Thousands more evacuated from site of Indian oil well blast

Environmentalists have warned of the danger of a catastrophe at the site of an Indian oil well explosion TINSUKIA (India), June 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Around 7,000 people have been evacuated from the surrounds of a deadly oil well explosion in northeast India, authorities said, as environmentalists warned local wildlife was…

UN agency hopes to reach 11.1 mln people in Afghanistan with aid

Fragile Afghan health system receives ventilators, defibrillators, oxygen regulators, test kits, other items from Turkey UNITED NATIONS, June 12 (NNN-Xinhua) — With the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on top of armed conflict and natural disasters in Afghanistan, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Thursday…

China, US should resume timely communication on trade: China advisers

The coronavirus pandemic has worsened already poor relations between Beijing and Washington BEIJING, June 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — China and the United States should resume timely communication on trade and other issues, an adviser to the Chinese cabinet said, stressing that the world’s two biggest economies are too intertwined to be…

Covid-19: Iran says cases top 180,000

Iranians, wearing protective face masks and gloves without observing social distancing, walk in the streets of the capital Tehran TEHRAN, June 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than 180,000 people have been infected in Iran’s coronavirus outbreak since it first emerged nearly four months ago, an official said. As the figures were…

Pres Trump sanctions war crimes court to silence investigations into US misconduct in Afghanistan

WASHINGTON, June 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Donald Trump issued an executive order to sanction top officials on an international court responsible for investigating war crimes after the court announced potential investigations into US misconduct during the war in Afghanistan. His executive order threatens top officials on the International Criminal Court…

Workshop Collapse Kills Three, Injures Some 20 In Northern Vietnam

HANOI, June 11 (NNN-VNA) – Whirlwind has caused a wood workshop in Vietnam’s northern Vinh Phuc province to collapse, killing three people and injuring some 20 others, it was reported today. The whirlwind came right after the rain on Wednesday afternoon and was so strong that it collapsed the workshop…

DPRK Accuses U.S. Of Interference In Inter-Korean Relations

PYONGYANG, June 11 (NNN-KCNA) – The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), warned the United States today, not to interfere in the inter-Korean affairs, denouncing the U.S. double-dealing on such issues as “disgusting.” Kwon Jong Gun, director general of the Department of U.S. Affairs of the Foreign Ministry, said, it…

Covid-19: UN General Assembly will be virtual for the first time

UNITED NATIONS, June 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — This year’s UN General Assembly will be held virtually for the first time in history because of the coronavirus pandemic, its president announced. The meeting is still scheduled for Sept 22-29 but will be carried out with previously recorded speeches by world leaders, Tijjani…

S.Korea’s Auto Export More Than Halves In May

SEOUL, June 11 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea’s automotive export, more than halved last month, as the COVID-19 outbreak weakened global demand, a government report showed today. The number of vehicles exported was 95,400 in May, down 57.6 percent from the same month last year, according to the Ministry of Trade,…

Laos Announces Initial Victory Over COVID-19

VIENTIANE, June 11 (NNN-KPL) — Lao government announced an initial victory in the battle against COVID-19, after all 19 patients infected by the virus were discharged from hospitals and no new cases were detected for 59 consecutive days. Lao Prime Minister, Thongloun Sisoulith, told a media conference in the Lao…
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