PUTRAJAYA, Feb 7 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Tajikistan hopes to become an important trade gateway for Malaysia to markets in Central Asia, said Tajikistan’s Foreign Minister Sirojiddin Muhriddin.
On the other hand Malaysia, being strategically located in Southeast Asia, could become a bridge between Tajikistan and other ASEAN countries, he said.
BANGKOK, Feb 8 (NNN-TNA) – One airport worker was killed and another injured, following a crash between a domestic airliner and its tow truck, at Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok.
According to Don Mueang airport director, Samphan Khutharanon, the Nok Air plane, accidentally crashed with the tow truck, at work near an aircraft parking area, where it was about to pick up passengers, killing the driver of the tow truck and injuring a worker.
YANGON, Feb 8 (NNN-XINHUA) – A gunman, with a bogus bomb, robbed a bank located in the eastern part of Myanmar’s Yangon, on Friday, an official from Office of the Yangon Region Police Force told Xinhua.
“The robbery took place at a branch of CB Bank in North Dagon township, at around 9:00 a.m. local time. The bomb is fake and measures are being carried out to capture the suspect,” the official said.
BEIJING, February 7. /TASS/: The second of two new hospitals in China’s Wuhan will be opened on Saturday, Wuhan’s Vice-Mayor Hu Yabo said during a press conference on Friday.
"The 1,600-bed Leishenshan hospital will be opened on February 8," he said. According to the official, Wuhan hospitals can receive 8,900 patients in total, with the Huoshenshan hospital, which opened last week, receiving an additional 1,000 patients.
NUR-SULTAN, February 8. /TASS/: Eight people have been killed in clashes and a mass brawl in Kazakhstan’s Zhambyl Region, Kazakh Interior Minister Yerlan Turgumbayev told reporters at a press briefing on Saturday.
"Several dozen people were injured and sustained gunshot wounds in massive riots. Unfortunately, eight people died from injuries," he said.
"By now, 47 people have been detained and taken to a police station. Two hunting rifles were seized from them," Turgumbayev noted, adding that several police officers were injured. Two of them sustained gunshot wounds.
MANILA, Feb 8 (PNA) – Philippine President, Rodrigo Duterte, wants Foreign Secretary, Teodoro Locsin, to notify Washington, about the intention of Manila to terminate the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) between the United States and the Philippines, Presidential Spokesperson, Salvador Panelo, said, yesterday.
“President Duterte is instructing Executive Secretary (Salvador) Medialdea, to tell Foreign Affairs Secretary Locsin, to send the notice of termination to the U.S. government,” said Panelo in a text message to reporters.
WUHAN, Feb 8 (NNN-XINHUA) – Wuhan, the epicentre of the novel coronavirus outbreak, is combing communities to ensure every confirmed or suspected patient is located and attended to, as a senior official vowed to nail any official deserter “to history’s pillar of shame.”
A conference on epidemic control, ordered the mega city, with a population of over 10 million, to make all-out efforts to locate patients, confirmed or suspected, to be infected with the virus, close contacts of confirmed cases, as well as, patients with fever.
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - U.S. experts on infectious diseases, including government officials, are awaiting approval to enter China to help fight the coronavirus epidemic, having been included on a list proposed by the World Health Organization, a U.S. embassy spokesman told Reuters on Saturday.
China agreed to allow WHO to form a team of experts to travel to China to learn about the virus and find solutions to the outbreak, the spokesman said.
TOKYO (Reuters) - British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said he wants an “ambitious” trade deal with Japan, after a meeting with Japanese counterpart Toshimitsu Motegi, who asked Britain to end European Union restrictions on Japanese food imports imposed after the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
Raab met Motegi in Tokyo during his first overseas trip following Britain’s departure from the EU, and as it negotiates its future relationship with Brussels and begins free trade talks with other major economies including the United States and Japan.
SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Friday that as a close neighboring country of China, South Korea stands ready to continue to actively support China in its effort to fight against the novel coronavirus epidemic.
Moon made such remarks as he accepted the credentials from newly appointed Chinese ambassador to the Republic of Korea Xing Haiming at the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae.
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