Myanmar Cancels Upcoming Elections In Some Townships Of Regions, States

YANGON, Oct 17 (NNN-MNA) – Myanmar’s Union Election Commission (UEC), yesterday announced cancellation of upcoming general elections in some townships of the country’s regions and states. The commission called off polls in some places of Bago region, Kachin, Kayin, Mon, Rakhine and Shan states, citing that the areas do not…

Israel’s COVID-19 Cases Reach 298,500

JERUSALEM, Oct 15 (NNN-MA’AN) – Israel’s health ministry reported yesterday that the number of COVID-19 cases in the country rose to 298,500, after the addition of 1,848 new cases. The death toll rose to 2,098, with 43 new fatalities, while the number of patients in serious condition decreased from 807…

Sri Lanka To Import 6,000 Metric Tonnes Of Rice Annually From Pakistan

COLOMBO, Oct 15 (NNN-SLNEWS) – Sri Lanka’s cabinet of ministers, agreed to import 6,000 metric tonnes of basmati rice annually from Pakistan, under the Pakistan-Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement, local media reported here today. Cabinet Spokesperson, Ramesh Pathirana, was quoted by media reports as saying that, following a proposal made…

India’s COVID-19 Tally 7,307,097, Death Toll Rises To 111,266

NEW DELHI, Oct 15 (NNN-PTI) – India’s COVID-19 tally reached 7,307,097 and death toll 111,266 today, as 67,708 new cases and 680 deaths were reported over the past 24 hours across the country, said the latest data, released by the federal health ministry. There are 812,390 active cases in the…

Armed Forces Recover Narcotics Worth Millions Of USD In SW Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Oct 15 (NNN-PPI) – Pakistan Coast Guards (PCG), and the army, recovered ice heroin worth millions of U.S. dollars, during a joint operation in the country’s southwest Balochistan province, the PCG said. The armed forces conducted a raid, at the mountainous terrain of Pasni district, of the province and…

Dengue Kills 28 In Singapore This Year, Hitting Record High

SINGAPORE, Oct 15 (NNN-CNA) – Singapore’s dengue death toll in 2020 has reached 28, as of Oct 12, local media reported today, quoting the Ministry of Health (MOH). The number of dengue deaths exceeded the previous high 15 years ago, and is equal to the number of Singapore’s COVID-19 deaths,…

S.Korea’s ICT Export Keeps Growing For Four Months

SEOUL, Oct 15 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea’s export of the information and communications technology (ICT) products, kept growing for four straight months through Sept, on a partial global recovery from the COVID-19 outbreak, a government report showed today. The ICT export expanded 11.9 percent over the year to 17.63 billion…

Massive Fire Burns Apartment Building Under Construction In Houston

HOUSTON, Oct 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Firefighters responded to a massive fire, at an apartment complex under construction, on the outskirts of Houston, Texas early yesterday morning. Local media reported that the fire started at around 6:30 a.m. local time (1130 GMT), at an apartment building in the city of Katy,…

Canada’s Average Daily COVID-19 Case Count Remains Elevated

OTTAWA, Oct 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) – A total of 4,042 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Canada, including 1,996 backlogged cases from the long weekend and 2,046 newly identified cases on Tuesday, the Public Health Agency of Canada announced yesterday. That means the average daily case count remains elevated with…

Nearly 700,000 Children In U.S. Test Positive For COVID-19

WASHINGTON, Oct 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Nearly 700,000 children in the United States have been diagnosed with COVID-19, since the onset of the pandemic, according to a report of the American Academy of Paediatrics and the Children’s Hospital Association. A total of 77,073 new child cases were reported from Sept 24…