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India’s COVID-19 tally surpasses 9 million
NEW DELHI: India’s COVID-19 tally surpassed nine million on Friday, reports Xinhua news agency quoted the federal health ministry. With 45,882 new COVID-19 cases across the country, the tally reached 9,004,365, while the death toll amounted to 132,162 and 584 more patients died,
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Japan ready to lead in building free and open Indo-Pacific
KUALA LUMPUR: Japan intends to take a leadership role in building a free and open Indo-Pacific, which will be the pillar for the prosperity of the region, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga (pix) said. “Japan will, together with Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
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Thai PM: RCEP will create conducive investment environment, help in economic recovery
BANGKOK: The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) will create a conducive environment for investment and help participating countries in post-COVID-19 pandemic economic recovery, Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-o-cha said today. In his speech during the virtual 4th RCEP Summit, held
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Spell of heavy smog in Indian capital raises fears for COVID patients
NEW DELHI: Residents of the Indian capital are enduring one of the worst spells of air pollution in years, data released on Monday showed, raising the risks to city residents posed by the novel coronavirus, doctors said. Pollution in New
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Japan’s farm minister confirms avian flu outbreak in western Japan
TOKYO: The Japanese government on Thursday said an outbreak of a highly pathogenic avian flu had been confirmed at a chicken farm in western Japan’s Kagawa Prefecture. Japanese Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Kotaro Nogami informed Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga of
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Turkish man recounts brush with death in Vienna attack
VIENNA: A Turkish man who was wounded in Monday’s terrorist attack in the Austrian capital said he barely escaped death at the hands of one of the gunmen. Recep Tayyip Gultekin told Anadolu Agency that he was with his friend
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Indian troops kill top Kashmiri militant commander
SRINAGAR: Indian security forces killed the chief of the largest militant group in Kashmir in a gun battle on Sunday, as the disputed region is riven by violence more than a year after New Delhi withdrew its semi-autonomy. The killing
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More people ignore face masks in Thailand
NONTHABURI: Health authorities urge people to protect themselves from the novel coronavirus by regularly wearing face masks as a survey has found only 67.1 per cent of respondents are using them, Thai news agency (TNA) reported. Permanent secretary for public health,
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Singapore to lift border restrictions with China and Victoria, Australia from Nov 6
SINGAPORE: Singapore will lift its border restrictions for visitors from Mainland China and Victoria, Australia from Nov 6, 2020, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) today. CAAS said both places had comprehensive public health surveillance systems and displayed successful control over the
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Japan’s total coronavirus cases top 100,000
TOKYO: Japan’s cumulative total of confirmed novel coronavirus cases topped 100,000 on Thursday, according to a tally based on official data, amid a recent uptick in the number of new infections coinciding with a resumption of economic activity, Kyodo News
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