Marcos-Carpio Tandem Maintains Lead In Philippine Presidential Election Survey

MANILA, Mar 15 (NNN-PNA) – The tandem of presidential aspirant, Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and vice-presidential candidate, Sara Duterte-Carpio, maintained a commanding lead in the latest election survey released yesterday. A national survey by Pulse Asia, conducted from Feb 18 to 23, showed that 60 percent of the surveyed 2,400 Filipinos…

Documentaries Screened In Afghanistan To Show Country’s Reconstruction

KABUL, Mar 15 (NNN-ANA) – Afghan Film, the state-run film producing company, screened two recently-made documentaries at its headquarters Sunday, a local news agency reported today. The two films were said to be the first batch of works, produced by Afghan Film, since the Taliban took over the power of…

Vietnam Logs 161,262 New COVID-19 Cases

HANOI, Mar 15 (NNN-VNA) – Vietnam recorded 161,262 new COVID-19 cases yesterday, a decline of 5,706 cases from Sunday, according to the Ministry of Health. The new infections, logged in 61 localities nationwide, included 161,247 domestically transmitted and 15 imported. The Vietnamese capital, Hanoi, remained the pandemic hotspot with 29,833…

Egg Of Endangered Javanese Eagle Hatches In Indonesia

JAKARTA, Mar 15 (NNN-ANTARA) – An egg of endangered Javanese eagle, hatched at the Javanese Eagle Sanctuary Centre, in Bogor district, about 60 km south of Indonesia’s capital Jakarta, Head of the Mount Halimun Salak National Park, Ahmad Munawir, said yesterday. The second by second of the hatching of this…

UN launches biodiversity talks on deal to protect nature

PARIS, March 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — UN biodiversity negotiations began in Geneva on Monday to hammer out a global deal to better protect nature that is due for approval later this year. Almost 200 countries are due to adopt a global framework this year to safeguard nature by mid-century from the…

Two Politicians Killed In India’s West Bengal

NEW DELHI, Mar 15 (NNN-PTI) – Two councillors have been killed, in two separate incidents, in India’s eastern state of West Bengal, police said yesterday. Both killings took place on Sunday evening. A Congress councillor was killed in Purulia district, while a Trinamool Congress councillor was killed in the North…

Singapore Reports 9,042 New COVID-19 Cases

SINGAPORE, Mar 15 (NNN-CNA) – Singapore reported 9,042 new cases of COVID-19 yesterday, bringing the total tally to 948,478. Of the new cases, 1,444 were detected through PCR (polymerase chain reaction) tests and 7,598 through ART (antigen rapid test), according to statistics released by the Ministry of Health. Among the…

New Zealand Reports 21,616 New COVID-19 Community Cases

WELLINGTON, Mar 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) – New Zealand reported 21,616 new community cases of COVID-19 today, the Ministry of Health said in a statement. The ministry also reported two deaths. Both people, one man and one woman, were aged over 70. The total number of publicly reported COVID-19-related deaths is 117…

Iran Busts Two Terror Rings In SE Province

TEHRAN, Mar 15 (NNN-IRNA) – The Iranian Intelligence Ministry announced yesterday that, its forces have smashed two terrorist rings, affiliated with foreign intelligence services, in the south-eastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan. It added, six armed terrorists, who entered the country with the mission of assassinating a number of foreign…

Russia-Ukraine conflict: Talks to continue despite deadly strikes

KYIV, March  15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russia and Ukraine conducted fresh talks on Monday in an effort to end Moscow’s devastating war, despite deadly strikes on a Ukrainian television tower, the capital and a pro-Moscow separatist region. On the 19th day of the invasion, the fourth round of talks made no…
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