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Wed, 26 Jan 2022 06:12:18 GMT
Nightclub machete fight leads to fire, killing 19
Brawl between rival gangs in Indonesia ended with victims trappedA deadly rivalry between two gangs in West Papua's Sorong City ended with one person stabbed to death and 18 more trapped in a fire after a fight broke out in the Double O club on Monda...

Tue, 25 Jan 2022 18:06:17 GMT
Cambodia PM Says Myanmar Junta Welcome at ASEAN If Progress Made
PHNOM PENH - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Tuesday confirmed he had invited Myanmar's junta chief to a summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), on the condition he makes progress on a peace plan he agreed to last year.Hun S...

Tue, 25 Jan 2022 16:30:26 GMT
Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1600 GMT, Jan. 25
JAKARTA -- Indonesian President Joko Widodo and visiting Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong signed agreements Tuesday on economy, travel bubbles and the extradition of fugitives. At a press conference with Lee after their meeting in Bintan ci...

Tue, 25 Jan 2022 16:05:31 GMT
Indonesia, Singapore ink deals on economy, travel bubbles
JAKARTA, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- Indonesian President Joko Widodo and visiting Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong signed agreements Tuesday on economy, travel bubbles and the extradition of fugitives. At a press conference with Lee after their me...

Tue, 25 Jan 2022 16:05:29 GMT
Indonesia reports 4,878 new COVID-19 cases, 20 more deaths
JAKARTA, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia on Tuesday confirmed 4,878 new COVID-19 cases, the highest single-day rise since Sept. 12, 2021, amid the spread of the Omicron variant in the archipelago. With the increase, the country's tally of infections ro...

Tue, 25 Jan 2022 06:18:01 GMT
Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 0600 GMT, Jan. 25
SEOUL -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) fired two unidentified missiles, believed to be cruise missiles, into the East Sea, South Korea's Yonhap News Agency reported Tuesday citing unnamed military sources. The South Korean military...

Tue, 25 Jan 2022 03:55:17 GMT
19 people killed in clash between community groups in Indonesia's West Papua
Jakarta [Indonesia], January 25 (ANI): At least 19 people were found dead in a nightclub, which caught fire, after a clash between two community groups in Indonesia's West Papua province, Xinhua News Agency reported on Tuesday. Quoting a Provincial P...

Tue, 25 Jan 2022 03:18:29 GMT
China makes significant strides in modernization drive
© Provided by Xinhua BEIJING, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- Provincial-level regions across China have hosted their annual legislative and political consultative meetings in recent weeks, underlining sci-tech innovation, common prosperity, further opening up ...

Tue, 25 Jan 2022 02:55:02 GMT
China Focus: China makes significant strides in modernization drive
BEIJING, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- Provincial-level regions across China have hosted their annual legislative and political consultative meetings in recent weeks, underlining sci-tech innovation, common prosperity, further opening up and green development,...

Mon, 24 Jan 2022 16:37:08 GMT
AFC Women's Asian Cup: Chetthabut shines as Thailand keep hopes for knockout stage alive after defeating Indonesia 4-0
Navi Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 24 (ANI): Thailand bounced back from their opening day defeat to secure a 4-0 win over Indonesia in Group B of the AFC Women's Asian Cup India 2022 at the D.Y. Patil Stadium on Monday. Kanyanat Chetthabut st...

Mon, 24 Jan 2022 16:18:01 GMT
Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1600 GMT, Jan. 24
ISLAMABAD -- Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Monday met with visiting Sri Lankan Minister of Trade Bandula Gunawardena to discuss bilateral and economic relations, the Foreign Ministry of Pakistan said. During the meeting, the Paki...

Mon, 24 Jan 2022 16:05:17 GMT
Indonesia reports 2,927 new COVID-19 cases, 7 more deaths
JAKARTA, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia on Monday confirmed 2,927 new COVID-19 cases, taking the country's tally of infections to 4,289,305, according to the country's health ministry. The ministry's senior official Siti Nadia Tarmizi reported on Mond...

