Monthly Archives: December 2021
US Navy seizes USD4M worth of heroin in Arabian Sea
DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (AP) - United States (US) navy vessels seized 385 kilogrammes of heroin in the Arabian Sea worth some USD4 million,...
Four killed in Al-Shabaab raid near Somalia capital
MOGADISHU (AFP) - At least four people were killed yesterday when fighters from the Al-Shabaab extremist group raided a town near Somalia's capital Mogadishu,...
Blood donation drive collects nearly 300 pints
James Kon
The second Brunei Darussalam National Olympic Council (BDNOC) blood donation campaign collected 296 pints of blood over a period of four days.
The...
Thailand thump Indonesia 4-0 to take control of AFF Suzuki Cup final
SINGAPORE (AFP) - Chanathip Songkrasin scored twice as Thailand closed in on a sixth AFF Suzuki Cup title with a 4-0 thumping of Indonesia...
Widespread flight cancellations continue as Omicron spreads
NEW YORK (AP) - Hundreds of flights were cancelled on Wednesday as the Omicron variant creates havoc both for travellers and for airlines that...
31 bodies retrieved from collapsed mine
CAIRO (AP) - Sudanese authorities said on Wednesday rescue workers retrieved at least 31 bodies from a collapsed gold mine in West Kordofan province.
The...
Dortmund eager to settle Haaland’s future
BERLIN (AFP) - Erling Haaland (AFP pic below) is one of the hottest properties in European football and his Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund are...
Five new cases detected
James Kon & Fadley Faisal
Five new COVID-19 cases - comprising three local and two import cases - were detected yesterday, raising the number of...
PBOC issues first loans to back financing for emissions cuts
BEIJING (CNA) - China has issued the first CNY85.5 billion (USD13.4 billion) batch of low-cost loans to financial institutions to promote green projects and...
News agencies receive 1,200 masks
Daniel Lim
The Zhong Zin Hakka Association handed 1,200 face masks to four local newspaper agencies last Sunday.
Each agency - Brunei Press Sdn Bhd, United...