Aussie State To End COVID-19 Lockdown After Zero New Cases

SYDNEY, Feb 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The Australian state of Victoria will emerge from a snap five-day lockdown at midnight tonight, after recording zero new COVID-19 cases. Victorian Premier, Daniel Andrews, confirmed, most of the restrictions will be eased from 11:59 p.m. Wednesday. “I want to thank those Victorians who’ve made…

New Zealand To Conclude Its Deployment To Afghanistan This Year

WELLINGTON, Feb 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) – New Zealand will conclude its deployment of the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) to Afghanistan by May, this year, Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, said today. “After 20 years of a NZDF presence in Afghanistan, it is now time to conclude our deployment,” Ardern said in…

Malaysia-US Ties Expected To Remain Strong Under Biden’s Administration — Analyst

By Voon Miaw Ping KUALA LUMPUR, Feb.17 (NNN-Bernama) — Malaysia’s bilateral relations with the United States (US) is expected to remain strong and continue to be mutually beneficial under President Joe Biden’s administration.] Analyst Thomas Daniel said this is because the relationship is largely managed by professional diplomats and technocrats…

Detained Myanmar President, State Counsellor To Be Treated In Line With Law: Military

YANGON, Feb 17 (NNN-MNA) – Cases against detained Myanmar President, U Win Myint, and State Counsellor, Aung San Suu Kyi, will be processed in line with the law, a senior military official said, yesterday. “Aung San Suu Kyi and U Win Myint are detained in safe places and both are…

Update: Death Toll In India Bus Plunge Rises To 45

NEW DELHI, Feb 17 (NNN-PTI) – The death toll in yesterday’s deadly bus plunge in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, has risen to 45, officials said. The details were shared by Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, during a briefing. “It is very sad that we have…

NATO will not leave Afghanistan before ‘time is right’

A US soldier keeps watch at an Afghan National Army base in Logar province BRUSSELS, Feb 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that the alliance will not withdraw its troops from Afghanistan “before the time is right”, ahead of a discussion by defence ministers…

Many Feared Drowned As Bus Falls Into Canal In India

NEW DELHI, Feb 16 (NNN-PTI) – Many people are feared drowned, after a passenger bus, carrying at least 50 people skidded off the road and fell into a canal, in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, officials said. The accident took place near Patna village in Sidhi district, about…

Two Huge Unexploded Bombs Found In Southern Laos

VIENTIANE, Feb 16 (NNN-KPL) – The Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) clearance team, MAG of Laos, found two huge unexploded bombs in southern Laos’ Khammuan province. One large air-dropped bomb, weighing 750-lb was found near the side of a road in a padi field, in Sangpoungbone village, Gnommalath district of Khammuan province…

India’s Gujarat Chief Minister Tests Positive For COVID-19

NEW DELHI, Feb 16 (NNN-PTI) – Chief Minister of India’s western state of Gujarat, Vijay Rupani, yesterday tested positive for COVID-19. He tested positive for COVID-19, after being hospitalised due to collapsing on stage on Sunday, when addressing a rally held in the Vadodara city. “The ECG, 2D echo and…

Motorbikes’ Collision Kills Four In Central Highlands Of Vietnam

HANOI, Feb 16 (NNN-VNA) – A collision between two motorbikes killed four people and injured another, in Gia Lai province, in the central highlands of Vietnam. The two motorbikes, carrying a total of five people, crashed into each other on Sunday night, said the report, with three of them killed…
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