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WHO To Set Up Centre On Traditional Medicine In India

NEW DELHI, Nov 14 (NNN-PTI) – The World Health Organisation (WHO)’s Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus yesterday said, the health body…

Australian PM To Travel To Japan To Meet With Counterpart

CANBERRA, Nov 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Australian Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, will travel to Japan within days, to meet with the…

Malaysia Calls on ASEAN and South Korea to Strengthen Cooperation to Propagate Digital Economy

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 13 (Bernama) — Malaysia has called on the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to continue to enhance cooperation…

Malaysian PM Urges ASEAN, India to Join Hands in Post-Pandemic Recovery

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 13 (Bernama) — Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin urged leaders from ASEAN and India to join hands in fighting COVID-19 and…

Covid-19: Delhi, India’s capital, records its highest deaths, hospitals swamped

A healthcare worker collects a swab sample from a man at a metro station, in New Delhi NEW DELHI, Nov…

Update: Official death toll in typhoon-hit Philippines rises to 26, military put fatalities at 39

People in flood-hit areas of Manila are cleaning up after Typhoon Vamco swept across the city and surrounding provinces on…

Singapore seizes drugs worth almost S$2 million, including largest single haul of heroin in nearly two decades

SINGAPORE, Nov 13 (NNN-CNA) — Singapore’s Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) has seized almost S$2 million worth of drugs, including 14kg…

Covid-19 restrictions make a comeback in the US, after surging in Europe

WASHINGTON, Nov 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The mayor of the United States’ third biggest city Chicago issued a new stay-at-home advisory,…

US: Pres Trump bans investment in firms that aid China’s military

WASHINGTON, Nov 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order banning Americans from investing in Chinese…

RCEP: Malaysia Respects India’s Decision, Hope It Will Join in the Future – PM Muhyiddin

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 13 (Bernama) — Malaysia respects India’s decision of not joining the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) but remains hopeful that…