7,000 People Die Annually In Laos From Smoking-Related Illnesses

VIENTIANE, May 27 (NNN-KPL) – About 7,000 people die annually in Laos, or 19 people per day, from smoking-related illnesses, including non-smokers, who succumb after years of breathing second-hand smoke. A total of 428 million U.S. dollars has been spent on the treatment of people suffering from such illnesses, accounting…

Cambodia Arrests Four Foreigners Over Illicit Drugs

PHNOM PENH, May 27 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia’s anti-drug police arrested a group of four foreigners, for manufacturing, possessing and trafficking more than 40 kilograms of illicit drugs, the country’s Anti-Drug Police Department (ADP) said, in a news release yesterday. The four men were arrested at two secretive drug labs, with…

Lao Gov’t Orders Action To Facilitate Goods Export

VIENTIANE, May 27 (NNN-KPL) – The Lao government has instructed ministries to streamline procedures, to facilitate trade and speed up freight transport and the export of goods. The move aims to facilitate trade and accelerate freight transport and the export of goods, such as farm products, timber and non-timber forest…

Feature: Power Shortage Undermines Recovery In Afghanistan

KANDAHAR, May 27 (NNN-XINHUA) – In a country already beset by innumerable destabilising factors, power shortages are doing nothing to help Afghanistan’s recovery. In southern Kandahar province, like anywhere else, no electricity means no productivity. Elham Haqmal manages a milk processing plant in Kandahar’s Industrial Park. “We have no mains…

Turkey Says Military Operations On Southern Borders Necessary For National Security

ANKARA, May 27 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkey said yesterday, the military operations carried out on its southern borders are necessary for national security, and do not target the territorial integrity of its neighbours. “Current and future military operations being conducted on Turkey’s southern borders do not target the territorial integrity of…

Palestinian Probe Says Israeli Sniper “Deliberately” Shot Reporter, Israel Denies

RAMALLAH/JERUSALEM, May 27 (NNN-WAFA) – The Palestinian Authority (PA), yesterday announced that, its probe revealed that Al Jazeera reporter, Shireen Abu Akleh, was “deliberately” shot by an Israeli sniper, but Israel denounced it as a “lie.” On May 11, Abu Akleh, 51, was killed, after being shot in the head,…

Indonesia Registers 246 New Cases Of COVID-19

JAKARTA, May 27 (NNN-ANTARA) – Indonesia reported 246 new COVID-19 cases, during the past 24 hours, health authorities said. The total number of COVID-19 infections in the country rose to 6.05 million, and 156,556 deaths were reported due to the viral disease. There are 3,011 active cases in the archipelagic…

Myanmar’s COVID-19 Tally Rises To 613,260

YANGON, May 27 (NNN-MNA) – The total number of COVID-19 infections in Myanmar rose to 613,260 yesterday, after four new cases were confirmed in the past 24 hours, according to the ministry of health. The ministry said, health authorities tested 6,624 people for COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, and…

Moody’s Lowers India’s 2022 Growth Projection To 8.8 Percent

NEW DELHI, May 27 (NNN-PTI) – Global credit rating agency, Moody’s, yesterday slashed India’s economic growth projection to 8.8 percent for 2022, from its earlier projection of 9.1 percent, citing high inflation as the main reason. It said that, the growth momentum at the end of 2021 had carried through…

Salvage Crew Try Again To Raise Sunken Japanese Tour Boat Off Hokkaido

TOKYO, May 26 (NNN-NHK) – Attempts to raise a sunken tourist boat, off Hokkaido, resumed today for a second time, after the initial attempt failed to bring the vessel back on the surface. The boat, Kazu I, carrying 26 people, sank off Hokkaido on Apr 23, after making a distress…