Tough For Malaysia To Meet Zero Single-use Plastic Target By 2030 – Expert

KUALA LUMPUR, May 6 (NNN-Bernama) – In Malaysia, festivals often witness a sharp rise in the generation of domestic waste. With interstate travel and open houses allowed during this year’s Eid Mubarak celebrations – after a hiatus of two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic – solid waste operators and…

Russia-Ukraine conflict: UN calls for end to Russian war in Ukraine

UNITED NATIONS, May 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United Nations and several countries called for an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine, with little mention of reviving the two countries’ apparently stalled peace talks.   “Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is a violation of its territorial integrity and of the Charter of…

Malaysia Reports 1,278 New COVID-19 Infections, Two New Deaths

KUALA LUMPUR, May 6 (NNN-BERNAMA) – Malaysia reported 1,278 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight, bringing the national total to 4,454,113, according to the health ministry. There are three new imported cases, with 1,275 being local transmissions, data released on the ministry’s website showed. A further two deaths have been…

Australia Facing Medical Workforce Shortage: Universities

CANBERRA, May 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Extra medical students are needed to avert a looming workforce crisis, top Australian universities warned. The Group of Eight (Go8), a coalition of elite research universities, yesterday published a policy paper, calling for the federal government to fund at least an additional 1,000 extra places…

New Zealand Reports 7,347 New Community Cases Of COVID-19

WELLINGTON, May 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) – New Zealand recorded 7,347 new community cases of COVID-19, the ministry of health said today. Among the new community infections, 2,346 were reported in the largest city, Auckland, the ministry said in a statement. In addition, 79 new cases of COVID-19 were detected at the…

5.3-Magnitude Quake Hits 77 Km ESE Of Bobon, Philippines

HONG KONG, May 6 (NNN-PNA) – An earthquake, with a magnitude of 5.3, jolted 77 km ESE of Bobon, Philippines, at 00:02:27 GMT, early this morning, the US Geological Survey said. According to report, the epicentre, with a depth of 68.27 km, was initially determined to be at 6.5349 degrees…

Nigerian customs seizes over 1,000 bags of poisonous foreign rice, imported from India

The parboiled rice was smuggled into the country through the Benin Republic ABUJA, May 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Nigeria Customs Service says it intercepted over 1,000 bags of poisonous rice in Ogun.Customs disclosed this on Thursday in a press briefing, saying the parboiled rice was smuggled into the country through…

Floods Kill Eight, Wound Over Dozens In Afghanistan’s Baghlan, Badghis Provinces

PUL-E-KHUMRI, Afghanistan, May 6 (NNN-ANA) – Eight people have been confirmed dead and 13 others injured, as floods swept parts of the northern Baghlan and western Badghis provinces on Wednesday, officials said yesterday. In the Dahna-e-Ghori district of the northern Baghlan province, four people lost their lives and eight others…

Russia-Ukraine conflict: France and India call for immediate end to hostilities

 PARIS, May 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — India and France called for “an immediate cessation of hostilities” in Ukraine, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi again stopping short of condemning Russia’s invasion of its neighbour.    India, which imports much of its military hardware from Russia, has long walked a diplomatic tightrope between…

Covid-19: Pandemic killed 13 to 17 million in 2020-21 – WHO

  GENEVA, May 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Covid-19 pandemic killed 13.3 to 16.6 million people in 2020 and 2021, the WHO estimated — up to triple the number of deaths attributed directly to the disease.   The World Health Organization’s long-awaited estimate of the total number of deaths caused by the pandemic —…
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