Philippine Unemployment Rate Hits 10 Percent In July Due To COVID-19 Pandemic
MANILA, Sept 3 (NNN-PNA) – The number of Filipinos without jobs reached 4.6 million in July, as the country grapples…
Australia In Recession For 1st Time In Nearly 30 Years
CANBERRA, Sept 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Australian Gross Domestic Product, fell 7.0 percent in the June quarter, the largest quarterly fall…
Laos To Continue Suspension Of Tourist Visas For People From COVID-19-Hit Countries
VIENTIANE, Sept 1 (NNN-KPL) – The Lao government will continue to suspend the issuing of tourist visas, for anyone travelling…
Israel’s Director Of Budget At Finance Ministry Resigns
JERUSALEM, Aug 31 (NNN-MA’AN) – Israel’s director of budget, at the Finance Ministry, resigned yesterday, claiming intervention by the political…
Airstrikes Smash Taliban Explosive Cache, Court House In N. Afghanistan
SARI PUL, Afghanistan, Aug 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) – A Taliban cache and a courthouse were destroyed by airstrikes, in Afghanistan’s northern…
Iran Registers 1,905 New COVID-19 Cases, 371,816 In Total
TEHRAN, Aug 30 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran’s COVID-19 cases yesterday rose to 371,816, with the registration of 1,905 new infections over…
Confirmed COVID-19 Cases Mounting In Asia-Pacific As India Reports Record High Of 77,266 Infections
HONG KONG, Aug 29 (NNN-XINHUA) – Asia-Pacific countries kept on high alert, as India recorded the biggest daily jump of…
Covid-19: Brazil paradise island reopens, with a catch – you must have had the virus
BRASILIA, Aug 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Fernando de Noronha, a tropicalisland off Brazil known as one of the world’s most coveted…
Christchurch mosque shooter sentenced to life without parole
MOSCOW, Aug 27 (NNN-BERNAMA) — The Christchurch shooter who in 2019 killed 51 people in attacks on two New Zealand mosques,…
Thai Court Issues New Arrest Warrant For Red Bull Heir
BANGKOK, Aug 26 (NNN-TNA) – Bangkok South Criminal Court, late yesterday issued a new arrest warrant, for an heir to…