Myanmar kicks off 4th meeting of 21st Century Panglong Peace Conference
File photo of Myanmar state counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi (centre) speaking during previous Panglong Peace Talk with ethnic representatives…
Covid-19: Kazakhstan resumes flights with seven countries
Passengers check in at Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport in Nur-Sultan NUR-SULTAN, Aug 19 (NNN-Xinhua) — Kazakhstan has begun resuming flights…
Twin strong quakes strike off Indonesia
JAKARTA, Aug 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two large and shallow earthquakes struck off Indonesia’s Sumatra island early Wednesday, the US Geological…
Covid-19: Brazil approves final tests of J&J virus vaccine
BRASILIA, Aug 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazilian health regulators said they had approved Johnson & Johnson’s experimental vaccine against the new…
Covid-19: Vaccine should be mandatory in Australia – PM
SYDNEY, Aug 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Australia should make any coronavirusvaccine compulsory for its 25 million citizens bar medical exemptions, Prime…
Ecuador says Chinese fishing trawlers turned off tracking system near Galapagos
QUITO, Aug 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ecuador reported that nearly half ofthe Chinese fishing boats that roam the Galapagos Islands have…
Covid-19: India misses target for food handouts to unregistered migrants
Millions of people fled the cities in India NEW DELHI, Aug 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Less than a third of India’s…
Afghanistan: 14 rockets hit capital ahead of Independence Day, injuring 10
t/10 Wounded as Rockets Hit Afghan Capital on Independence Day KABUL, Aug 19 (NNN-XINHUA) – Ten people, including four children…
Covid-19: Latest global developments
PARIS, Aug 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Here are some of the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis: – MORE THAN 774,000…
ADB approves $50m to finance PPP projects in Bangladesh
DHAKA, Aug 19 (NNN-BSS) – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $50 million loan to the government of…