Asia

Just In: COVID-19 Cases Surpass 800,000-Mark In India, Total Deaths At 22,123

NEW DELHI, July 11 (NNN-PTI) – The total number of COVID-19 cases surpassed the 800,000-mark in India today (Saturday), reaching…

Illegal ivory trade shrinks while pangolin trafficking booms, UN says

Angela Me, Director of Research at the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime VIENNA, July 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The…

India’s May Factory Output Down 34.7 Percent, Rebounds From Apr

MUMBAI, July 11 (NNN-UNI) – India’s factory output contracted sharply by 34.7 percent in May to 88.4, over the same…

Nightclubs In Focus As Tokyo’s COVID-19 Cases Surge To New Daily Record

TOKYO, July 11 (NNN-NHK) – The number of new COVID-19 infections in Tokyo hit a new daily record of 243…

Covid-19: US welcomes WHO inquiry into coronavirus origins in China as Pres Trump continue attack on the Asian country

GENEVA/MIAMI, July 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States welcomes the World Health Organization’s W(HO) probe into the origins of the…

Dengue Cases In Laos Reach 2,736 With Eight Deaths

VIENTIANE, July 11 (NNN-KPL) – Dengue cases in Laos rose to 2,736, with eight deaths since Jan, the Lao Ministry…

Covid-19: WHO reports record daily increase in global cases, up over 228,000

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Chief of World Health Organization(WHO) GENEVA, July 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The World Health Organization reported a record…

Thailand Intensifies Border Control With Myanmar Amid Concerns Of COVID-19

BANGKOK, July 11 (NNN-TNA) – The Thai Immigration Bureau said, it dispatched hundreds of officers to patrol the porous areas…

5.2-Magnitude Earthquake Rattles Southern Philippines

MANILA, July 11 (NNN-PNA) – An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.2, rattled Davao del Sur province, in the…

Covid-19: WHO pair head to China for virus origin scoping mission

GENEVA, July 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — An epidemiologist and an animal health specialist from the World Health Organization flew to China…