Hokkaido Sees Daily COVID-19 Cases Spike To 200-Mark For First Time

TOKYO, Nov 10 (NNN-NHK) – Japan’s northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido reported 200 new daily COVID-19 infections, marking the highest level for the region, since the outbreak of the virus in Japan. Infections in Hokkaido have been in triple digits for four successive days, with officials raising the pandemic alert level…

Support Rate For Japanese PM Suga’s Cabinet Almost Flat At 56 Percent

TOKYO, Nov 10 (NNN-NHK) – The approval rating for Japanese Prime Minister, Yoshihide Suga’s Cabinet, was almost flat at 56 percent, a nationwide poll showed. According to the survey, conducted between Friday and Sunday, of people aged 18 or older, the approval rating for Suga’s Cabinet stood at 56 percent,…

Cambodia Marked 67th Anniversary Of Independence Day

PHNOM PENH, Nov 10 (NNN-XINHUA) – Cambodia yesterday commemorated the 67th anniversary of the declaration of Independence from French colonial rule. The nation’s King, Norodom Sihamoni, accompanied by Senate President, Samdech Say Chhum, and National Assembly President, Samdech Heng Samrin, laid a wreath and lit the ceremonial victory fire, inside…

Fifth Israeli Minister Tests Positive For COVID-19

JERUSALEM, Nov 10 (NNN-MA’AN) – Israeli Minister of Regional Cooperation, Ofir Akunis, tested positive for COVID-19, according to a statement by Akunis’ spokesperson, yesterday. “The minister immediately entered quarantine at his home, in accordance with the health ministry’s instructions. He feels well and continues to manage the ministry’s affairs from…

Seven Killed, Five Injured In Truck-Car Crash In India’s Madhya Pradesh

NEW DELHI, Nov 9 (NNN-UNI) – At least seven people from a family were killed and five others injured last night, after a car they were travelling in, collided head-on with a dumper truck, in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, police said today. The accident took place in…

Russia’s COVID-19 Cases Up 20,498 To 1,774,334

MOSCOW, Nov 9 (NNN-TASS) – Russia registered 20,498 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking its total to 1,774,334, the country’s COVID-19 response centre said in a statement. Meanwhile, 286 new deaths were reported, taking the nationwide count to 30,537. Moscow, the country’s worst-hit region, reported 5,751 new…

Iran Urges U.S. To Cease Economic Pressures

TEHRAN, Nov 9 (NNN-IRNA) – The Iranian Foreign Ministry, yesterday called for cessation of the U.S. economic pressures against the country. The U.S. administration “must make up for its past measures and stop its economic war against the Islamic Republic,” Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman, Saeed Khatibzadeh, told Iran’s state TV.…

Iraqi Forces Launch Major Anti-Daesh Offensive In North Of Baghdad

BAGHDAD, Nov 9 (NNN-NINA) – Iraqi security forces, yesterday launched a major offensive, to hunt down Daesh militants in a mountainous area, in the northern part of Iraq’s Salahudin province. Iraqi forces, backed by U.S.-led coalition and Iraqi aircraft, began an offensive in the morning, to track down the militants…

Four U.S. Soldiers Killed In NE Syria

DAMASCUS, Nov 9 (NNN-SANA) – Four U.S. soldiers were killed yesterday, by an explosive device in the countryside of Syria’s north-eastern province of Hasakah. The explosive device tore through a U.S. military vehicle, in the village of Markadeh, on the Hasakah-Deir al-Zour road, said the report. It added that a…

Iran Sees Highest Daily Death Toll From COVID-19 As Iraq’s Tally Of Infections Nears 500,000

The latest figure took the overall death toll in Iran to 38,291, said Sima Sadat Lari, spokeswoman for the Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education. CAIRO, Nov 9 (NNN-MENA) – Iran reported 459 deaths related to COVID-19 yesterday, making it the highest daily death toll since the outbreak of…