Covid-19: New Zealand reports no new cases as country relaxes restrictions midnight
WELLINGTON, May 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — New Zealand reported no more COVID-19 cases for two consecutive days on Wednesday, with the…
Laos to press ahead with new dam, its third on Mekong
BANGKOK, May 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Environmentalists have criticised Laos for pressing ahead with plans for another dam on the Mekong…
US Senate threatens sanctions on China over COVID-19 accounting
WASHINGTON, May 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US Republican senators proposed legislation Tuesday that would empower President Donald Trump to slap sanctions…
Covid-19: Iran to reopen mosques for holy nights of Laylat al-Qadr
TEHRAN, May 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Virus-hit Iran will reopen its mosques for three nights over the next week so that…
Covid-19: Chinese doctors join Zimbabwe’s coronavirus fight
HARARE, May 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A team of 12 Chinese doctors have arrived in Zimbabwe to help in the fight…
Covid-19: Tentative restart for Indian trains even as virus cases surge
NEW DELHI, May 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — India’s enormous railway network was grinding back to life Tuesday in a gradual lifting…
US official tells Iran to send plane for prisoner exchange
WASHINGTON, May 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States and Iran clashed Monday on the prospect of a prisoner swap, with…
China exempts more US goods from tariffs as virus hits economy
BEIJING, May 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — China on Tuesday released a list of 79 items from the United States that will…
S. Korea’s drop in jobs sharpest since 1999 amid virus pandemic
SEOUL: Clubs, bars closed amid virus concerns. A man walks past a bar in Sinchon in western Seoul on May…
At least seven dead, 22 injured from Indonesia oil tanker fire
MEDAN (Indonesia), May 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Rescuers have discoveredthe charred remains of at least seven people a day after a…