Thousands Affected As Heavy Rains Lash Southwest China

KUNMING/CHONGQING, July 2 (NNN-XINHUA) – Thousands of people have been affected, as rainstorms continue to ravage southwest China. In Yunnan Province, heavy downpours since Monday night have led to three deaths and one missing, in the city of Zhaotong, as of 9.00 p.m. on Tuesday, local authorities said yesterday. The…

Turkey, Iran, Russia Hold Online Astana Summit Today

ANKARA, July 1 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkey announced that, the leaders of Turkey, Russia and Iran will hold an Astana summit today via teleconference, as part of their efforts to end the conflict in Syria. “The 6th Tripartite Summit Meeting in Astana format, will be held on July 1, 2020, via…

19 Killed In Explosion At Clinic In Iran’s Capital

TEHRAN, July 1 (NNN-IRNA) – At least 19 people were killed, in an explosion at a clinic, in the northern district of Iran’s capital Tehran, on Tuesday, said Jalal Maleki, spokesman for the Firefighting Organisation of Tehran. Maleki told the media that, 15 of the dead were women and four…

Lightning, Thunderstorm Kill 11 In India’s Bihar

NEW DELHI, July 1 (NNN-PTI) – At least 11 people were killed, due to lightning and thunderstorm, in the eastern Indian state of Bihar, officials said today. The deaths have taken place during the past 24 hours in several parts of the state. “In Bihar, lightning claimed 11 lives in…

Number Of Foreign Tourists To Cambodia’s Famed Angkor Down 69 Percent In H1

PHNOM PENH, July 1 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia’s famed Angkor Archaeological Park attracted 387,840 foreign tourists in the first half of 2020, down 69 percent over the same period last year. The ancient site made gross revenue of 18.09 million U.S. dollars from ticket sales, during the Jan-June period this year,…

India’s COVID-19 Death Toll Rises To 17,400 As Total Cases Reach 585,493

NEW DELHI, July 1 (NNN-UNI) – India’s health ministry, today said, 507 new deaths due to COVID-19, besides fresh 18,653 positive cases, were reported during the past 24 hours across the country, taking the number of deaths to 17,400 and total cases to 585,493. “As of 8:00 a.m. (local time)…

Sri Lanka’s Bank Of Ceylon Signs Cooperation Treaty With China Development Bank

COLOMBO, July 1 (NNN-SLNEWS) – Sri Lanka’s Bank of Ceylon, on Tuesday, signed a long-term treaty with the China Development Bank, a joint statement from the state-owned bank and China Development Bank, said. Both banks entered into a 140-million-U.S. dollar long-term cooperation, through which draw-down will be made under two…

Three Students Drown In Central Vietnam

HANOI, July 1 (NNN-VNA) – Three school girls drowned while swimming in a river, in Vietnam’s central Ha Tinh province, local media reported today. The three victims, who were all six graders of a local school in Ha Tinh’s Duc Tho District, drowned, while taking a bath in a river…

Mongolia Reports No New COVID-19 Cases, One More Recovery

ULAN BATOR, July 1 (NNN-MONGOLIAWEB) – Mongolia conducted a total of 406 tests for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours and the results were all negative, with the national tally remaining at 220, the country’s National Centre for Communicable Diseases (NCCD) said today. Meanwhile, one more patient has recovered from…

S.Korea’s Exports Decline 10.9 Percent In June

SEOUL, July 1 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea’s exports declined 10.9 percent in June from a year earlier, keeping a double-digit fall for the third consecutive month, a government report showed today. Exports, which take up about half of the export-driven economy, came in at 39.21 billion U.S. dollars in June,…