Palestine Condemns Israeli Regime’s Decision To Build 4,000 Settlement Units In West Bank

RAMALLAH, May 7 (NNN-WAFA) – Palestine yesterday condemned Israeli Defence Minister, Benny Gantz’s approval, of building 4,000 housing units, at the Israeli settlements in the West Bank. The move is “aimed at boosting settlement construction, at the expense of the occupied State of Palestine,” the Palestinian Foreign Ministry said, in…

Vietnam’s Textiles, Garments Export Up 21.6 Percent In Past Four Months

HANOI, May 7 (NNN-VNA) – Vietnam earned nearly 11.8 billion U.S. dollars from exporting textiles and garments, in the first four months of this year, up 21.6 percent from the same period last year, according to the country’s Ministry of Industry and Trade yesterday. In Apr alone, Vietnam’s textile and…

Laos Is Sending Over 400 Athletes To 31st SEA Games In Vietnam

VIENTIANE, May 7 (NNN-KPL) – More than 400 athletes from Laos are to participate in the 31st Southeast Asian Games in Vietnam, from May 12 to 23. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence, Chansamone Chanyalath and Minister of Education and Sports, Phout Simmalavong, held a press conference in…

Vietnam Reports 3,819 New COVID-19 Cases

HANOI, May 7 (NNN-VNA) – Vietnam reported 3,819 new COVID-19 cases yesterday, down 486 from Thursday, according to its Ministry of Health. The new infections were all domestically transmitted and recorded in 56 provinces and cities. The Vietnamese capital, Hanoi, remained the pandemic hotspot with 673 new cases yesterday, followed…

Search Continues In Northern Japan For 12 Missing After Tour Boat Sinking

TOKYO, May 7 (NNN-NHK) – The Japan Coast Guard and Self-Defence Forces, continued searching for those unaccounted for, in a tour boat sinking accident two weeks ago, local media reported yesterday. The 19-tonne tour boat, Kazu I, was carrying 26 people, including its crew, when it went missing off the…

Sri Lanka Declares State Of Emergency Amid Unrest

COLOMBO, May 7 (NNN-XINHUA) – Sri Lankan President, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, last night, declared a state of emergency, amid public protests caused by the economic crisis. In a special gazette issued by the president, it stated that, emergency law was declared in the interests of public security, the protection of public…

S.Korea Reports 39,600 New COVID-19 Cases

SEOUL, May 7 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea reported 39,600 new COVID-19 cases as of midnight, compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 17,504,334, the health authorities said today. The daily caseload was up from 26,714 the previous day, but it was lower than 43,286 recorded…

Malaysia Reports 1,251 New COVID-19 Infections, Seven More Deaths

KUALA LUMPUR, May 7 (NNN-BERNAMA) – Malaysia reported 1,251 new COVID-19 infections, as of midnight, bringing the national total to 4,455,364, according to the health ministry. There are nine new imported cases, with 1,242 being local transmissions, data released on the ministry’s website showed. A further seven deaths have been…

Militant Commander, Two Associates Killed In Indian-Controlled Kashmir

SRINAGAR, Indian-controlled Kashmir, May 7 (NNN-PTI) – Police in Indian-controlled Kashmir said yesterday that, they killed three militants, including a commander, in a gunfight in the restive region. The gunfight broke out inside a forest area, near the village of Batkoot-Pahalgam in Anantnag district, about 80 km south of Srinagar…

Int’l Medical Expo To Be Held In Hanoi

HANOI, May 7 (NNN-VNA) – The 29th Vietnam International Medical, Hospital and Pharmaceutical Exhibition, will be held in the Vietnamese capital, Hanoi, on May 11, it was reported yesterday. The four-day event will draw over 150 Vietnamese participants and foreign exhibitors from Japan, South Korea, China, Australia, the United States,…