Mon, 24 Jan 2022 16:05:17 GMT
2 Indonesian cities build travel bubbles with Singapore
JAKARTA, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia has allowed quarantine-free cross-border travel between Singapore and the two Indonesian cities of Batam and Bintan, with an aim to revive the tourism sector in both areas, an official said on Monday. "The gover...

Mon, 24 Jan 2022 14:27:17 GMT
AFC Women's Asian Cup: Australia dominate Philippines 4-0 to maintain top-spot in Group B
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 24 (ANI): Australia maintained the top spot in Group B with a 4-0 win over the Philippines in the ongoing AFC Women's Asian Cup India 2022 at Mumbai Football Arena on Monday. The Matildas took 51 minutes to break...

Mon, 24 Jan 2022 11:18:01 GMT
Indonesia applies stricter rule to limit crude palm oil exports
JAKARTA, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia, the world's largest crude palm oil (CPO) producer and exporter, started on Monday the implementation of a stricter rule for CPO exports as an attempt to control a surge in domestic cooking oil prices. Under the...

Mon, 24 Jan 2022 08:12:13 GMT
Two men fined $3,600 each for leaving quarantine for 1 minute
A pair of migrant workers in Taiwan were slapped with a hefty fine for sneaking out to buy snacksA pair of Indonesian fishermen have been fined NT$100,000 (US$3,610) each by Taiwanese health authorities for leaving their quarantine hotel rooms for ju...

Mon, 24 Jan 2022 03:27:13 GMT
Will Omicron derail recovery of airlines in South and Southeast Asia?
By Lee Kah WhyeSingapore, January 24 (ANI): In reporting its latest operating data, Singapore Airlines (SIA), co-owner of Gurgaon-based Vistara airlines, revealed that it carried 600,000 passengers in December, nearly doubled the number of passengers...

Sun, 23 Jan 2022 16:18:15 GMT
Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, Jan. 23
JAKARTA -- Indonesia on Sunday confirmed 2,925 new COVID-19 cases, raising the country's tally of infections to 4,286,378, according to the country's Health Ministry. The ministry said that in the past 24 hours, the death toll from COVID-19 in Indone...

Sun, 23 Jan 2022 16:18:09 GMT
Indonesia reports 2,925 newly-confirmed COVID-19 cases, 14 more deaths
JAKARTA, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia on Sunday confirmed 2,925 new COVID-19 cases, raising the country's tally of infections to 4,286,378, according to the country's Health Ministry. The ministry said that in the past 24 hours, the death toll from ...

Sun, 23 Jan 2022 08:05:52 GMT
'Game Changer' E-moped Batteries Spread from Taiwan Across Asia
Every day, Aiden Lee joins the hundreds of thousands of people getting around Taipei on two wheels.But when most of his fellow riders head to a petrol pump to refuel, he takes his e-motorbike to one of Taiwan's increasingly commonplace battery-swappi...

Sun, 23 Jan 2022 02:18:11 GMT
Indonesian volunteers struggle to save Sumatran tiger from extinction
© Provided by Xinhua by Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Wang AonaJAKARTA, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- Ahmad Faisal is a volunteer with the Harimau Kita (Our Tiger) Forum, a non-profit organization working to protect the Sumatran tiger in Indone

Sat, 22 Jan 2022 17:05:01 GMT
Indonesia reports 1st two deaths from Omicron variant
JAKARTA, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia's Ministry of Health confirmed the first two deaths from the Omicron coronavirus variant on Saturday amid a spike in cases triggered by the more infectious virus. The ministry's spokesperson Siti Nadia Tarmizi s...

Sat, 22 Jan 2022 16:44:21 GMT
Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1630 GMT, Jan. 22
HERAT, Afghanistan -- At least seven civilians, including four women, were killed and nine others wounded when a bomb blast hit a minibus in Herat city, capital of Afghanistan's western Herat province, on Saturday, a provincial official said. (Afghan...

