Foreign Visitors To Japan Plummets 99.9 Percent In June Amid Pandemic

TOKYO, July 16 (NNN-NHK) – The number of foreign visitors to Japan in June plummeted by 99.9 percent from a year ago, for the third consecutive month due to the global pandemic, the government said in a report. According to estimates by the Japan Tourism Agency, only 2,600 foreign travellers…

China-Laos Railway Completes Both Cross-Mekong River Bridges’ Beam Installation

VIENTIANE, July 16 (NNN-KPL) – The Laos-China Railway Co., Ltd. (LCRC), a joint venture based in the Lao capital Vientiane, in charge of the construction and operation of the railway, said today that, all its beams of the two cross-Mekong River bridges have been installed. With the last 24-metre pre-stressed…

54 Cultural Assets In Japan Damaged By Torrential Rain

TOKYO, July 16 (NNN-NHK) – At least 54 cultural assets in Japan were damaged by recent torrential rain-triggered floods and landslides, that battered swathes of the country, with southwest Kyushu being particularly hard hit, prefectural authorities said, Wednesday. They include the Miike Coal Mine and Hidden Christian Sites in the…

Brunei Reports No New COVID-19 Cases For 69 Straight Days

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, July 16 (NNN-NNA) – Brunei reported no new cases of COVID-19, on Wednesday, with the national tally standing at 141. It marked the 69th consecutive day without new cases. According to Brunei’s Ministry of Health, no active cases are being treated at the National Isolation Centre. Currently,…

Death Toll In Indonesia’s Flash Floods Climbs To 21, 31 Missing

JAKARTA, July 16 (NNN-ANTARA) – The number of casualties of flash floods and landslides in Indonesia’s South Sulawesi province rose to 21 on Wednesday, with 31 others missing, an official said. The search and rescue efforts were intensified in the flash flood-stricken district of Luwu Utara, on Wednesday, involving 539…

Mongolia Fuel Tanker Explosion Kills Two, Injures Eight

ULAN BATOR, July 16 (NNN-MONGOLIAWEB) – At least two people were killed and eight others injured, on Wednesday afternoon, after a tanker, carrying gasoline crashed and exploded in Arkhangai province, in central-west Mongolia, according to the country’s Traffic Police Department (TPD). The accident occurred on the road connecting Arkhangai province…

Mongolia Repatriates Over 400 More Nationals Stranded Abroad Amid Pandemic

ULAN BATOR, July 16 (NNN-MONGOLIAWEB) – A total of 428 Mongolian nationals returned home from COVID-19-hit countries on two chartered flights on Wednesday, according to the country’s State Emergency Commission (SEC). Among the recently repatriated are pregnant women, the elderly, children, sick people, and those with financial and other problems,…

Prospects Of Thailand’s Rice Export In H2 “Not Too Bright”

BANGKOK, July 16 (NNN-TNA) – Thai Rice Exporters Association said, Thailand’s rice export prospects would not look too bright, in the second half of the year, amid sluggish global demand hit by the COVID-19 crisis. Overall Thai rice export has been quiet in July, after the pandemic resulted in the…

Pakistani PM Inaugurates Construction Of World’s Tallest Roller Compact Concrete Dam

ISLAMABAD, July 16 (NNN-APP) – Pakistani Prime Minister, Imran Khan, inaugurated the Diamer Bhasha dam, with an installed capacity of 4,500-megawatt electricity production, at the River Indus in the country’s northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, said an official statement. The dam, scheduled to be completed by 2028, will be the tallest…

Israel’s Closure Of Al-Aqsa Mosque’s Eastern Gate May Ignite “Religious War,” Warns Waqf Head

RAMALLAH, July 15 (NNN-WAFA) – Sheikh Abdul-Azim Salhab, head of the Muslim Waqf (Endowment) Council in Jerusalem, warned, Israel’s order to close a gate of the Al-Aqsa Mosque may ignite “a religious war” in the region. Salhab told the Voice of Palestine radio that the council received this week, an…