New Covid-19 Cases Drop 58.3 Per Cent In Malaysia Last Week

KUALA LUMPUR, May 9 (NNN-Bernama) — The number of new COVID-19 cases in Malaysia for the 18th epidemiological week (ME18) from May 1 to 7 dropped 58.3 per cent, to 8,732 cases from 20,937 cases the week before, said Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. He said during the same period, local cases dropped by…

Vietnam Exports Seafood Mostly To China In Jan-Apr

HANOI, May 9 (NNN-VNA) – Vietnam raked in around 3.6 billion U.S. dollars from seafood export, during the period from Jan to Apr this year, with China being the biggest market, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP). China accounted for 32 percent of Vietnam’s seafood…

Ghana: Eight feared dead as Chinese fishing vessel sinks along Saltpong Marine Waters

ACCRA, May 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Chinese fishing vessel, MV Comforter 2 has sunk in the wee hours of Friday in Ghana’s Elmina – Takoradi marine waters.Its last known position was said to be 46 nautical miles South of Saltpond.Information gathered indicates that 25 crew members were on board including…

Over 24 Million Fully Vaccinated Against COVID-19 In Myanmar

YANGON, May 9 (NNN-MNA) – Over 24 million people in Myanmar have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 until Saturday, and more than 6.8 million others have received their first jabs, according to the ministry of health on Sunday. The ministry’s figures showed more than 1.5 million people in Myanmar received…

Syrian President Meets Iran’s Supreme Leader

TEHRAN, May 9 (NNN-IRNA) – Syrian President, Bashar al-Assad, met with Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Iranian President, Ebrahim Raisi, on a brief visit to Tehran yesterday, Iran’s state TV reported. During the meeting, Khamenei praised the Syrian people and government’s resistance against foreign pressures, over the past…

Voting Begins In Philippine Elections

MANILA, May 9 (NNN-PNA) – Filipinos began voting this morning, to elect their next president and some 18,000 other officials of all levels of government. A total of 37,211 polling centres across the country opened at 6.00 a.m. local time (2200 GMT Sunday), for the 65.7 million eligible voters and…

Head-On Crash In Bangladesh Leaves At Least Seven Dead, 20 Injured

DHAKA, May 8 (NNN-BSS) – A head-on collision between two passenger buses, in Bangladesh’s Natore district, some 200 km north-west of the capital Dhaka, yesterday, left at least seven people dead and 20 injured, a senior police official said. Mashiur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Natore’s Bonpara Highway Police Station, told journalists…

Cambodia Reports Zero New COVID-19 Cases For 1st Time In Over A Year: PM

PHNOM PENH, May 8 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia reported no new COVID-19 cases yesterrday, the first time since the third wave of community transmission broke out in Feb last year, Prime Minister, Samdech Techo Hun Sen, said. “Today, it is the first time since Feb 20, 2021, that Cambodia has found…

Brunei Steps Up Monitoring On Unexplained Acute Hepatitis

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, May 8 (NNN-ANN) – Brunei has stepped up monitoring nationwide, to detect cases with acute hepatitis of unknown origin, among children aged between one month and 16 years old, the health ministry said yesterday. According to the ministry, acute hepatitis is not one of the common features…

In E Afghanistan Four Killed As Roof Caves In

JALALABAD, Afghanistan, May 8 (NNN-ANA) – Four persons have been confirmed dead and four others injured, as the roof of a mud house caved-in, in Chaparhar district of the eastern Nangarhar province on Friday, the state-run news agency Bakhtar reported, yesterday. The incident took place following heavy rain in Chaparhar…
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