Paris, March 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy is on trial over accusations of illegal campaign financing starting on Wednesday, two weeks after he was sentenced on separate charges of bribery. Sarkozy is accused…
Seoul, March 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) South Korean banks’ capital adequacy ratio rose in the fourth quarter of last year due to increased capital and lower risk-weighted assets, financial watchdog data showed on Wednesday. The total capital…
Manila, March 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Philippines has announced that it will temporarily suspend the entry of foreigners and some citizens as the Southeast Asian country battles a renewed spike in Covid-19 cases. In a statement…
Colombo, March 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Sri Lanka has opened its first accredited and fully automated masks manufacturing facility in Kotugoda in the western part of the island country, with an investment of an estimated $830,000, local…
Tokyo, March 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Tokyo stocks were essentially flat on Wednesday morning as investors refrained from making bold moves ahead of a US Federal Reserve policy meeting that comes against a backdrop of increasing borrowing…
Rome, March 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) One year after lockedown due to the Covid-19 outbreak, most regions in the northern Italy are reimposing restrictions to curb a resurgence of the virus, closing down non-essential shops and reducing…
Phnom Penh, March 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) The National Assembly of Cambodia on Wednesday expressed its “utter dismay” over the European Parliament’s recent resolution on the mass trials against perpetrators linked to the “9 November 2019 plot”…
Bangkok, March 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Thailand on Wednesday reported 248 new Covid cases, taking the country’s tally to 27,402, while the death toll mounted to 88, health officials said. Of the fresh infections, 242 are domestic,…
Havana, March 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Cuba’s top tourist destination Havana, where music once reverberated on streets, taxi drivers were busy picking up passengers at airport, and foreigners bustled in souvenir shops, has seen sharp fall in…
Sydney, March 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Mortality rates between the first and second waves of Covid-19 in Europe and the United States fell further, a joint Australian-Chinese study said on Wednesday. According to the study, lower mortality…
Dhaka, March 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) A major fire on Wednesday morning in a hospital here has left three Covid-19 patients dead, said a senior health official. The official said that the victims were being treated at…
Seoul, March 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) South Korea’s employment fell 473,000 in February from a year earlier, continuing to slide for 12 straight months against the backdrop of Covid pandemic, statistical office data showed on Wednesday. The…
Sydney, March 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) As part of its mega green drive, Sydney is mulling to plant thousands of new trees to cover 40 per cent of its area in green growth by 2050. Proposed by…
Kigali, March 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Rwanda will continue administering the AstraZeneca vaccines as the reported side effects have not been confirmed, the country’s Health Minister Daniel Ngamije said. Some European countries have suspended use of the…
Damascus, March 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Syrian Foreign Ministry has stressed its rejection of foreign interference in China’s affairs, saying no country or party has the right to interfere in the internal affairs of independent and…
Algiers, March 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Algerian government has extended the partial lockdown in 16 provinces for two weeks, as part of its continued efforts to contain the Covid pandemic. The extension of the partial lockdown…
Islamabad, March 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has issued notices to the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and its own scrutiny committee to appear before it on March 22 to explain their stance over…
Kabul, March 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) The US Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, John Sopko, at the House Committee on Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on National Security has said that the Taliban have not significantly changed…
Canberra, March 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) Australia will provide support to Papua New Guinea (PNG) to fight the Covid-19 pandemic. Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced on Wednesday that the Australian government will send 8,000 AstraZeneca vaccines and…
Wellington, March 17 (SocialNews.XYZ) New Zealand’s current account deficit widened by 1.6 billion NZ dollars ($1.15 billion) to 2.1 billion NZ dollars in the December 2020 quarter, the statistics department Stats NZ said on Wednesday….