Turkey Vows To Retaliate If EU Imposes New Sanctions

ANKARA, July 7 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkey vowed to retaliate the European Union, if the bloc decides to impose new sanctions on Turkey, due to disagreement over the Eastern Mediterranean. “Taking decisions against Turkey will not resolve the existing problems, on the contrary, it will deepen them. If the EU takes…

Japan’s Football And Baseball Leagues To Allow Fans Into Stadiums This Week

TOKYO, July 7 (NNN-NHK) – Japan’s professional baseball and football leagues will start to let fans attend games from July 10, although the country is facing a second wave threat of COVID-19 infections. The Japan Times said today that, both Nippon Professional Baseball and the J. League remain committed to…

Joint Efforts Needed To Address COVID-19 Mental Health Issues Among Asian New Zealanders, Says NZ Expert

AUCKLAND, July 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) – New Zealand needs further and joint efforts to address the increasingly mental health distress among the Asian population caused by COVID-19, a counsellor from a New Zealand mental health provider said today. The Asian Family Service, New Zealand’s only service provider for people of Asian…

Agreement Signed In Pakistan For Hydro-Power Project Under CPEC

ISLAMABAD, July 7 (NNN-APP) – The concessional agreement of the 700.7-MW Azad Pattan Hydro-power Project, under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), has been signed, a breakthrough for the implementation of the project, according to China Gezhouba Group. The signing of the agreement between China Gezhouba Group, the investor of the…

DPRK Repeats Its Unwillingness For More Talks With U.S.

PYONGYANG, July 7 (NNN-KCNA) – The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) is unwilling to talk face to face with the United States, and urged South Korea to stay away from meddling in Pyongyang’s affairs, a senior DPRK diplomat reaffirmed today. “Explicitly speaking once again, we have no intention to…

Seven Killed In Monsoon Rain In Pakistan’s Karachi

ISLAMABAD, July 7 (NNN-APP) – At least seven people died and scores of others injured, in separate rain-related accidents in Pakistan’s southern city of Karachi, due to the first seasonal monsoon rain on Monday. After weeks of extremely hot weather, residents of Karachi found solace when the first monsoon rain…

Pakistan’s Central Bank Extends Loan Scheme To Facilitate Medical Sector Amid COVID-19

ISLAMABAD, July 7 (NNN-APP) – The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), decided to extend its loan scheme to hospitals and manufacturing units interested in producing protective gears and equipment, to combat COVID-19. In a statement, the bank said, in view of health emergency in the country, hospitals which are treating…

Tokyo’s COVID-19 Cases Top 100 For Fifth Straight Day

TOKYO, July 7 (NNN-NHK) – Tokyo metropolitan government confirmed 102 new daily COVID-19 cases in the capital on Monday, marking the fifth successive day, infections have topped 100 in Tokyo, amid a prolonged resurgence of cases. Of the 102 new cases, the trend of younger people being infected continued, the…

Singapore Reports 183 New COVID-19 Cases

SINGAPORE, July 7 (NNN-CNA) – Singapore’s Ministry of Health (MOH), reported 183 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, bringing the total confirmed cases in the country to 44,983. Of the new cases, three are imported cases, 23 are community cases and the rest are linked with the dormitories of foreign workers.…

Strong Quake Jolts Western Indonesia, No Tsunami Alert Issued

JAKARTA, July 7 (NNN-ANTARA) – An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale, rocked Indonesia’s western Central Java province on Tuesday morning (this morning), the meteorology and geophysics agency said. The agency did not issue a warning for tsunami. The quake struck at 5: 54 a.m. Jakarta time, Tuesday (2254…