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 —…

Thailand Launches Electric Motorcycle Taxi Pilot Project

BANGKOK, May 6 (NNN-TNA) – The Thai government and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), yesterday jointly launched a pilot project for electric motorcycle taxis. Some 50 electric motorcycles, donated by Chinese company TAILG, will be used as green motorcycle taxis, in a collaborative research project and as demonstration cases.…

Cambodia Recovers War-Left U.S. Massive Aerial Bomb From Riverbed In Capital

PHNOM PENH, May 6 (NNN-AKP) – A Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC)’s bomb expert team, yesterday, safely removed a war-left unexploded AN-M66 aerial bomb, from the Chaktomuk River in Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia, a mine clearance chief, said. CMAC’s director-general, Heng Ratana said, the U.S.-made bomb, weighing 2,000 pounds…

835 Houses Flooded In Southern Kyrgyzstan, Over 1,000 People Evacuated

BISHKEK, May 6 (NNN-KNA) – Mudflows and landslides caused by heavy rains in southern Kyrgyzstan flooded 835 houses, and more than 1,000 people were evacuated, the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the country said yesterday. Thus, 229 houses, one school, farm roads and a number of other social facilities were…

Singapore Pm To Receive Highest State Honour From Malaysian Sultan

SINGAPORE, May 5 (NNN-Bernama) — Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will receive Malaysian state of Johor’s highest honour from Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar, while his wife, Ho Ching, will receive a state award, at an investiture ceremony in Johor on Friday (May 6), The Straits Times reported. Quoting a statement by the Prime Minister’s…

World Press Freedom Day : Journalism Under Digital Siege

KUALA LUMPUR, May 5 (NNN-Bernama) — Media practitioners need to adapt to changes led on by demands of internet revolution in the era of digitalisation, says a former chief executive officer of a Malaysian news agency.  Speaking as a panelist on Bernama TV: The Brief in conjunction with World Press Freedom Day, Yong…

World Bank To Provide Laos With 395 Million USD Funding Support: Report

VIENTIANE, May 5 (NNN-KPL) – The World Bank expects to support 11 projects in Laos, at a cost of about 395 million U.S. dollars, from 2022 to 2026, the Vientiane Times said today. Collaboration between Laos and the World Bank will focus on three areas, including promoting green growth, investment…

Roundup: Iranian Lawmaker Reiterates Importance Of U.S. Guarantee In Nuclear Talks

TEHRAN, May 5 (NNN-IRNA) – An Iranian lawmaker reiterated yesterday, the importance of seeking a reliable guarantee from the United States, in the talks to salvage the 2015 Iranian nuclear deal, formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). Zohreh Elahian, member of Iranian parliament’s national security and…

India Chosen As Official Country Of Honour At Cannes Film Market

NEW DELHI, May 5 (NNN-PTI) – India will be the official country of honour, at the Cannes Film Market, during the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, federal Information and Broadcasting Minister, Anurag Thakur said yesterday. “India will be the official country of honour at the upcoming Marché Du Film, organised alongside…

India’s Services Exports Hit Record High In 2021-22

NEW DELHI, May 5 (NNN-PTI) – India’s services exports set a new record of 254.4 billion U.S. dollars, in the financial year 2021-2022, up 23.4 percent year on year, the federal ministry of commerce and industry said yesterday. According to the ministry, the services exports also hit an all-time monthly…
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