Asia

Qatar Signs Deal With China’s Yutong To Manufacture Electric Buses

DOHA, Dec 2 (NNN-QNA) – Qatar Free Zones Authority (QFZA), signed an agreement with China’s Yutong, one of the world’s…

Saudi Arabia Denies Role In Assassination Of Iranian Nuke Scientist

RIYADH, Dec 2 (NNN-SPA) – Saudi’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Adel al-Jubeir, denied any role of his country,…

NZ Registers Largest Trade Drop In A Decade, As Export Prices Sour

WELLINGTON, Dec 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Lower export prices for New Zealand dairy, meat, and logs, in the Sept, 2020 quarter,…

COVID-19 Leads To A Plummet In New Zealand’s Outbound, Inbound Tourism

WELLINGTON, Dec 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) – New Zealanders’ overseas spending, in the Sept, 2020 quarter, fell almost 1.7 billion NZ dollars…

Sri Lanka Signs Loan Agreement With ADB To Strengthen Secondary Education

COLOMBO, Dec 2 (NNN-SLNEWS) – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Sri Lankan government, yesterday signed a 400-million-U.S.-dollar loan…

Covid-19: WHO says ‘will do everything’ to find virus origins

GENEVA, Dec 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The World Health Organization insisted it would do everything possible to find the animal origins…

Kuwait To Allow Foreign Domestic Workers’ Entrance From Dec 7

KUWAIT, Dec 2 (NNN-KUNA) – Kuwait green-lights plan to allow foreign domestic workers to enter the country, Directorate-General for Civil…

Roscosmos Calls Landing Of China’s Chang’e-5 Historic Event

MOSCOW, Dec 2 (NNN-TASS) – The landing of China’s Chang’e-5 spacecraft on the near side of the moon is a…

Bill Restricting Int’l Inspections Gets Iranian Parliament’s Preliminary Approval

TEHRAN, Dec 2 (NNN-IRNA) – A parliament bill received preliminary approval in Iran, to restrict international inspections of Iran’s nuclear…

COVID-19 Cases In Jakarta Worrying, Governor, Deputy Infected

By Mohd Shukri Ishak JAKARTA, Dec 1 (Bernama) — The governor of Jakarta and his deputy have also been infected by COVID-19…