Laos Conducts Over 100,000 Tests For COVID-19

VIENTIANE, Jan 26 (NNN-KPL) – Laos conducted 102,017 tests for COVID-19 since Jan, 2020, with 44 of them positive and 41 patients having been discharged from hospitals, Deputy Director General of the Department of Communicable Disease Control, under Lao Ministry of Health, Sisavath Soutthaniraxay, told a press conference in Vientiane…

PLO Factions Intend To Form Unified List In Upcoming Elections: Palestinian Official

RAMALLAH, Jan 26 (NNN-WAFA) – A Palestinian official announced that several factions of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), intend to form a unified list, to compete in the upcoming elections that are scheduled for May 22. Wassel Abu Yousef, a member of the PLO Executive Committee, told Voice of Palestine…

Mobile Clinics To Treat COVID-19 Patients In Gaza

GAZA, Jan 26 (NNN-WAFA) – Seven mobile clinics were established in the Gaza Strip, to treat COVID-19 cases and ease the burden on the Health Ministry. Hussam al-Safady, project coordinator at the non-government Caritas Foundation, that set up the clinics, said, each mobile clinic has a doctor, a nurse and…

China, India Hold Ninth Round Of Corps Commander Level Meeting

BEIJING, Jan 26 (NNN-XINHUA) – The 9th round of China-India Corps Commander Level Meeting was held on the Chinese side of the Moldo-Chushul border meeting point, according to a joint press release. The two sides had a candid and in-depth exchange of views on disengagement along the Line of Actual…

Indian Army Pilot Dies In Chopper Crash

KATHUA, Jan 26 (NNN-PTI) – The Indian Army Dhruv chopper, crash-landed at Lakhanpur in Kathua of Jammu and Kashmir, in which one pilot lost his life while the other sustained injuries. Kathua Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Shalinder Mishra, confirmed this information. “Two pilots have received grievous injuries. They have…

Beachgoers Warned To Keep Water Safety As Heatwave Sweeps Australia

SYDNEY, Jan 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Beach lovers were warned to keep safe in the sea, as heatwave continued to sweep the states in east Australia. Beaches along the east coast were crowded with swimmers, surfers and sunbathers, as temperatures hit 40 degrees Celsius in some parts of Sydney, and 35…

10 Trapped As Landslides Hit Coal Mine In Indonesia’s South Kalimantan

JAKARTA, Jan 26 (NNN-ANTARA) – Ten miners are trapped underground, as landslides struck a coal mine in South Kalimantan province in central Indonesia, a senior disaster official said today. The landslides, occurring outside the underground area, from Sunday night to yesterday afternoon, triggered mud flow and submerged the site, head…

Iran To Stop IAEA Additional Protocol Inspections, If Nuke Parties Do Not Implement Commitments

TEHRAN, Jan 26 (NNN-IRNA) – Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said, if the parties to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the Iranian 2015 nuclear deal, do not adhere to their commitments, Iran will stop inspections pertaining to the Additional Protocol of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). “The Parliament…

Bhutan Conducts Mass Testing In Capital To Ease Lockdown

THIMPHU, Jan 26 (NNN-XINHUA) – Another mass testing for COVID-19 is underway in Thimphu city, Bhutan, since yesterday. This screening is the second mass testing within a week, which was conducted to ensure the capital city’s safe transition from yellow stage to green zone. “This mass testing will help rule…

Japan’s At-Home COVID-19 Deaths Rise, As Self-Quarantine Numbers Soar

TOKYO, Jan 26 (NNN-NHK) – Japan’s National Police Agency (NPA) said, almost 200 people across the country, who had contracted COVID-19, died outside of hospitals, and other medical facilities. The NPA said, from Mar last year through Jan, 197 people died, after contracting the virus at home and other places,…