Japanese Gov’t Endorses Bill To Offer Free COVID-19 Vaccines

TOKYO, Oct 28 (NNN-NHK) – The Japanese government endorsed a bill yesterday, to make COVID-19 vaccinations free, to all residents here. The bill will also compensate suppliers of the vaccines, should serious side effects be caused, and free health care will be offered to recipients of the vaccine, should they…

Egypt Strongly Condemns Deadly Bomb Blast At Pakistani Seminary

CAIRO, Oct 28 (NNN-MENA) – Egypt strongly condemned yesterday’s bomb explosion, at a seminary in Peshawar city, in north-western Pakistan, that resulted in eight deaths and dozens of casualties, said the Egyptian Foreign Ministry. “Egypt renews its total rejection of all forms of terrorism, violence and extremism, and its solidarity…

Lao Gov’t Expects 3.3-Percent Economic Growth This Year Despite COVID-19

VIENTIANE, Oct 28 (NNN-KPL) – The Lao government predicted that the country’s economy will grow by 3.3 percent in 2020, despite fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic. Lao Prime Minister, Thongloun Sisoulith, confirmed the projection when addressing the opening ceremony of the 10th session of the National Assembly’s eighth legislature. He…

Israel Reports 873 New COVID-19 Cases, 311,724 In Total

JERUSALEM, Oct 28 (NNN-MA’AN) – Israel’s Ministry of Health reported 873 new COVID-19 cases yesterday, bringing the total cases to 311,724. The number of death cases reached 2,483, with 30 new fatalities, while the number of patients in serious condition decreased, from 496 to 467, out of 819 patients currently…

Iran Summons French Diplomat Over Anti-Islam Comments In France

TEHRAN, Oct 28 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran’s Foreign Ministry, summoned the French charge d’affaires, over growing anti-Islam comments in France, and French officials’ support for them, Iran’s semi-official Mehr news agency reported, yesterday. In their meeting on Monday, a ministry official told French charge d’affaires to Tehran, Florent Aydalot, that, “any…

Philippines’ Duterte Vows To Fight Corruption Before Term Ends In 2022

MANILA, Oct 27 (NNN-PNA) – Philippine President, Rodrigo Duterte, vowed to “concentrate” on fighting corruption, in the last two years of his presidency, adding his country continues to suffer from widespread corruption, despite his administration’s efforts to stamp it out. “You know, this country continues to be plagued with corruption,”…

India’s COVID-19 Tally Nears Eight Million, Total Deaths At 119,502

NEW DELHI, Oct 27 (NNN-PTI) – India’s COVID-19 tally reached 7,946,429, even as 36,470 more cases were registered during the past 24 hours, said the latest data released by the federal health ministry. The death toll surged to 119,502, with 488 deaths recorded since yesterday. This is the first time…

Explosion In NW Pakistan’s Seminary Leaves Four Killed, 35 Injured

ISLAMABAD, Oct 27 (NNN-APP) – At least four kids were killed and 35 others, including children were injured, when a bomb went off inside a seminary in the capital city Peshawar, of Pakistan’s north-west Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province this morning, local media and police said. Some unknown militants placed an improvised…

One Dead After Ship Hits Oil Platform Off Malaysia’s Sarawak State During Stormy Weather

MIRI, Oct 27 (NNN-BERNAMA) – A Malaysian ship, with 187 crew members on board, suffered an emergency in stormy weather, off the country’s state of Sarawak, leaving one dead, the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA), the country’s coast guard, said a few moments ago. The ship, Dayang Topaz, is believed…

Pakistan’s Major University Sealed After Emergence Of COVID-19 Cases

ISLAMABAD, Oct 27 (NNN-PPI) – Authorities temporarily closed Pakistan’s Quaid-e-Azam University (QAU), located in Islamabad, after several students were found suffering from COVID-19, officials said. In a notice issued by the district health authorities, the university’s management was told to comply with the standard operating procedures, to stop further spread…