Mongolia To Receive Loan Worth Over 230 Million USD From Japan

ULAN BATOR, Oct 10 (NNN-MONGOLIAWEB) – Mongolia will get a soft loan worth more than 230 million U.S. dollars from Japan, to deal with its economic fallout resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, Mongolian Foreign Minister, Nyamtseren Enkhtaivan, said Friday. “We agreed to deepen the Mongolia-Japan Strategic Partnership, in a wide…

COVID-19 Cases In Nepal Surpass 100,000

KATHMANDU, Oct 10 (NNN-NEPALNEWS) – COVID-19 cases in Nepal surpassed 100,000 mark on Friday, Nepal’s Ministry of Health and Population said. “With new 2,059 cases, COVID-19 cases in the country reached 100,676,” said Jageshwor Gautam, spokesperson at the health ministry. “People’s movement massively increased after both private and public transportation…

Cambodia Detects New Imported COVID-19 Case, 283 In Total

PHNOM PENH, Oct 10 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia today confirmed a new imported COVID-19 case, raising the total number of infections in the country to 283, the Ministry of Health (MoH) said in a press statement. The latest case was found on a 33-year-old French woman, who arrived in Cambodia on…

IOC President To Visit Japan In Mid-Nov

TOKYO, Oct 10 (NNN-NHK) – International Olympic Committee (IOC) president, Thomas Bach, will visit Japan in mid-Nov and meet new Prime Minister, Yoshihide Suga, Tokyo 2020 organising committee CEO, Toshiro Muto, said here yesterday. Muto told a news conference that Bach, whose scheduled visit in May was cancelled due to…

Central Asian Leaders Call For Peace, Stability In Kyrgyzstan

NUR-SULTAN, Oct 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The presidents of four Central Asian countries, on Friday, expressed serious concern over the political crisis in Kyrgyzstan, in a joint statement and called for peace and stability in the country. “We, as close neighbours, bound by centuries-old ties of friendship, good neighbourliness, common cultural…

Pakistani FM Calls For Coordinated Response To Help Developing Countries Recover From COVID-19

ISLAMABAD, Oct 10 (NNN-APP) — Pakistani Foreign Minister, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, on Friday, called for a strong and coordinated response, to help developing countries recover effectively from the COVID-19 crisis, according to the Foreign Ministry of Pakistan. Qureshi made the remarks, while addressing a virtual ministerial meeting of the Non-Aligned…

Sri Lankan Leaders, Senior Chinese Diplomat Discuss Closer Bilateral Cooperation

COLOMBO, Oct 10 (NNN-XINHUA) – Sri Lankan President, Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister, Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday separately met with visiting senior Chinese diplomat, Yang Jiechi, and the two sides discussed closer cooperation between their countries. Yang, a member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party…

Myanmar Reports 1,461 New COVID-19 Cases, 31 More Deaths

YANGON, Oct 10 (NNN-MNA) – Myanmar reported 1,461 new infection cases of COVID-19, and 31 more deaths on Friday, according to a daily release from the Health and Sports Ministry. The number of infection cases increased to 23,906, and the death toll reached 566 as of Friday, the ministry’s release…

Singapore Reports 10 New COVID-19 Cases

SINGAPORE, Oct 10 (NNN-CNA) – Singapore’s Ministry of Health (MOH), reported 10 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, bringing the total confirmed cases in the country to 57,859. Of the new cases, nine are imported cases, while there are no cases from the community. On Friday, seven more cases have been…

2021 Tokyo Marathon Postponed From Mar To Oct

TOKYO, Oct 10 (NNN-NHK) – The 2021 Tokyo Marathon has been postponed from Mar 7 to Oct 17, organisers announced here yesterday. It was announced in a statement that, the Tokyo Marathon, one of six World Marathon Majors, along with Boston, Berlin, Chicago, New York and London, will have elite…
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