Thailand Sees Record COVID-19 Death Toll Of Nearly 100

BANGKOK, Jul 15 (NNN-TNA) – Thailand today reported a new daily record of 98 COVID-19 deaths, raising the country’s total fatalities to 3,032, according to the data released by the Public Health Ministry. More than 95 percent of the deaths have been recorded since early Apr, which marks the start…

India’s COVID-19 Tally Rises To 30,987,880

NEW DELHI, July 15 (NNN-PTI) – India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 30,987,880 today, as 41,806 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country, according to the federal health ministry’s latest data. During the period, 581 deaths, due to the pandemic since yesterday morning took the total…

More New Zealand Women Take Up Self-Employment: Statistics

WELLINGTON, Jul 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The number of self-employed women increased almost 14 percent to 143,500 in the year to Mar, 2021, New Zealand’s statistics department, Stats NZ said, today. The term “self-employed without employees” can include people who are starting their own business, sole traders, independent contractors, freelancers, or…

China Will Continue Supporting Pacific Island Countries In COVID-19 Fight: FM Spokesperson

BEIJING, Jul 15 (NNN-XINHUA) – China will continue to provide support, within its capacity, to Pacific island countries in need, so that they can ultimately prevail over the pandemic, said a Foreign Ministry spokesperson yesterday. Zhao Lijian made the remarks, during a daily news briefing, when asked to comment on…

New Zealand’s Alert Level System For COVID-19 Needs Urgent Revamp: Researchers

WELLINGTON, Jul 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) – New Zealand’s Alert Level system for the COVID-19 needs an urgent revamp, to suit the evolving pandemic, said University of Otago researchers, in an article in journal Lancet Regional Health. The researchers said, the current alert level system was designed for last year’s pandemic context,…

Indonesia Reports Record Daily COVID-19 Cases At 54,517

JAKARTA, Jul 15 (NNN-ANTARA) – Indonesia yesterday recorded 54,517 newly-confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, marking the highest daily spike and bringing the total tally to 2,670,046, the Health Ministry said. The ministry also reported, COVID-19-related death toll added by 991 to 69,210. Additional 17,762 recovered patients…

Israel Should Abide By Peace Agreements With Palestine: Palestinian PM

RAMALLAH, Jul 15 (NNN-WAFA) – Palestinian Prime Minister, Mohammed Ishtaye, said yesterday that, Israel should abide by the peace agreements it has signed with Palestine, to advance a serious political process. The prime minister made the appeal, during a meeting with former U.S. Representative, Robert Wexler, in the West Bank…

Japanese Gov’t Proposes Record Rise In Minimum Hourly Wage To 8.4 USD

TOKYO, Jul 15 (NNN-NHK) – A panel of the Japanese government, yesterday, proposed a plan to raise the average minimum hourly wage by a record 28 yen (0.25 U.S. dollars) to 930 yen (8.4 dollars) in fiscal 2021, local media reported. The labour ministry’s advisory panel, proposed the 3.1-percent increase…

Iran Reports 23,371 New COVID-19 Cases, 3,440,400 In Total

TEHRAN, Jul 15 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran yesterday reported 23,371 new COVID-19 cases, raising the country’s total infections to 3,440,400. The pandemic has so far claimed 86,391 lives in Iran, up by 184 in the past 24 hours, the Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education said. A total of 3,069,943…

Archaeologists Uncover Remains Of Jerusalem’s Wall Destroyed 2,600 Years Ago

JERUSALEM, Jul 15 (NNN-PNN) – Archaeologists uncovered the remains of one of ancient Jerusalem’s city walls, which was destroyed by the Babylonians about 2,600 years ago, the Israel Antiquities Authority said yesterday. The 30-metre missing section of the wall, connects its northern and southern sections that were already exposed decades…