S.Korea’s Online Shopping Grows 16.8 Percent In Aug

SEOUL, Oct 5 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea’s online shopping logged a double-digit growth in Aug, as the continued COVID-19 resurgence raised demand for online food delivery services, statistical office data showed today. Shopping in the cyberspace stood at 15.77 trillion won (13.3 billion U.S. dollars) in Aug, up 16.8 percent…

Australia’s Victoria State Breaks Grim COVID-19 Daily Record

SYDNEY, Oct 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Australia’s state of Victoria embraced the highest daily increase of COVID-19 cases today, with 1,763 new cases and four deaths recorded. Victorian Health Department deputy secretary, Kate Matson, warned that, the virus was now “everywhere” in Melbourne, the country’s second largest city, and urged residents…

Philippines Logs 10,748 New COVID-19 Cases, Total Tops 2.6 Million

MANILA, Oct 5 (NNN-PNA) – The Philippines’ Department of Health (DOH) reported 10,748 new COVID-19 infections yesterday, pushing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 2,604,040. The DOH also reported that, 61 more people died, as of yesterday, from COVID-19 complications, bringing the country’s death toll to…

Drone Delivers COVID-19 Vaccines In Northeast Indian State

NEW DELHI, Oct 5 (NNN-PTI) – A few doses of COVID-19 vaccines were delivered with the help of a drone, in India’s north-eastern state of Manipur yesterday, said the country’s Minister of Health, Mansukh Mandaviya. The vaccine doses were delivered by the Made-in-India drone, to an aerial distance of 15…

New Zealand To Review Electoral Law Ahead Of 2023 General Election

WELLINGTON, Oct 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) – New Zealand will review its electoral laws, to ensure the rules remain fit for purpose and “meet the needs of the next generation of voters” ahead of the 2023 general election. “Much has changed since the 1950s, but most of our electoral rules haven’t. We…

Australia’s New South Wales State Announces New Premier

SYDNEY, Oct 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Dominic Perrottet was elected as the 46th premier of Australia’s most populous state of New South Wales (NSW), following a meeting of the state’s ruling party this morning. The 39-year-old former NSW Treasurer, won in a landslide internal party vote, with 39 to five votes,…

Gas Explosion In Uzbek Capital Forces Building Residents To Evacuate

TASHKENT, Oct 5 (NNN-XINHUA) – A gas explosion in the Uzbek capital, Tashkent, caused damage to several apartment units, with no casualties reported. The explosion occurred on Sunday night, in a residential building, in Tashkent’s Chilanzar district. Seventeen residents of the building are now temporarily residing in a hotel, the…

Indonesia To Reopen Bali For International Visitors From Oct 14

JAKARTA, Oct 5 (NNN-ANTARA) – Indonesia will reopen international flights to Bali, for foreign visitors from certain countries, starting from Oct 14, as the COVID-19 transmission has eased in the country, a government official said yesterday. Indonesia will receive international visitors from South Korea, China, Japan, New Zealand, as well…

Tokyo Reports 87 Daily COVID-19 Cases, Falling Below 100 For First Time Since Nov 2020

TOKYO, Oct 5 (NNN-NHK) – Tokyo’s daily COVID-19 infections reduced to 87 yesterday, falling below 100 for the first time since Nov last year. The daily count dropped under 100 last time, on Nov 2, 2020, around 11 months ago. The seven-day rolling average in Tokyo stood at 196.7 per…

Japan’s Kishida To Call For General Election On Oct 31

TOKYO, Oct 5 (NNN-NHK) – Japan’s new Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida, said yesterday, he plans to call for a general election on Oct 31. Kishida made the announcement at a press conference last night, after he was elected as the 100th prime minister in Japanese political history, in the afternoon.…