Total COVID-19 Cases Surpass 100,000 Mark In Brunei

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Mar 10 (NNN-ANN) – The total number of COVID-19 cases in Brunei exceeded the 100,000 mark yesterday, with 3,155 new infections reported. The new cases brought the total tally to 100,173 in the country, including 60,748 recoveries from the pandemic. Brunei, with a population of about 420,000,…

Yoon Suk-Yeol Elected S.Korean President Amid People’s Aspiration For Transfer Of Power

SEOUL, Mar 10 (NNN-YONHAP) – Yoon Suk-yeol of the main conservative opposition People Power Party, won a narrow victory in the South Korean presidential election, amid people’s aspiration for transfer of power. Yoon garnered a 48.56-percent support in the election held yesterday, defeating his liberal rival by a narrow margin,…

ASEAN Centre For Biodiversity Launches Programme For Youth Storytellers

PHNOM PENH, Mar 10 (NNN-AKP) – The ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB), yesterday, kicked off a programme for youth storytellers, calling on the young people in ASEAN to use their skills and talents in storytelling, to highlight what life in harmony with nature would look like. In this programme of…

Huge Potential For Malaysian Companies In Egypt’s New Capital City, SCZone Projects — Ambassador

By R. Ravichandran KUALA LUMPUR, March 9 (NNN-Bernama) — Egypt’s New Administrative Capital and the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone) projects offer various opportunities for Malaysian businessmen to explore, said Egypt’s ambassador to Malaysia Ragai Nasr. He said the big potential for the Malaysian companies in the new capital city…

First Super-Heavy Equipment Of Bangladesh’s Largest Fertiliser Factory Installed

DHAKA, Mar 9 (NNN-BSS) – The carbon dioxide stripping tower, the first super-heavy equipment of Bangladesh’s Ghorashal-Polash Urea fertiliser project (GPUFP), the country’s largest and first ever, green fertiliser factory, was installed successfully yesterday. Engineers and workers from China National Chemical Engineering & Construction Corporation Seven Ltd, successfully lifted and…

Global COVID-19 Death Toll Tops Six Million: WHO

GENEVA, Mar 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The worldwide death toll inflicted by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, has surpassed six million, reaching 6,004,421, as of yesterday, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). Globally, as of 4:31 p.m. CET yesterday, there have been 446,511,318 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including 6,004,421 deaths, reported…

Australian Floods Could Cause Japanese Encephalitis Surge: Experts

CANBERRA, Mar 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Experts warned that catastrophic flooding, on Australia’s east coast, could exacerbate the country’s outbreak of Japanese encephalitis. Japanese encephalitis (JE) is a virus, spread through the bite of an infected mosquito to humans, horses and pigs. It can cause inflammation of the brain, nausea, high…

Malaysia Reports 31,490 New COVID-19 Infections, 79 More Deaths

KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 9 (NNN-BERNAMA) – Malaysia reported 31,490 new COVID-19 infections, as of midnight, bringing the national total to 3,680,953, according to the Health Ministry. There are 473 new imported cases, with 31,017 being local transmissions, data released on the ministry’s website showed. A further 79 deaths have been…

Domestic Gold Price Rises In Myanmar

YANGON, Mar 9 (NNN-MNA) – Myanmar’s domestic gold price has been surging to 2.01 million kyats (about 1,133.8 U.S. dollars) per tical (0.578 ounce), late yesterday, due to rising global gold price and appreciating local dollar rate, Yangon Region Gold Entrepreneurs Association Chairman, U Myo Myint, said. “The gold price…

Polls Begin, To Pick New South Korean President

SEOUL, Mar 9 (NNN-YONHAP) – Polls began nationwide, early today, to pick South Korea’s new president, amid a neck-and-neck race between candidates of the ruling Democratic Party and the main conservative opposition People Power Party. The election to select the next president will last from 6:00 a.m. local time today…
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