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Philippines’ Duterte Declares Public Health Emergency To Curb COVID-19

MANILA, Mar 9 (NNN-PNA) – Philippine President, Rodrigo Duterte, signed an executive order and declared a state of public health…

Aussie Women Claim T20 Cricket World Cup With Decisive Victory Over India

SYDNEY, Mar 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Australia won the women’s Twenty20 (T20) cricket World Cup, with a comfortable victory over India…

Three Vietnamese Arrested For Trafficking Drugs From Laos To Vietnam

HANOI, Mar 9 (NNN-VNA) – Police of the Vietnamese capital city of Hanoi, have arrested three Vietnamese men, for transporting…

94 People Die Of Dengue Fever In Indonesia This Year

JAKARTA, Mar 9 (NNN-ANTARA) – A total of 94 people had died of dengue fever, since the beginning of this…

Brunei Sees Women Accounting For 42 Percent Of Labour Force

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Mar 9 (NNN-BBNEWS) – Females account for 42 percent of the labour force, with the employment rate…

10 Killed, 12 Injured As Bus Falls Into Ravine In Pakistan-Controlled Kashmir

ISLAMABAD, Mar 9 (NNN-APP) – A passenger bus fell into a ravine in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir on Sunday evening, leaving at…

DPRK Fires Three Projectiles Into East Sea

NEW YORK, Mar 9 (NNN-YONHAP) – The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), fired three unidentified projectiles into the East…

UN Mission In Afghanistan Calls For Inclusion Of Women In Peace Talks

KABUL, Mar 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), called for inclusion of women in peace talks,…

Iran Says U.S. Sanctions “More Dangerous” Than COVID-19

TEHRAN, Mar 8 (NNN-IRNA) – The secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, on Saturday, said, “The U.S. sanctions are…

Covid-19: UN asks 9 countries to delay peacekeeper rotations due to coronavirus

UNITED NATIONS, March 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United Nations asked nine countries, including China, South Korea and France, to delay by…