Mongolia Registers Record Daily COVID-19 Toll With 17 More Deaths

ULAN BATOR, Jul 3 (NNN-XINHUA) – Mongolia reported 17 more deaths from COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, a record daily death toll, bringing the national count to 631, the country’s health ministry said today. The ministry also reported 2,401 new cases, raising the nationwide tally to 122,740. The total…

India’s COVID-19 Tally Rises To 30,502,362, With 44,111 New Cases

NEW DELHI, Jul 3 (NNN-PTI) – India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 30,502,362 today, as 44,111 new cases were registered, during the past 24 hours across the country, showed the federal health ministry’s latest data. Besides, 738 deaths due to the pandemic since yesterday morning, took the death toll to 401,050.…

20 People Likely Missing From Central Japan Mudslide: Local Authorities

TOKYO, Jul 3 (NNN-NHK) – Torrential rain caused a large mudslide in Atami city of Shizuoka Prefecture, in central Japan today, possibly sweeping away some 20 people and destroying at least 10 houses, local authorities said. A rescue operation is underway in the slide-hit area in Atami, and the situation…

Mother-In-Law Of S. Korea’s Conservative Presidential Frontrunner Sentenced To Three Years In Jail

SEOUL, Jul 3 (NNN-YONHAP) – The mother-in-law of South Korea’s conservative presidential frontrunner, was sentenced to three years in jail yesterday, ahead of the presidential election in Mar, next year. A local district court in Uijeongbu, about 20 km north of Seoul, sentenced the 74-year-old woman, only identified with her…

Cambodia Sees Rubber Export Up Seven Percent, Rice Down 29 Percent In H1: Minister

PHNOM PENH, Jul 3 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia exported 132,174 tonnes of dry rubber in the first half of this year, up seven percent over the same period last year, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Veng Sakhon, said yesterday. Cambodia earned 221 million U.S. dollars in gross revenue from rubber…

Australian COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout A “Phenomenal Failure”: Former PM

CANBERRA, July 2 (NNN-XINHUA) – Former Australian Prime Minister (PM), Malcolm Turnbull, described the country’s vaccine rollout as a “failure of public administration.” Turnbull, who served as PM from 2015 to 2018, on Thursday said, the vaccination programme has been a “phenomenal failure,” saying that, Australia was “way behind” comparable…

Thailand’s Fresh Durian Exports Surge 95.3 Percent In May

BANGKOK, Jul 3 (NNN-TNA) – Thailand exported a record 934.9 million U.S. dollars’ worth of fresh durian in May, surging 95.3 percent from a year earlier, according to data from the Kasikorn Research Centre, a Thai think tank. In the first five months of the year, Thailand saw its fresh…

Suspected Terrorist Arrested In Indonesia’s North Sumatra

JAKARTA, Jul 3 (NNN-ANTARA) – The Indonesian National Police, said yesterday that, its counterterrorism squad has arrested a suspected terrorist, who is believed to be a member of the outlawed Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), in North Sumatra province. The National Police’s spokesperson, Senior Commissioner Ahmad Ramadhan said, the suspect, under the…

Indonesia Records Daily Spike Of 25,830 COVID-19 Cases

JAKARTA, Jul 3 (NNN-ANTARA) – Indonesia recorded 25,830 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, a fresh record of the daily spike, bringing the total tally to 2,228,938, the Health Ministry said. The COVID-19-related death toll added by 539 to 59,534, the ministry reported. Additional 11,578 recovered patients were…

Three Children Killed In Blast In NW Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Jul 3 (NNN-APP) – A toy bomb blast in Pakistan’s north-western Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, left three children dead yesterday, said police. A group of children found a toy-like explosive device near their house, in the Mehsud Keruna area of Tank district of the province, and were playing with…