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Mumbai To Conduct Sero-Surveillance To Study Rising COVID-19 Spread

MUMBAI, May 28 (NNN-PTI) – With the rising incidence of COVID-19 positive cases in Mumbai, the city will under-go sero-surveillance,…

Zambia probes murder of 3 Chinese at clothes factory; 3 suspects arrested

The clothing factory’s warehouse was gutted in the fire LUSAKA, May 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Police in Zambia have arrested three…

S.Korea Cuts Interest Rate By 25 Basis Points To 0.50 Percent

SEOUL, May 28 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea’s central bank, today cut its benchmark interest rate to a new record low…

Restaurant Sales Across Thailand Plummet By 80 Percent During COVID-19 Pandemic

BANGKOK, May 28 (NNN-TNA) – The Thai Restaurant Association (TRA), said that, sales at restaurants dropped by 80 percent with…

Indian Air Force Inducts Second Tejas LCA Fighter Squadron

NEW DELHI, May 28 (NNN-UNI) – Indian Air Force (IAF), on Wednesday, inducted second squadron of Tejas Mk 1 Light…

Police In Pakistan Search For Gunmen Killing Two Policemen

ISLAMABAD, May 28 (NNN-APP) – Police in the Pakistani capital Islamabad are searching for gunmen, who shot dead two policemen…

Koike To Announce Candidacy For Tokyo Gubernatorial Election

TOKYO, May 28 (NNN-NHK) – Tokyo Gov., Yuriko Koike, is expected to announce next month that she will run in…

APEC senior officials discuss possible platform for info sharing on COVID-19

File photo of an earlier APEC SOM meeting prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. On Wednesday, May 27, the first ever…

Covid-19: Iconic sites reopen as world eyes life after lockdown

In Bethlehem, the Church of the Nativity – built on the spot where Christians believe their saviour Jesus was born…

Update: World coronavirus death toll tops 350,000

PARIS, May 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than 350,000 deaths from the new coronavirus have been recorded worldwide since it first…