipping route, from the present two million tonnes, an official from the shipping ministry said. “The linkage of inland waterways to coastal waterways is essential, by embarking on…

Elaborate Arrangements, Security In Place For Local Elections In Indian Capital

NEW DELHI, Feb 8 (NNN-PTI) – India’s election commission officials said, all arrangements and adequate security measures were put in place for the upcoming local elections scheduled to take place on Saturday (today), in the capital city Delhi. “All preparations are in place for tomorrow’s (today’s) assembly elections,” a local…

Philippines’ Duterte Orders Termination Of Military Agreement With U.S.

MANILA, Feb 8 (PNA) – Philippine President, Rodrigo Duterte, wants Foreign Secretary, Teodoro Locsin, to notify Washington, about the intention of Manila to terminate the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) between the United States and the Philippines, Presidential Spokesperson, Salvador Panelo, said, yesterday. “President Duterte is instructing Executive Secretary (Salvador) Medialdea,…

Plane Slides Off Runway After Landing In Istanbul, 52 Injured

ISTANBUL, Feb 6 (NNN-ANADOLU) — A plane slid off the runway, shortly after landing at Istanbul’s Sabiha Gokcen International Airport, on Wednesday, Istanbul governor, Ali Yerlikaya said, noting that 52 people were injured. Yerlikaya said that the fire brigade and rescue workers were immediately dispatched to the scene, and the…

Syrian Air Defence Responds To Israeli Strikes Over Damascus

DAMASCUS, Syria, Feb 6 (NNN-SANA) – Syria’s air defence was triggered early today (Thursday), by a fresh Israeli missile attack, over the capital, Damascus, Syrian state TV reported. The missiles, launched from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, targeted areas west of Damascus, as people there heard powerful explosions, said the report.…
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