BEIJING, Sept 21 (NNN-XINHUA) — The Universal Beijing Resort, currently the largest in scale worldwide, opened to the public yesterday, which coincided with this year’s Mid-Autumn Festival holiday, from Sept 19 to 21. “I’m so excited to see Optimus Prime. It brought back my childhood,” said Wu Siyuan, one of…
COVID: Almost 80 Per Cent Of Malaysia’s Adult Population Fully Vaccinated As Of Monday
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 21 (NNN-Bernama) — A total of 18,648,795 individuals or 79.6 per cent of the country’s adult population are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as of Monday, according to the COVIDNOW portal. At the same time, 22,097,565 individuals or 93.1 per cent of the adult population have received at…
Covid-19: US to relax travel restrictions for vaccinated foreign air travellers in November
The US will relax entry rules for travellers from the UK and European Union who are vaccinated against Covid-19 WASHINGTON, Sept 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States will reopen in November to air travellers from 33 countries including China, India, Brazil and most of Europe who are fully vaccinated against…
Indonesia Reports 1,932 New COVID-19 Cases, 166 More Deaths
JAKARTA, Sept 21 (NNN-ANTARA) – The number of COVID-19 cases in Indonesia rose by 1,932 within one day, to 4,192,695, with the death toll adding by 166, to 140,634, the country’s health ministry said. According to the ministry, 6,799 more people were discharged from hospitals, bringing the total number of…
New Zealand To Pass Counter-Terrorism Law After Horror Stabbings, Mass Shootings
WELLINGTON, Sept 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) – A counter-terrorism legislation bill, returned to parliament for its second reading, in an important step taken by New Zealand, towards giving enforcement agencies greater power, to protect the country from terrorist activities, a move following a terror attack more than two weeks ago. The legislation…
Cambodia Inoculates 75 Percent Of Population Against COVID-19
PHNOM PENH, Sept 21 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia administered at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccines to 12.05 million people, or 75.3 percent of the kingdom’s 16-million population, raising hope for a return to normal life in the near future, officials and experts said yesterday. Of them, 10.3 million, or 64.4…
635,000 People Displaced In Afghanistan This Year: UN
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 21 (NNN-XINHUA) – UN humanitarians said yesterday that, 635,000 people in Afghanistan were routed from their homes this year, because of violence, with more than 12,000 recently displaced to Kabul, mainly from Panjshir. The world organisation and its partners reached eight million people in the first half…
Covid-19: Vietnam to buy 10 million Cuban-made vaccine doses
HAVANA, Sept 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Cuba agreed to provide Vietnam with 10 million doses of its homegrown COVID-19 vaccine, Abdala, for which the Asian nation has given emergency approval. A deal was signed between the two countries during an official visit by President Nguyen Xuan Phuc to the communist island, the…
Iran Destroys Headquarters Of “Counter-Revolutionary” Groups In Northern Iraq: Commander
TEHRAN, Sept 21 (NNN-IRNA) – Iranian security forces destroyed four headquarters of “counter-revolutionary” groups by artillery, in northern Iraq, said the acting commander of the Hamzeh Seyed al-Shohada base, in Iran’s West Azarbaijan province, yesterday. The recent operation came, in response to the movements of these groups in the area,…
Afghanistan’s Central Bank Allows Merchants To Withdraw 25,000 U.S. Dollars Monthly
KABUL, Sept 21 (NNN-ANA) – Afghanistan’s central bank, Da Afghanistan Bank (DAB), allowed merchants and owners of private companies to withdraw 25,000 U.S. dollars from their bank accounts once a month, reported a local TV channel yesterday. Following the latest decision and announcement of DAB, Afghan entrepreneurs could receive 25,000…
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