Int’l Medical Expo To Be Held In Hanoi

HANOI, May 7 (NNN-VNA) – The 29th Vietnam International Medical, Hospital and Pharmaceutical Exhibition, will be held in the Vietnamese capital, Hanoi, on May 11, it was reported yesterday. The four-day event will draw over 150 Vietnamese participants and foreign exhibitors from Japan, South Korea, China, Australia, the United States,…

Sri Lanka’s Parliament Adjourns Till May 17 As Protesters Gather Outside

COLOMBO, May 7 (NNN-XINHUA) – Sri Lanka’s Speaker of Parliament, yesterday suspended parliamentary sessions till May 17, as protesters gathered outside the building, calling on lawmakers to find a solution to the ongoing economic crisis. Police tried to disperse the crowds using tear gas and water cannons. The speaker then…

Suspected Al-Qaeda Gunmen Attack Security Headquarters In Southern Yemen

ADEN, May 7 (NNN-YPA) – Suspected al-Qaeda gunmen, attacked a security headquarters in Yemen’s southern province of Dhalea last night, a government official said. “Intense armed confrontations are still going on between the security forces and the al-Qaeda suspects, in and around the security headquarters in Dhalea, amid large explosions,”…

Iraq Reports 40 Hemorrhagic Fever Cases, Eight Deaths: Ministry

BAGHDAD, May 7 (NNN-NINA) – The Iraqi Ministry of Health said yesterday that, about 40 cases of viral hemorrhagic fever (VHF) were registered in the country, eight of whom have died. Twenty-three infections and five deaths were registered in Iraq’s southern province of Dhi Qar, the ministry’s spokesman, Sayf al-Badr…

Three Kyrgyz Citizens Killed At Kyrgyz-Uzbek Border By Uzbek Guards

BISHKEK/TASHKENT, May 7 (NNN-KNA) – Three people were killed at Kyrgyz-Uzbek border, after the border guards of Uzbekistan fired guns at them, the Kyrgyz border service said yesterday. The incident occurred on Thursday, on the Kyrgyz-Uzbek section of the state border, in Dobo-Korgon area of Jalal-Abad Oblast’s Ala-Buka region, the…

Death Toll In Afghanistan’s Floods Rises To Nine: Authorities

KABUL, May 6 (NNN-ANA) – At least nine people were killed, 10 others injured and three went missing, in recent floods triggered by heavy rains in Afghanistan, authorities said today. In addition, some 300 houses were destroyed and 2,000 houses were partially destroyed by the floods, on Tuesday and Wednesday,…

Bangladesh Sends Emergency Medical Supplies To Sri Lanka

DHAKA, May 6 (NNN-BSS) – In a spirit of friendship and good neighbourly relations, Bangladesh yesterday sent emergency medical supplies to Sri Lanka. At a token handover ceremony, held at the State Guest House Padma here, yesterday, Bangladeshi Foreign Minister, AK Abdul Momen and Health Minister, Zahid Maleque, handed over…

Tough For Malaysia To Meet Zero Single-use Plastic Target By 2030 – Expert

KUALA LUMPUR, May 6 (NNN-Bernama) – In Malaysia, festivals often witness a sharp rise in the generation of domestic waste. With interstate travel and open houses allowed during this year’s Eid Mubarak celebrations – after a hiatus of two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic – solid waste operators and…

5.3-Magnitude Quake Hits 77 Km ESE Of Bobon, Philippines

HONG KONG, May 6 (NNN-PNA) – An earthquake, with a magnitude of 5.3, jolted 77 km ESE of Bobon, Philippines, at 00:02:27 GMT, early this morning, the US Geological Survey said. According to report, the epicentre, with a depth of 68.27 km, was initially determined to be at 6.5349 degrees…

Sri Lanka Loses One Million Taxpayers Since 2019: Minister

COLOMBO, May 6 (NNN-XINHUA) – Sri Lanka lost around one million taxpayers, following tax cuts introduced in late 2019, Finance Minister, Ali Sabry, told parliament yesterday. The minister said that, the country had 1.5 million taxpayers in 2019, which declined to 1.036 million in 2020. “By the end of 2021…
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