52nd Cairo Int’l Book Fair Inaugurated Amid COVID-19 Precautions

CAIRO, Jul 1 (NNN-MENA) – The 52nd edition of Cairo International Book Fair (CIBF), held under the slogan of “In Reading, There Is Life,” was inaugurated by Egyptian Prime Minister, Mostafa Madbouly, yesterday. The CIBF is held at Egypt International Exhibitions Centre, with the participation of 1,218 publishers from 25…

Maldives To Reopen Borders To South Asian Arrivals On July 15

MALE, Jun 30 (NNN-PSM) – President of Maldives, Ibrahim Solih, said that, his country will reopen borders to arrivals from South Asian countries, subject to an assessment of the COVID-19 situation in each country, on July 15, local media reported today. Solih, in a public statement yesterday, said that, the…

Brunei Has Lowest Number Of COVID-19 Cases In ASEAN

Azlan Othman BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Jun 30 (NNN-ANN) – The ASEAN region, last week, recorded the highest daily number of COVID-19 related deaths, in several months, although the number of new infections has declined slightly. Brunei Darussalam recorded the lowest number of cases in the region. The Nation, Thailand, reported…

Laos To Boost Clearance Capacity Of Unexploded Bombs

VIENTIANE, Jun 30 (NNN-KPL) – Laos will continue to work with all development partners, including the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), to improve the quality of life of Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) victims. This was the message at a meeting led by Catherine Phuong, a representative of the UNDP, and Acting…

India Reports 45,951 New COVID-19 Cases

NEW DELHI, Jun 30 (NNN-PTI) – India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 30,362,848 today, as 45,951 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours. The death toll mounted to 398,454, as 817 deaths were recorded since yesterday morning. This is the third consecutive day, after a gap of nearly two-and-a-half…

East Asian Countries Should Reject NATO’s Expanding Tentacles: Media

SINGAPORE, Jun 30 (NNN-CNA) – East Asian countries should jointly reject North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)’s expanding of its tentacles to the Pacific Ocean, the Straits Times of Singapore reported. An article, entitled: “Asia, say no to NATO,” written by Kishore Mahbubani, a distinguished fellow with the Asia Research Institute…

Four People Killed In New Delhi Fire

NEW DELHI, Jun 30 (NNN-PTI) – As many as four people were killed in a fire, in India’s capital, New Delhi late last night, a local fire department official confirmed, today. The mishap occurred in the capital’s eastern Shahdara area, following a cooking gas cylinder blast, said Delhi Fire Service…

Singapore Updates Border Measures For Travellers From China’s Guangdong, Australia

SINGAPORE, Jun 30 (NNN-CNA) – Singapore’s Ministry of Health (MOH), said today that, the city-state will allow travellers from China’s southern Guangdong province to go about their activities in Singapore, without serving Stay-Home Notice (SHN), if the result of their on-arrival COVID-19 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test is negative. Meanwhile,…

Six Killed, Six Missing As Passenger Ship Sinks In Waters Off Indonesia’s Bali

JAKARTA, Jun 30 (NNN-ANTARA) – Six people were killed, as a passenger ship, with dozens of people on board, went down in waters off Bali Island yesterday, and the evacuation has been under way, a rescuer and a senior police officer said. The ship, Yunicee, with 41 passengers and 15…

Bicycle Bomb Wounds Four In Afghanistan’s Eastern Jalalabad City

JALALABAD, Jun 30 (NNN-XINHUA) – Four people were injured, as a bicycle bomb rocked Jalalabad city, the capital of Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province, yesterday, provincial government spokesman, Attaullah Khogiani, said. According to Khogiani, militants planted the explosive device in the cavities of a bicycle and detonated it. The blast occurred…