Vietnam’s Daily COVID-19 Cases Hit All-Time High, Nearly 4.6 Million In Total

HANOI, Mar 8 (NNN-VNA) – Daily COVID-19 tally in Vietnam rose to a new record of 147,358 cases yesterday, up 5,222 cases from Sunday, according to its Ministry of Health. The new infections, logged in 63 localities nationwide, included 147,335 domestically transmitted and 23 imported cases. The Vietnamese capital, Hanoi,…

‘No witnesses’ to implicate MH17 suspect, Dutch court told

The defendant’s lawyers Sabine ten Doesschate and Boudewijn van Eijck prepare for the pleadings in the Schiphol Judicial Complex in Badhoevedorp, The Netherlands THE HAGUE, March 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Dutch lawyers representing a suspect accused of downing Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in 2014 said that no witnesses exist who could…

Australian Defence Force “Sorry” For Slow Response To Catastrophic Floods

CANBERRA, Mar 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The Australian Defence Force (ADF), apologised for its slow response to catastrophic flooding across the country’s east coast. Major General David Thomae, national commander of the joint task force, in charge of the response to floods in southern Queensland and northern New South Wales, yesterday…

Nearly 400 civilians killed in Afghanistan since Taliban takeover, UN says

GENEVA, March 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Nearly 400 civilians have been killed in attacks in Afghanistan since the Taliban takeover, more than 80 per cent of them by a group affiliated to Daesh, a UN report shows, underscoring the scale of the insurgency faced by the new rulers. It is the first…

Feature: Filipinos Brace For Higher Fuel, Food Prices Amid Supply Shocks

MANILA, Mar 8 (NNN-PNA) – Passenger jeepney driver, Arthur Arsenio, 48, charged his passengers 13 pesos (about 0.25 U.S. dollar), two pesos (about 0.038 dollar) higher than the minimum fare, explaining, the soaring fuel prices in the Philippines forced him to raise the rate. Today, oil companies imposed another round…

US fails to get China to back UN text against North Korea

Military equipments are seen during a military parade to commemorate the 8th Congress of the Workers’ Party in Pyongyang, North Korea UNITED NATIONS, March 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States and European allies on the United Nations Security Council failed on Monday to convince China and Russia to back a text…

Australia, Indonesia Join Forces To Tackle Ocean Pollution

CANBERRA, Mar 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Australia’s national science agency and the government, formed a partnership with Indonesia, to address plastic pollution in the Indo-Pacific. The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), yesterday announced that, along with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), it has established the Plastics…

Indonesia Reports 21,380 Newly-Confirmed COVID-19 Cases, 258 More Deaths

JAKARTA, Mar 8 (NNN-ANTARA) – Indonesia yesterday confirmed, 21,380 new COVID-19 cases, raising its tally of infections to 5,770,105, the country’s Health Ministry said. According to the ministry, the death toll from COVID-19 in the country rose by 258 to 150,430, while 48,800 more people recovered from the disease during…

Sri Lanka Mourns Death Of Famous Indian Tusker

COLOMBO, Mar 8 (NNN-XINHUA) – Sri Lankan citizens, yesterday, mourned the death of the famous Indian tusker “Nadungamuwa Raja,” which died in the early hours of the day, following a brief illness. The elephant was in its sixties at the time of its death. Sri Lankan President, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, instructed…

21 Million Yemenis Need Life-Saving Aid, Half Are Children: UNICEF

SANAA, Mar 8 (NNN-YPA) – Almost 21 million people in war-torn Yemen, or nearly 70 percent of the total population, need life-saving humanitarian assistance, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said, in a Twitter post, yesterday. “This includes 11.3 million children or nearly 80 percent of children,” the UNICEF noted.…
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