Japan’s COVID-19 Cases Hit Daily Records Outside Tokyo

TOKYO, July 29 (NNN-NHK) – Japan’s number of new daily COVID-19 infections increased by 965 yesterday, bringing the nation’s cumulative total to 32,229, not including those connected to a cruise ship quarantined in Yokohama in Feb. Tokyo remains the epicentre of the outbreak, while concerns over a broader spread of…

Covid-19: Latest global developments

PARIS, July 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Here are some of the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis: . MORE THAN 654,000 DEATHS: The pandemic has killed more than 654,477 people worldwide since it surfaced in China late last year, with more than 16.5 million people infected. The United States has the…

Mongolia To Evacuate More Nationals From COVID-19-Hit Countries

ULAN BATOR, July 29 (NNN-MONGOLIAWEB) – Mongolia will send at least 14 chartered flights in Aug, to evacuate nationals stranded abroad due to COVID-19, the country’s foreign ministry said yesterday. “Our country is planning to send at least 14 special flights to COVID-19-hit countries, such as South Korea, the Unites…

Indian, Pakistani Troops Exchange Fire On Kashmir LoC

SRINAGAR, Indian-controlled Kashmir, July 29 (NNN-UNI) – Troops of India and Pakistan, on Tuesday (yesterday), exchanged fire and targeted each other’s positions, on the Line of Control (LoC), dividing Kashmir, officials said. The two sides exchanged fire on LoC in Degwar and Qasba sectors, of frontier Poonch district, about 180…

Sri Lanka’s COVID-19 Recovery High Above Global Rate: Ministry

COLOMBO, July 29 (NNN-SLNEWS) – Sri Lanka’s Health Ministry said, the country’s COVID-19 recovery rate was high above the global rate and those highly affected countries, local media reported yesterday. According to the ministry, Sri Lanka’s current COVID-19 recovery rate is 75.7 percent, compared with an average 61.21 percent in…

Turkey Captures 23 Illegal Immigrants Off Aegean Coast

ISTANBUL, July 28 (NNN-ANADOLU) – The Turkish coast guard captured 23 illegal immigrants, off Turkey’s Aegean coast, a local media outlet reported Monday. The Turkish coast guard stopped 23 Afghan migrants, off the Didim district, in the western province of Aydin, who were allegedly intending to sneak into Greece in…

Russian Pres Putin, Turkey’s Erdogan advocate peaceful solutions to Armenia-Azerbaijan tensions

MOSCOW, July 28 (NNN-Xinhua) — Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke in favor of resolving the Armenia-Azerbaijan border tensions through peaceful means during a phone conversation. During the Monday call at the initiative of the Turkish side, Putin stressed the importance of preventing any…

A Policeman Killed, Two Injured In Blast In Afghan Capital

KABUL, July 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) – One policeman was killed and two people were injured, as a blast struck a police van in Afghan capital, Kabul today, police spokesman, Ferdaus Faramarz, said. According to the official, the device was a sticky bomb, which went off at 07:15 a.m. local time, in…

Singapore Reports 469 New COVID-19 Cases

SINGAPORE, July 28 (NNN-CNA) – Singapore’s Ministry of Health (MOH), reported 469 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, bringing the total confirmed cases in the country to 50,838. Of the new cases, 15 are imported, two are community cases and the rest are linked with the dormitories of foreign workers. Of…

Covid-19: Global virus deaths pass 650,000 as new surges prompt fresh curbs

PARIS, July 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Officials around the world reintroduced a raft of restrictions Monday — from beach closures to quarantine measures — to try to tamp down coronavirus hotspots as the official global death toll passed 650,000. European countries trying to repair the economic damage caused by the earlier…
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