Smuggled Drugs To S. Korea Nearly Triple In H1

SEOUL, Jul 15 (NNN-YONHAP) – Smuggled drugs caught by the South Korean authorities nearly tripled in the first half of the year, as contactless smuggling through international mail and express cargo jumped, amid the protracted COVID-19 pandemic, customs office data showed today. Smuggled drugs, confiscated by the customs agency, reached…

Mongolia Logs 1,439 New COVID-19 Cases

ULAN BATOR, Jul 15 (NNN-MONGOLIAWEB) – Mongolia confirmed 1,439 new locally transmitted COVID-19 infections over the past 24 hours, bringing the national tally to 143,128, the country’s health ministry said today. A total of 9,350 samples were tested across the country in the past day. Meanwhile, COVID-19 death toll rose…

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…