Japan’s FY 2020 GDP Decreases 4.6 Percent In Real Terms, Sharpest On Record

TOKYO, May 18 (NNN-NHK) – Japan’s gross domestic product, in fiscal year 2020, shrank 4.6 percent in real terms, down for the second straight year, government statistics revealed today. The figure logged the largest annual contraction on record, since data began to be compiled in fiscal 1955, according to the…

New Extinct Crocodile Species Found In Australian Outback

CANBERRA, May 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) – A new extinct crocodile species, dating back to millions of years was discovered in the Australian Outback. A team from the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (NT), yesterday announced that, they have identified a new species of crocodile belonging to the Baru…

India Launches 1st Batch Of Indigenous Anti-COVID-19 Drug

NEW DELHI, May 18 (NNN-PTI) – The Indian government yesterday launched the first batch of its indigenous anti-COVID-19 drug, 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG). The drug, developed by the Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences (INMAS), a lab of India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), in collaboration with Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories…

Accident Blast Kills Three Taliban Militants In W. Afghanistan

HERAT, May 17 (NNN-XINHUA) – Three Taliban militants were killed this morning, when a homemade improvised roadside bomb they were planting exploded prematurely, in Afghanistan’s western Herat province, the local government confirmed. The incident occurred along a district road, in Adraskan district, in the south of provincial capital, Herat city,…

Crystal Meth Worth 73 Million USD Found On Cargo Ship In Sydney

SYDNEY, May 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The Australian police have intercepted a consignment, carrying almost 316 kg of crystal methamphetamine, concealed in electric barbeque grills and water heaters, the authorities said today. After the Australian Border Force (ABF) noted inconsistencies in the consignment details, police officers busted the Thai cargo vessel,…

Cyclone Tauktae Intensifies, Likely To Hit India’s Western Coast By Evening

NEW DELHI, May 17 (NNN-PTI) – Cyclonic storm, Tauktae, today intensified into an extremely severe storm, and likely to hit India’s Gujarat by the evening, the India Meteorological Department (IMD), said. Tauktae intensified into an extremely severe cyclonic storm, and lay centered at 5:30 a.m. local time today, over east-central…

Maldives Opens Registration For Vaccination Against COVID-19 For Pregnant Women

MALE, May 17 (NNN-PSM) – Maldives opened registration for vaccination against COVID-19 for pregnant women, local media reported today. Citing the health Protection Agency (HPA), report said, pregnant women can register to be inoculated with the Pfizer vaccine. Registrations can be done online and vaccination is on a first come…

Construction Of All Communication Towers Along China-Laos Railway Completed

VIENTIANE, May 17 (NNN-KPL) – Construction of all 67 communication towers, along the China-Laos railway has been completed, marking a major progress in the project. Half of the railway’s communication towers are located in tropical uninhabited mountainous areas, with complex geographical conditions and poor traffic conditions, which has brought difficulties…

Presidential Campaigns Start In Syria

DAMASCUS, May 17 (NNN-SANA) – The Syrian presidential campaigns had officially started yesterday, as posters of President Bashar al-Assad and the two other candidates filled the squares and streets in the capital. Under the theme “Hope is in Work,” Assad started his campaign where his posters, most of which were…

Afghan Fighting Resumes As Cease-Fire Ends, More Than 30 Killed

KABUL, May 17 (NNN-XINHUA) – Fighting in Afghanistan resumed, with 31 Afghans, mostly militants, killed in the insurgency-battered Asian country yesterday, after a three-day cease-fire observed with the start of Eid al-Fitr on Thursday, to enable celebrations of the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, officials said. Mohammad…
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