Over 25.8 Million People Fully Vaccinated Against COVID-19 In Myanmar

YANGON, May 23 (NNN-MNA) – Myanmar has fully vaccinated more than 25.8 million people, or more than 46 percent of the country’s population, against COVID-19 as of Saturday, according to the Ministry of Health, yesterday. The ministry said, the country has administered over 59.02 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines, and…

Indian Mills Halt Yarn Production Due To Rising Cotton Prices

MUMBAI, May 23 (NNN-PTI) – India’s textile spinning mills decided to stop yarn production, due to an unprecedented rise in cotton prices, a top official of the South India Spinners Association said, yesterday. In the past five months, cotton per candy (356 kg), rose by 53 percent to 115,000 rupees…

6.0-Magnitude Quake Hits Off Japan’s Eastern Coast

TOKYO, May 23 (NNN-NHK) – An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0, jolted 235 km south-east of Katsuura, east coast of Japan’s main island of Honshu, at 1517 GMT yesterday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said. The epicentre, with a depth of 16.84 km, was initially determined to be at…

S.Korean Activists Held Anti-Biden Rallies To Clamour For Peace On Peninsula

SEOUL, May 23 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korean civic and student activists, held rallies against U.S. President, Joe Biden, throughout his three-day trip in the country to clamour for peace on the Korean Peninsula. A group of students from the Korean University Progressive Union, yesterday held an anti-Biden rally, near the…

5.8-Magnitude Quake Strikes Off Japan’s Ibaraki Prefecture, No Tsunami Warning Issued

TOKYO, May 22 (NNN-NHK) – An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8, today struck off Japan’s Ibaraki Prefecture, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). The temblor occurred at around 12:24 p.m. local time, at a latitude of 36.8 degrees north and a longitude of 141.5 east and at a…

APEC Should Push For Strong Policies To Avert Future Crises: Thai Deputy PM

BANGKOK, May 22 (NNN-TNA) – Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister and Commerce Minister, Jurin Laksanavisit, called for enhanced efforts from Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) economies, to respond to future crises and achieve better and more inclusive economic growth in the region. While addressing the APEC Ministers Responsible for Trade Meeting, yesterday…

India Records 2,226 New COVID-19 Cases, 65 More Deaths

NEW DELHI, May 22 (NNN-PTI) – India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 43,136,371 today, as 2,226 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country, showed the federal health ministry’s latest data. Besides, 65 deaths were reported from the pandemic across the country since yesterday morning, taking the…

Magnitude 6.1 Earthquake Jolts Philippines

MANILA, May 22 (NNN-PNA) – An earthquake, with a preliminary magnitude of 6.1, jolted Batangas province on the main Philippine island of Luzon today, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said. The institute said, the quake, which occurred at 5:50 a.m. local time, hit at a depth of 132…

Road Accident Kills Nine At Uzbek-Kyrgyz Border Checkpoint

TASHKENT, May 22 (NNN-KNA) – A road accident killed nine people at a border checkpoint between Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, the press service of Uzbek Internal Affairs Ministry said, yesterday. A trailer, loaded with a bulldozer, “had a brake failure” and rammed through 12 cars that were waiting to cross the…

S.Korean, U.S. Presidents Hold Summit Talks In Seoul

SEOUL, May 22 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korean President, Yoon Suk-yeol and U.S. President, Joe Biden, yesterday held their first summit talks in Seoul. The summit was held in the South Korean presidential office in Seoul’s central district of Yongsan, to which President Yoon relocated the presidential office from the Blue…
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