India Records 2,226 New COVID-19 Cases, 65 More Deaths

NEW DELHI, May 22 (NNN-PTI) – India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 43,136,371 today, as 2,226 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country, showed the federal health ministry’s latest data. Besides, 65 deaths were reported from the pandemic across the country since yesterday morning, taking the…

Magnitude 6.1 Earthquake Jolts Philippines

MANILA, May 22 (NNN-PNA) – An earthquake, with a preliminary magnitude of 6.1, jolted Batangas province on the main Philippine island of Luzon today, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said. The institute said, the quake, which occurred at 5:50 a.m. local time, hit at a depth of 132…

Road Accident Kills Nine At Uzbek-Kyrgyz Border Checkpoint

TASHKENT, May 22 (NNN-KNA) – A road accident killed nine people at a border checkpoint between Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, the press service of Uzbek Internal Affairs Ministry said, yesterday. A trailer, loaded with a bulldozer, “had a brake failure” and rammed through 12 cars that were waiting to cross the…

S.Korean, U.S. Presidents Hold Summit Talks In Seoul

SEOUL, May 22 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korean President, Yoon Suk-yeol and U.S. President, Joe Biden, yesterday held their first summit talks in Seoul. The summit was held in the South Korean presidential office in Seoul’s central district of Yongsan, to which President Yoon relocated the presidential office from the Blue…

Death Toll From Floods In India’s Assam State Rises To 14

NEW DELHI, May 22 (NNN-PTI) – The death toll from floods hitting India’s north-eastern state of Assam has risen to 14, after four people, including two children, were found dead in the past 24 hours, in floods caused by heavy rains, which affected the state for nearly a week. According…

Labour Leader Albanese Claims Victory In Australian Federal Election

CANBERRA, May 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Anthony Albanese, claimed victory for his Labour Party, after incumbent Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, conceded defeat in Australia’s 2022 federal election held yesterday. The election result would end the Coalition’s nearly nine-year-hold on power, with Albanese to become Australia’s 31st prime minister. Addressing supporters, Albanese…

Australian PM Concedes Defeat In Federal Election

CANBERRA, May 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Australian Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, has conceded defeat in the country’s 2022 federal election held yesterday. He said in a speech last night that, he has spoken to the Opposition leader, Anthony Albanese and congratulated him on his election victory. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)…

Feature: Gaza Reconstruction Moving Slowly One Year After Deadly Clash Between Israel And Hamas

by Saud Abu Ramadan GAZA, May 22 (NNN-XINHUA) – After Israeli jets bombed their apartment in a seven-story building in Gaza city last year, Riyad Ishkontana, 35, and his seven-year-old daughter, Souzi became the only survivors of the seven-member family. Ishkontana’s wife and four other children were killed, and the…

Iraq Reports 90 Haemorrhagic Fever Cases, 18 Deaths

BAGHDAD, May 22 (NNN-NINA) – The Iraqi Ministry of Health said yesterday that, up to 90 cases of viral haemorrhagic fever (VHF) have been registered in Iraq, including 18 deaths. “There has been a serious increase in the VHF cases in Iraq recently, and the number of registered cases could…

Palestinian Teenager Killed By Israeli Soldiers In Northern West Bank: Medics

RAMALLAH, May 22 (NNN-WAFA) – A 17-year-old Palestinian boy was killed and another critically injured yesterday, during clashes with Israeli soldiers, in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, medics and eyewitnesses said. Jani Joukha, director of the Ibn Sina Hospital in the city, said that, Amjad al-Fayed died, after…