Xiaomi Continues To Lead As India Smartphone Shipments Decline By Five Percent

NEW DELHI, May 10 (NNN-PTI) – Premier research firm, International Data Corporation (IDC) said, India’s smartphone shipments declined by five percent, on a yearly basis for the third consecutive quarter, with vendors shipping 37 million smartphone units in the first quarter of 2022. “The opening of the year was relatively…

Preliminary Results Show Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Wins Philippine Presidential Election

MANILA, May 10 (NNN-PNA) – Ferdinand Marcos Jr., 64, won yesterday’s presidential election over his main rival, incumbent Vice President, Maria Leonor Robredo, 57, according to the 83.1 percent of unofficial votes counted. The latest tally said Marcos garnered 26,681,414 votes over Robredo’s 12,736,644. In a video message, Marcos, popularly…

Sri Lanka Stops Supplying Gas For Domestic Use

COLOMBO, May 9 (NNN-XINHUA) – Sri Lanka’s leading liquefied petroleum gas supplier, Litro Gas Lanka Limited, today said that, they are unable to supply gas to domestic consumers, until new stocks arrive. Litro Gas chairman, Vijitha Herath said, only industrial gas stocks are available at the moment, and the company…

Mongolia Exports 3.8 Million Tonnes Of Coal In First Four Months

ULAN BATOR, May 9 (NNN-XINHUA) – Mongolia exported a total of 3.8 million tonnes of coal in the first four months of this year, down 48 percent year on year, Mongolian Customs General Administration said today. The significant decrease is related to border restrictions, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it…

Auss To Underscore Greater US-Asean Partnership

PUTRAJAYA (Malaysia), May 9 (NNN-Bernama) — The ASEAN-United States Special Summit (AUSS), to be held in Washington D.C. from May 12-13, is expected to issue a Joint Vision Statement underscoring the commitment and aspiration in enhancing ASEAN-US partnership. The Malaysian Foreign Ministry (Wisma Putra) in a statement Monday said an enhanced ASEAN-US partnership is in the interest of…

India Reports 3,207 New COVID-19 Cases

NEW DELHI, May 9 (NNN-PTI) – India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 43,105,401 today, with 3,207 new cases registered during the past 24 hours across the country, showed the federal health ministry’s latest data. Of the new cases, 1,422 were reported from Delhi. Presently there are 5,939 active cases in the…

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…
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