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Vietnam Registers First Death Of COVID-19, As Philippines And Tokyo See Record Number Of Daily Cases

HONG KONG, Aug 1 (NNN-XINHUA) – Vietnam registered its first COVID-19 death yesterday, amid a resurgence of infections in the…

India Extends Suspension Of Int’l Flights Till End Of Aug

NEW DELHI, Aug 1 (NNN-UNI) – India yesterday extended the ban on international flights till Aug 31, said an official…

Thai Police Seize Four Million Speed Pills In Chiang Rai

BANGKOK, Aug 1 (NNN-TNA) – Thai police said, in a press briefing yesterday that, it had seized four million speed…

Indonesian fugitive Djoko Tjandra nabbed in Malaysia

JAKARTA, Aug 1 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Indonesian fugitive Djoko Soegiarto Tjandra, who has been convicted of corruption, was arrested in Malaysia and brought…

Italian-American Automaker FCA Posts Net Losses Of One Billion Euros In Q2

ROME, Aug 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Italian-American automaker, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA), posted net losses of one billion euros (1.18 billion…

Iran’s Top Leader Slams U.S. Sanctions Against Iran

TEHRAN, Aug 1 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, yesterday strongly condemned U.S. sanctions on the Iranian nation…

Highest Single Day Spike Takes India’s COVID-19 Tally To Over 1.6 Million

NEW DELHI, Aug 1 (NNN-UNI) – India recorded the highest ever single-day spike of 55,078 of fresh COVID-19 cases on…

COVID-19 kills 197 more Iranians over past 24 hours

TEHRAN, July 31 (NNN-IRNA) — Iran’s Health Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari said on ّFriday that some 197 more Iranians…

Pakistan reports lowest COVID-19 cases since May

ISLAMABAD, July 31 (NNN-ANADOLU) — Pakistan on Friday reported around 900 new coronavirus cases, the lowest daily figure in three…

EU imposes first cyber sanctions against N.Korea, Chinese, Russian entities and individuals

SEOUL, July 31 (NNN-YONHAP) — The European Union has imposed its first-ever cyber sanctions against North Korean, Chinese and Russian…