Covid-19: Pandemic could be over within two years – WHO head Tedros
Dr Tedros said globalisation had allowed the virus to spread more quickly GENEVA, Aug 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The head of…
Foreign Visitors To Japan Plummets 99.9 Percent In July Amid Pandemic
TOKYO, Aug 22 (NNN-NHK) – The number of foreign visitors to Japan in July, plummeted by 99.9 percent from a…
Confirmed COVID-19 Cases Reached 419 In Myanmar With Increasing Local Transmissions
YANGON, Aug 22 (NNN-MNA) – The number of COVID-19 cases reached 419 in Myanmar yesterday, with increasing number of local…
Singapore Reports 117 New COVID-19 Cases
SINGAPORE, Aug 22 (NNN-CNA) – Singapore’s Ministry of Health (MOH) reported 117 new COVID-19 cases yesterday, bringing the total confirmed…
Nepali Gov’t Decides To Resume Scheduled International Flights From Sept 1
KATHMANDU, Aug 22 (NNN-NEPALNEWS) – The Nepali government has decided to resume scheduled international flights from Sept 1, after nearly…
Roundup: All Nine Men Trapped In India’s Hydroelectric Plant Fire Killed
by Peerzada Arshad Hamid NEW DELHI, Aug 22 (NNN-XINHUA) – Rescuers yesterday recovered bodies of all the nine people, who…
China To Raise Gasoline, Diesel Retail Prices Today
BEIJING, Aug 22 (NNN-XINHUA) – China will raise the retail prices of gasoline and diesel starting today, the country’s top…
India’s COVID-19 Tally Surpasses 2.9 Million, Philippines Confirms 4,786 New Cases
HONG KONG, Aug 22 (NNN-XINHUA) – India’s COVID-19 tally surpassed 2.9 million yesterday, as cases in Bangladesh climbed past 290,000,…
Thailand to extend state of emergency to end of September
BANGKOK, Aug 21 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Thailand will extend the country’s state of emergency until the end of September – its fifth extension – citing the…
New Zealand mosque shooter to face survivors at sentencing
WELLINGTON, Aug 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Australian white supremacist who murdered 51 Muslim worshippers in last year’s New Zealand mosque…