Asia

Confirmed COVID-19 Cases Resurge In Asia-Pacific As Philippines Reports Record High Of 6,352 New Infections

HONG KONG, Aug 5 (NNN-XINHUA) – The spread of the COVID-19 pandemic has been accelerating in the Asia Pacific, as…

Iran’s President Says Enemy Wages “Psychological Warfare”

TEHRAN, Aug 5 (NNN-TASNIM) – Iranian President, Hassan Rouhani, said that, enemies have waged “a psychological warfare” against the country,…

Indonesia Reports 1,922 Newly-Confirmed COVID-19 Cases, 86 New Deaths

JAKARTA, Aug 5 (NNN-ANTARA) – COVID-19 cases in Indonesia rose by 1,922 within one day, to 115,056, with the death…

Thailand to widen medical cannabis production

BANGKOK: File photo of Thai Deputy Prime Minister and Public Health Minister, Anutin Charnivarkul. Photo courtesy of Yuttachai Kongprasert/SOPA Images…

Foreign Visitors To Cambodia Down 64.6 Percent In H1 Due To COVID-19

PHNOM PENH, Aug 4 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia attracted 1.18 million international visitors during the first half of 2020, down 64.6…

Covid-19: Wuhan not necessarily where coronavirus crossed from animals into humans – WHO expert

GENEVA, Aug 4 (NNN-XINHUA) — Although the first clusters of atypical pneumonia were reported in Wuhan, China, it doesn’t necessarily…

Pres Trump says TikTok ‘out of business’ in US if not sold by mid-Sept

WASHINGTON, Aug 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Donald Trump said that Chinese-owned hugely popular video-sharing app TikTok will be “out of…

JAL Posts Net Loss Of 880 Million USD In Apr-June Quarter Due To Pandemic

TOKYO, Aug 4 (NNN-NHK) – Japan Airlines Co. said, it posted a net loss of 93.71 billion yen (881.63 million…

ADB Approves 100-Million-USD Loan To Uzbekistan To Fight COVID-19

TASHKENT, Aug 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said, it approved a loan worth 100 million U.S. dollars,…

Plasma Therapy Cures Critically Ill COVID-19 Patient In Nepal

KATHMANDU, Aug 4 (NNN-NEPALNEWS) – A 60-year-old patient of COVID-19, recovered from the critical stage of the disease, after being…