Sat, 22 Jan 2022 16:37:14 GMT
'Live your dreams, trust yourself,' says Mrs World 2022's National Costume winner Navdeep Kaur
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 22 (ANI): Navdeep Kaur, who won the Costume Round at the Mrs World 2022 competition held in Nevada, Las Vegas, recently spoke about her experience of winning the honour and urged people not to lose their individu...

Sat, 22 Jan 2022 12:30:02 GMT
Indonesia reports 3,205 newly COVID-19 cases, 5 more deaths
JAKARTA, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia on Saturday confirmed 3,205 new COVID-19 cases, the highest single-day rise since Sept. 22, 2021, amid the spread of the Omicron variant in the archipelagic country. With the increase, the country's tally of inf...

Sat, 22 Jan 2022 07:03:28 GMT
6.1 magnitude quake strikes off Indonesia's North Sulawesi
Jakarta [Indonesia], January 22 (ANI/Xinhua): A 6.1-magnitude earthquake rocked Indonesia's North Sulawesi province on Saturday, with no preliminary report on damage or casualty, the weather agency and two officials said. The tremor did not potential...

Sat, 22 Jan 2022 01:44:02 GMT
Australia whitewash Indonesia 18-0 in Women Asia Football Cup
NEW DELHI, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- Australia crushed Indonesia 18-0 on Friday in the ongoing Women Asia Football Cup in India. Australian women scored nine goals in each half in the Pune city of India's south-western state of Maharashtra. Indonesian girl...

Fri, 21 Jan 2022 16:05:38 GMT
Xinhua world news summary at 1600 GMT, Jan. 21
SEOUL -- One person was confirmed dead and three others were injured in a fire that broke out at an automotive battery factory in South Korea's southern city, Yonhap news agency reported Friday. The fire broke out at about 3:00 p.m. local time (0600 ...

Fri, 21 Jan 2022 16:05:28 GMT
Indonesia reports 2,604 new COVID-19 cases, 2 more deaths
JAKARTA, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- Indonesia on Friday confirmed 2,604 new COVID-19 cases, the highest single-day rise since Sept. 24, 2021, amid the spread of the Omicron variant in the archipelago. With the newly reported cases, the total tally of infect...

Fri, 21 Jan 2022 16:05:28 GMT
4 dead, 22 injured in multiple-vehicle crash in Indonesia's Balikpapan
JAKARTA, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- Four people died and 22 others were injured in a multiple-vehicle crash in Indonesia's Balikpapan city, East Kalimantan province, a police officer said Friday. A container truck running on a downhill road on Friday mornin...

Fri, 21 Jan 2022 15:55:31 GMT
Afghanistan: People face myriad challenges, concur experts during virtual summit
London [UK], January 21 (ANI): The people in Afghanistan are facing numerous challenges - be it the drought, COVID-19, an impounding economy and declining rights under the new regime, says experts during a recently held virtual summit. The event titl...

Fri, 21 Jan 2022 14:27:14 GMT
Women's Asian Cup: Australia steamroll Indonesia 18-0 in their Group B opener
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 21 (ANI): Title-chasing Australia proved far too strong for an inexperienced Indonesia, as they surged to an 18-0 win in their Group B opening AFC Women's Asian Cup India 2022 match at Mumbai Football Arena on Fr...

Fri, 21 Jan 2022 13:55:24 GMT
'Want to look at our talent identification': India's Weightlifting HPD Aveenash Pandoo
New Delhi [India], January 21 (ANI): India's first High-Performance Director (HPD) for Weightlifting, Aveenash Pandoo, said on Friday that his approach for Indian weightlifting would be to adopt an athlete-centric approach where India would focus on ...

Thu, 20 Jan 2022 02:16:07 GMT
Australia Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) Grants Provisional Registration for Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine
GAITHERSBURG, Md. - Jan. 19, 2022 - Novavax, Inc. (Nasdaq: NVAX), a biotechnology company dedicated to developing and commercializing next-generation vaccines for serious infectious diseases, today announced that Australia's Therapeutic Goods Adminis...



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