COVID-19 Cases In Mumbai’s Slum Surpasses 1,000

MUMBAI, May 14 (NNN-PTI) – Asia’s largest slum, located in Mumbai, has crossed 1,000 cases of the COVID-19, as per the update shared by the city civic authority on Wednesday. With 66 fresh cases reported on Wednesday, the total confirmed cases from the slum, spread over 613 hectares and home…

Death Toll Of Two Deadly Attacks In Afghanistan Rises

KABUL, May 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The number of people affected in two deadly terrorist attacks in Afghanistan on Tuesday has risen, reported local media Tolo News TV on Wednesday. In one attack, 24 civilians were killed and 16 others injured, after three terrorists attacked a maternal hospital in western part…

Uzbekistan Plans To Resume Internal Flights, Railway Links

TASHKENT, May 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Uzbekistan’s President, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, instructed the government to resume air and railway links between the capital and the regions, the press service of the president said, Wednesday. Uzbekistan will continue to soften the quarantine requirements, while maintaining strict control over the epidemiological situation, the president…

Maldives Prepares For COVID-19 Peak As Cases Cross 900

MALE, May 14 (NNN-PSM) – The Maldivian government is formulating plans to deal with an expected peak in COVID-19 infections by the end of the month, as the country’s case count recently crossed 900. Minister of Health, Abdulla Ameen, told the Media that, the government consulted experts, in formulating a…

Thailand To Partner With UN Agency To Cut CO2 Emission

BANGKOK, May 14 (NNN-TNA) – Thailand’s Ministry of Industry revealed that, the Thai Cabinet already rubber-stamped a multi-billion-baht project with the United Nations to tackle Thailand’s increasing air pollution problems. The Department of Industrial Works, under the Ministry of Industry, will be tasked to work with the UN Industrial Development…

Afghan attack: US condemns attack at Kabul maternity ward

As well as two babies, at least 12 mothers and healthcare workers were killed  KABUL, May 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has condemned a militant attack on a maternity ward in Kabul, Afghanistan. Two babies and 12 mothers and nurses were killed when several gunmen stormed…

Covid-19: New Zealand reports no new cases as country relaxes restrictions midnight

WELLINGTON, May 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — New Zealand reported no more COVID-19 cases for two consecutive days on Wednesday, with the total number of confirmed and probable cases remaining at 1,497, as the country is about to relax lockdown restrictions midnight. Director-General of Health Ashley Bloomfield told a press conference the…

Laos to press ahead with new dam, its third on Mekong

BANGKOK, May 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Environmentalists have criticised Laos for pressing ahead with plans for another dam on the Mekong River, a waterway already strangled by hydropower schemes. The flow of the Mekong, Southeast Asia’s longest river, is interrupted by a cascade of dams in China — where it is…

US Senate threatens sanctions on China over COVID-19 accounting

WASHINGTON, May 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US Republican senators proposed legislation Tuesday that would empower President Donald Trump to slap sanctions on China if Beijing does not give a “full accounting” for the coronavirus outbreak. “The Chinese Communist Party must be held accountable for the detrimental role they played in this…

Covid-19: Iran to reopen mosques for holy nights of Laylat al-Qadr

TEHRAN, May 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Virus-hit Iran will reopen its mosques for three nights over the next week so that worshippers can pray during one of the holiest times of year, a minister said.The Islamic republic shut its mosques and shrines in March as part of its efforts to contain…
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