India’s May Factory Output Down 34.7 Percent, Rebounds From Apr

MUMBAI, July 11 (NNN-UNI) – India’s factory output contracted sharply by 34.7 percent in May to 88.4, over the same month last year, but indicated a pickup in industrial activity from the preceding month, as data released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, on Friday. In Apr, the…

Nightclubs In Focus As Tokyo’s COVID-19 Cases Surge To New Daily Record

TOKYO, July 11 (NNN-NHK) – The number of new COVID-19 infections in Tokyo hit a new daily record of 243 cases on Friday, marking the second straight day, cases having topped 200, with those connected to nighttime entertainment spots in the capital continuing to chart an increase, amid rising concerns…

Dengue Cases In Laos Reach 2,736 With Eight Deaths

VIENTIANE, July 11 (NNN-KPL) – Dengue cases in Laos rose to 2,736, with eight deaths since Jan, the Lao Ministry of Health said, on Friday. The highest number of dengue patients were recorded in the Lao capital, Vientiane, with 625, while 339 cases were reported in Bolikhamxay province, and 335…

Turkey Reports 1,003 New COVID-19 Cases, 210,965 In Total

ANKARA, July 11 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkey’s COVID-19 cases increased by 1,003 on Friday, while the total cases climbed to 210,965, Turkish Health Minister, Fahrettin Koca, said. “The decrease in the number of newly diagnosed patients continued since June 25,” the minister tweeted. Meanwhile, 23 people died in the past 24…

Thailand Intensifies Border Control With Myanmar Amid Concerns Of COVID-19

BANGKOK, July 11 (NNN-TNA) – The Thai Immigration Bureau said, it dispatched hundreds of officers to patrol the porous areas bordering Myanmar, for fear of illegal migrants crossing to Thailand and spreading COVID-19. The Thai army, police and administrative officers of border town, Mae Sot, in the northern province of…

5.2-Magnitude Earthquake Rattles Southern Philippines

MANILA, July 11 (NNN-PNA) – An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.2, rattled Davao del Sur province, in the southern Philippines before dawn today (Saturday), the Philippine Institute of Seismology and Volcanology (Phivolcs), said. The institute said, the quake, which struck at 2:16 a.m. local time, hit at a…

Erdogan Says First Prayers In Hagia Sophia To Be On July 24

ISTANBUL, July 11 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkey would perform the first prayers in Istanbul’s iconic Hagia Sophia on July 24, Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday, after the conversion of the monument from a museum into a mosque. “We plan to open the Hagia Sophia to worshipping on July…

Turkey’s Opposition Municipalities Ban Fireworks In Celebrations

ISTANBUL, July 11 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Some municipalities belonging to the main opposition party in Turkey, banned the use of fireworks at celebrations, following two explosions that recently rocked the northwestern part of the country. The municipalities include Istanbul, the capital Ankara, and the western city of Izmir. Speaking to reporters…

CPEC To Bring Peace, Prosperity For Pakistan’s Balochistan Province: Political Representatives

ISLAMABAD, July 11 (NNN-APP) – Political representatives, said that, the projects under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), will bring peace, prosperity and development in Pakistan’s Balochistan province. The webinar, convened by prominent Islamabad-based think tank, the Emerging Policymakers’ Institute, was attended by representatives of Balochistan’s mainstream political parties, the Chinese…

Over 10,000 Syrian Rebels Fight In Libya: Monitor

DAMASCUS, July 11 (NNN-SANA) – Over 10,000 Turkey-backed Syrian rebels are fighting in Libya, alongside the UN-backed Libyan government, to fight against the east-based army, a war monitor reported. So far, 16,000 Syrian rebels reached Libya through Turkey, 5,600 of them returned to Syria, after the contracts expired, while the…