Five Killed, 18 Injured As Roadside Bomb Hits Bus In S. Afghanistan

KANDAHAR, Jun 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Five people have been killed and 18 others injured, as a passenger bus ran over a land mine, in the restive Miwand district of Afghanistan’s southern Kandahar province, last night, provincial police spokesman, Jamal Barikzai, said today. “A mine planted by militants on a road…

Mongolia’s COVID-19 Cases Top 100,000

ULAN BATOR, Jun 23 (NNN-XINHUA) – Mongolia recorded 2,213 new COVID-19 cases over the last 24 hours, raising the nationwide tally to 100,263, the country’s health ministry said today. One of the latest confirmed cases was imported from abroad, and the remaining ones were local infections. Mongolia’s COVID-19 surge continues,…

World Bank Revises Down Malaysia’s GDP Growth To 4.5 Pct

KUALA LUMPUR, June 23 (NNN-Bernama) — Malaysia’s economy is projected to grow by 4.5 per cent in 2021 compared to an earlier forecast of 6.0 per cent, amid a dramatic resurgence of the COVID-19 infections beginning mid-April this year, said the World Bank. According to its Malaysia Economic Monitor: Weathering…

Australia’s Sydney Sealed Off With Latest Uptick In COVID-19 Cases

SYDNEY, Jun 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Australia’s Sydney saw a further 16 locally acquired cases of COVID-19, the new one-day high in the latest outbreak. The health department recorded 10 new local cases in the past 24 hours, till 8:00 p.m. last night, among which seven were already announced yesterday, but…

Interview: We Never Thought Of Cancelling The Games, Says Tokyo 2020 Spokesman

By sportswriters Wang Zijiang and Yang Ting TOKYO, Jun 23 (NNN-XINHUA) – With 30 days to go and the COVID-19 pandemic far from being contained in Japan, and the world, the Tokyo 2020 organisers believed that the Games will kick off on the night of July 23. “Our preparation is…

Malaysia’s Diverse Exports To Help Mitigate Lockdown Impact – Moody’s

KUALA LUMPUR, June 23 (NNN-Bernama) — Malaysia’s diverse export destinations and products should help to mitigate the impact of a prolonged national lockdown through the end of June, Moody’s Investors Service said Wednesday. Malaysia imposed the nationwide Movement Control Order (MCO 3.0) starting June 1 after daily cases hit 8,000.…

US seizes Iranian state news websites

WASHINGTON, June 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US Justice Department said Wednesdayit had seized 33 Iranian government-controlled media websites, as well asthree of the Iraqi group Kataeb Hezbollah, which it said were hosted on US-owned domains in violation of sanctions.   Visitors to leading Iranian media sites like Press TV and Al-Alam,…

Malaysia Calls For Global Vaccine Equity – Minister Of Science, Technology And Innovation Khairy

KUALA LUMPUR, June 23 (NNN-Bernama) — Malaysia calls for the World Bank to be a strong voice for developing countries for global vaccine equity. Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation Khairy Jamaluddin said that the hoarding of vaccines by the industrialised countries was immoral and the move had fallen short…

COVID-19 Vaccination: Malaysia Hits 6.3 Million Doses Tuesday – Health Minister

KUALA LUMPUR, June 23 (NNN-Bernama) — A total of 6,301,727 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in the country as of Tuesday. Health Minister Dr Adham Baba said of the total, 4,574,685 individuals had received the first dose and 1,727,042 others had completed the second dose. In a tweet…

India’s COVID-19 Tally Crosses 30 Million

NEW DELHI, Jun 23 (NNN-PTI) – India’s COVID-19 tally surpassed the 30 million mark today, said the health ministry.– NNN-PTI
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