Vietnam Records No New COVID-19 Case, 1,213 In Total

HANOI, Nov 9 (NNN-VNA) – Vietnam reported no new case of COVID-19 infection yesterday, with its total confirmed cases standing at 1,213, with 35 deaths from the disease so far, according to its Ministry of Health. As many as 1,070 patients have been cured in the country as of yesterday,…

Brunei Reports No New COVID-19 Cases For 17 Straight Days

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Nov 9 (NNN-ANN) – Brunei reported no new cases of COVID-19 yesterday, with the national tally of cases standing at 148. It marked the 17th consecutive day without new cases, since Oct 22, when the country recorded an imported case from Kuala Lumpur. According to Brunei’s Ministry…

Key Continuous Beam Closed In Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway

JAKARTA, Nov 9 (NNN-ANTARA) – Another major progress has been made, in the construction of the Jakarta-Bandung High Speed Railway, as the DK121 rigid frame continuous beam, a key project of girder erection, in the direction of No. 4 Box Girder Yard from Bandung to Jakarta, was successfully closed on…

Car Accident Kills Three, Injures Four In Northern Vietnam

HANOI, Nov 9 (NNN-VNA) – A car accident in northern Vietnam’s Ha Giang province, left three people dead and four others injured, yesterday. The accident happened at around 11:00 a.m. local time, when a car, carrying seven people, fell into a gorge in Dong Van district. Three women aged 47…

Bangladesh’s COVID-19 Cases Rise To 420,238, Death Toll Reaches 6,067

DHAKA, Nov 9 (NNN-BSS) – Bangladesh reported 1,474 new COVID-19 cases and 18 new deaths yesterday, making the tally at 420,238 and death toll at 6,067, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), said. The official data showed that 12,760 samples were tested in the last 24 hours across Bangladesh.…

Egypt Condemns Israel’s Demolition Of Palestinian Village In West Bank

CAIRO, Nov 8 (NNN-MENA) – The Egyptian Foreign Ministry condemned Israel’s demolition of a Palestinian village, in the occupied West Bank, describing the move as “violation of international legitimacy.” Such Israeli practices pose “obstacles to the two-state solution and the chances of reaching a comprehensive and just peace and achieving…

India’s COVID-19 Tally Surpasses 8.5 Million

NEW DELHI, Nov 8 (NNN-PTI) – India’s COVID-19 tally reached 8,507,754 today, as 45,674 new cases were registered across the country in the past 24 hours, according to data released by the health ministry. With 559 deaths since yesterday morning, the death toll in the country due to the pandemic…

Voting Begins In Myanmar’s General Elections

YANGON, Nov 8 (NNN-XINHUA) – Myanmar kicked off its multi-party general elections today, as over 37 million eligible voters went to the polls across the country. A total of 42,047 polling stations, which are being operated in consistent with health precautions against the COVID-19 pandemic, opened at 6:00 a.m. local…

Hundreds Of Residents Evacuated As Indonesia’s Merapi Volcano May Soon Erupt

JAKARTA, Nov 8 (NNN-ANTARA) – More than 630 residents were evacuated from a village near Mount Merapi, in Indonesia’s Central Java province, between Friday and yesterday, as a volcano alert was raised to the second-highest level, a local official said. Chief Executive of Magelang District’s disaster management agency, Edy Susanto,…

Libya Daily Oil Production Tops One Million Barrels

TRIPOLI, Nov 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The state-owned National Oil Corporation (NOC) of the UN-backed Libyan government, said that, the country’s daily oil production has exceeded one million barrels. The NOC announces that, it managed to raise production rates to 1,036,035 barrels a day. However, the NOC said, it may not…