Covid-19: WHO says situation ‘worsening’ worldwide

GENEVA, June 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The World Health Organization said that the coronavirus pandemic situation was worsening around the globe, as it warned against complacency. The WHO said it had recorded its highest daily tally of new infections, with COVID-19 raging in the Americas. And as mass protests for racial…

S.Korea Urges North Korea To Maintain Inter-Korean Communication Lines

SEOUL, June 9 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea urged North Korea today, to maintain communication lines between the two Koreas, after Pyongyang’s threat to cut off all inter-Korean hotlines, multiple local media reported. An unidentified South Korean unification ministry official was quoted as telling local reporters that, the inter-Korean communication lines,…

Two Daesh-Linked Militants Nabbed In Indonesia’s Kalimantan

JAKARTA, June 9 (NNN-ANTARA) – The Indonesian anti-terror squad, arrested two Daesh-affiliated militants, who had plotted and given directives on the strike at a police station in South Kalimantan province earlier this month, that killed one policeman and injured another. The National Police’s spokesman, Brigadier Awi Setiyono said that, the…

Mongolia Receives 99 Million USD From IMF To Address COVID-19 Pandemic

ULAN BATOR, June 9 (NNN-MONGOLIAWEB) – Mongolia received 99 million U.S. dollars of financing, from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), to address the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the country’s Finance Minister, Chimed Khurelbaatar, said Monday. “Today, our country received a 99-million-U.S.-dollar financing from the IMF. I would like to…

Three Killed, Five Injured As Oil Refinery Catches Fire In Pakistan’s Punjab

ISLAMABAD, June 9 (NNN-APP) – Three labourers were killed and five others injured, when fire erupted in an oil refinery, in Faisalabad district of Pakistan’s east Punjab province, on Monday night, local media reported. The factory was housing about 100,000 litres of oil, when fire erupted in one of its…

DPRK To Cut Off Inter-Korean Communication Lines

PYONGYANG, June 9 (NNN-KCNA) — The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) will cut off all inter-Korean communication lines at noon today (Tuesday), it was reported this morning. The relevant field on the DPRK side will “completely cut off and shut down the liaison line, between the authorities of the…

Over 260 Mongolians Evacuated From Australia, Philippines

ULAN BATOR, June 9 (NNN-MONGOLIAWEB) – More than 260 Mongolian nationals were evacuated from Australia and the Philippines, by a charter flight on Monday. The charter flight, flying a Sydney-Cebu-Ulan Bator route, arrived at the Chinggis Khaan International Airport in the capital, on Monday night (last night), according to Mongolia’s…

Bangkok’s Iconic Grand Palace Reopens After Two-Month Closure Over COVID-19

BANGKOK, June 9 (NNN-TNA) – The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), said, the Grand Palace and several iconic temples, including the Temple of the Emerald Buddha, reopened for business after two months of closure, due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Both premises, which adjoined one another in the same compound, only…

West Should Not Teach China On Hong Kong: Russian Diplomat

MOSCOW, June 9 (NNN-XINHUA) – Western countries, faced with mass protests, after the killing of African American George Floyd, in the United States, are in no position to teach China what it should do with Hong Kong, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Maria Zakharova, said Monday. “After all this universal shame…

Thai PM Calls On Workers To Prepare For Overseas Work After Pandemic Subsides

BANGKOK, June 9 (NNN-TNA) – Thai Prime Minister, Prayut Chan-o-cha, via spokeswoman, Narumon Pinyosinwat, instructed Thai workers to prepare themselves for overseas work, once the global COVID-19 pandemic subsides. “Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha wants Thai labour workers to prepare themselves in terms of technical and language skills, physical fitness and…
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