Indonesia To Be Lower-Middle-Income Country Due To Pandemic: Minister

JAKARTA, Feb 10 (NNN-ANTARA) – Indonesia was projected to be a lower-middle-income country, as its economic growth in 2020 contracted by 2.07 percent, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a minister said. Indonesia’s gross domestic product (GDP) per capita and gross national income (GNI) per capita, experienced a decline in 2020,…

Protests Continue In Myanmar Despite Ban On Gatherings

YANGON, Feb 9 (NNN-XINHUA) – Protests continued to be held in Yangon and other cities in Myanmar today, despite a ban on gatherings in certain townships, which was announced earlier. Gatherings of five or more persons in public areas are banned in some townships of regions and states, under Section…

Four Killed As Unknown Armed Men Open Fire On Car In Afghan Capital

KABUL, Feb 9 (NNN-XINHUA) – Four people were killed, as unknown armed men sprayed bullets, on a car of government employees in Afghan capital Kabul today, police spokesman, Ferdaus Faramarz, said. According to the official, the unidentified men opened fire on a car, in Bagh-e-Daud area of Police District 5,…

Taliban Key Commander Among Six Killed In N. Afghanistan

MAIMANA, Feb 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Six militants, including a Taliban key commander, have been confirmed dead, as government forces, backed by fighting planes struck a Taliban hideout in Qaisar district of Afghanistan’s northern Faryab province today, the national army, said. The crackdown, according to the statement, was launched in the…

“Lucky” Koala Rescued From South Australian Freeway Amid Traffic Chaos

CANBERRA, Feb 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) – A “lucky” koala has been rescued after a dash across a South Australian freeway caused a six-car collision. South Australia police confirmed that the pileup was caused, when a car stopped on Adelaide’s South Eastern Freeway, to try and rescue a koala on the road,…

Six Killed, 11 Injured In Vehicle Collision In India’s Uttar Pradesh

NEW DELHI, Feb 9 (NNN-PTI) – Six people were killed and 11 others injured, with some of them in critical condition, after a passenger vehicle collided head-on with a truck today, in India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh, police said. The accident took place in Jaunpur district, about 228 km…

India Records Less Than 10,000 Daily COVID-19 Cases As Tally Rises To 10,847,304

NEW DELHI, Feb 9 (NNN-PTI) – India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 10,847,304 today, as 9,110 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours. According to official data, the death toll mounted to 155,158 as 78 patients died since yesterday morning. This was the first time in the past several…

Chinese Embassy In New Zealand Distributes Spring Festival Kits To Overseas Chinese Students

WELLINGTON, Feb 9 (NNN-XINHUA) – The Chinese embassy in New Zealand, today distributed Spring Festival kits to overseas Chinese students here in Wellington, on the eve of the Lunar New Year. Under strict pandemic prevention measures, the Education Office of the Chinese Embassy in New Zealand, opened its doors to…

Japanese Submarine Collides With Commercial Vessel, Three Injured

TOKYO, Feb 9 (NNN-NHK) – A Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force submarine, collided with a commercial vessel yesterday, in the Pacific Ocean, off the western main island of Shikoku, slightly injuring three crew members on the submarine, government officials said. In the incident, the 84-metre-long Soryu, scraped the hull of the…

Covid-19: WHO says don’t dismiss AstraZeneca shot after South Africa delays jabs

GENEVA, Feb 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The World Health Organization insistedthat the AstraZeneca vaccine was still a vital tool in the global fight against the coronavirus pandemic, after South Africa delayed the startof its inoculation program over concerns about the drug’s efficacy against avirus variant. As concerns rose over the AstraZeneca…
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