Myanmar Imposes Stay-At-Home Order In More Towns Due To COVID-19

YANGON, Jun 5 (NNN-MNA) – Myanmar’s Health and Sports Ministry, imposed a stay-at-home order in four more towns of Chin state, state-run media reported yesterday. The stay-at-home order, which will be in effect today, will be applied to Tedim, Falam, Thantlang and Hakha, after the towns recently saw increasing number…

Thailand’s Phuket To Reopen To Vaccinated Foreign Visitors

BANGKOK, Jun 5 (NNN-TNA) – As Thailand continued to battle its worst wave of COVID-19 outbreak, since the pandemic began, authorities said, the popular resort island of Phuket, remained on track to reopen to vaccinated foreign visitors from July 1. The reopening of a “Phuket Sandbox” programme, was approved yesterday,…

FAO Warns Renewed Desert Locust Infestation In Ethiopia, Somalia

ADDIS ABABA, Jun 5 (NNN-ENA) – The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), yesterday warned, swarms of desert locusts are expected to descend on parts of Ethiopia and Somalia. “Despite an earlier decline, the current upsurge prevails in the Horn of Africa, where good rains allowed breeding to continue…

One Turkish Soldier Killed, Another Injured In Northern Syria

ANKARA, Jun 5 (NNN-ANADOLU) – A Turkish soldier was killed and another was injured, in a rocket attack by “terrorists” in northern Syria, Turkey’s defence ministry said yesterday. The attack happened in the Operation Olive Branch region, on Thursday, the ministry said in a statement. The region is neighbouring the…

Iran Reports 9,209 New COVID-19 Cases, 2,954,309 In Total

TEHRAN, Jun 5 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran yesterday reported 9,209 new COVID-19 cases, taking the country’s total infections to 2,954,309. The pandemic has so far claimed 80,813 lives in Iran, up by 155 in the past 24 hours, the Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education reported. A total of 2,522,702…

Facebook Suspends Trump’s Accounts For Two Years Under New Rules For Public Figures

SAN FRANCISCO, Jun 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Facebook yesterday suspended former U.S. President Donald Trump, for two years, the maximum penalty under a newly revealed set of rules for suspending public figures, from its former ban, set on Jan 7, 2021. “We are announcing new enforcement protocols, to be applied in…

Aid Plan To Help Feed One-Third Of Chad’s Population Launched: UN

UNITED NATIONS, Jun 5 (NNN-IRIN) – The United Nations and humanitarian partners yesterday launched a 617-million U.S. dollar relief plan, to help feed nearly one-third of the population in Chad. Some 5.5 million people need humanitarian assistance this year, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said.…

Moroccan FM Meets Rivalling Libyan Speakers To Mediate Differences

RABAT, Jun 5 (NNN-MAP) – Moroccan Foreign Minister, Nasser Bourita, met yesterday, with two visiting Libyan rivalling speakers, as “part of Morocco’s mediation efforts, to contribute to the settlement of the Libyan crisis,” said a ministry statement. Aguila Saleh Issa, speaker of the Libyan House of Representatives, and Khaled al-Michiri,…

Putin Urges Global Unity In Combating COVID-19

ST. PETERSBURG, Jun 5 (NNN-TASS) – Russian President, Vladimir Putin, yesterday stressed the need to join efforts globally, in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. The world has not yet recovered from the difficulties and restrictions caused by COVID-19, and effective results could only be achieved through cooperation, Putin said,…

Singapore F1 Grand Prix Cancelled Due To COVID-19

SINGAPORE, Jun 5 (NNN-CNA) – This year’s Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix has been cancelled for the second year in a row, due to ongoing safety and logistic concerns, brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Straits Times reported last night. The newspaper quoted the organiser, Singapore GP, as saying…