Brunei Reports No New COVID-19 Cases For 69 Straight Days

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, July 16 (NNN-NNA) – Brunei reported no new cases of COVID-19, on Wednesday, with the national tally standing at 141. It marked the 69th consecutive day without new cases. According to Brunei’s Ministry of Health, no active cases are being treated at the National Isolation Centre. Currently,…

Death Toll In Indonesia’s Flash Floods Climbs To 21, 31 Missing

JAKARTA, July 16 (NNN-ANTARA) – The number of casualties of flash floods and landslides in Indonesia’s South Sulawesi province rose to 21 on Wednesday, with 31 others missing, an official said. The search and rescue efforts were intensified in the flash flood-stricken district of Luwu Utara, on Wednesday, involving 539…

Mongolia Fuel Tanker Explosion Kills Two, Injures Eight

ULAN BATOR, July 16 (NNN-MONGOLIAWEB) – At least two people were killed and eight others injured, on Wednesday afternoon, after a tanker, carrying gasoline crashed and exploded in Arkhangai province, in central-west Mongolia, according to the country’s Traffic Police Department (TPD). The accident occurred on the road connecting Arkhangai province…

Mongolia Repatriates Over 400 More Nationals Stranded Abroad Amid Pandemic

ULAN BATOR, July 16 (NNN-MONGOLIAWEB) – A total of 428 Mongolian nationals returned home from COVID-19-hit countries on two chartered flights on Wednesday, according to the country’s State Emergency Commission (SEC). Among the recently repatriated are pregnant women, the elderly, children, sick people, and those with financial and other problems,…

Prospects Of Thailand’s Rice Export In H2 “Not Too Bright”

BANGKOK, July 16 (NNN-TNA) – Thai Rice Exporters Association said, Thailand’s rice export prospects would not look too bright, in the second half of the year, amid sluggish global demand hit by the COVID-19 crisis. Overall Thai rice export has been quiet in July, after the pandemic resulted in the…

Pakistani PM Inaugurates Construction Of World’s Tallest Roller Compact Concrete Dam

ISLAMABAD, July 16 (NNN-APP) – Pakistani Prime Minister, Imran Khan, inaugurated the Diamer Bhasha dam, with an installed capacity of 4,500-megawatt electricity production, at the River Indus in the country’s northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, said an official statement. The dam, scheduled to be completed by 2028, will be the tallest…

Chinese coast guard, navy vessels no longer encroaching Malaysian waters – Hishammuddin

Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin KUALA LUMPUR, July 15 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Chinese Coast Guard and Navy vessels have not been seen encroaching into Malaysian waters of late, Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein said.  He said bilateral ties between both countries have been strengthened further in the 100 days since he was appointed to…

Azerbaijan general among troops killed in Armenia border clash

Azeri artillery – years of diplomacy have failed to ease tensions  BAKU, July 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) —Azerbaijan says one of its generals and five other officers have been killed in a third day of fighting with Armenian forces on the countries’ border. An Azeri private also died, bringing the Azeri death toll…

World hunger worsening as coronavirus weighs and obesity rises: UN

ROME, July 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Nearly one in nine people in the world are going hungry, with the coronavirus pandemic exacerbating already worsening trends this year, according to a new United Nations report. Economic slowdowns and climate-related shocks are pushing more people into hunger, while nutritious foods remain too expensive…

UAE Reports 375 New COVID-19 Cases, 55,573 In Total

DUBAI, July 15 (NNN-WAM) – The United Arab Emirates (UAE), on Tuesday, announced 375 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total confirmed cases in the country to 55,573. UAE’s Ministry of Health and Prevention said in a statement that, 512 more patients recovered from the virus, taking the tally of recoveries…
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