Laos has confirmed 1,401 new Covid-19 cases and four fatalities over the previous 24 hours, bringing the total to 58,798 including 116 deaths, the National Taskforce Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control reported today.The newly reported deaths…
Laos has received 1.9 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine donated by the government of China.The handover ceremony was held at the Wattay International Airport in Vientiane on Wednesday between Prime Minister Phankham Viphavanh and Chinese Ambassador to …
The White House says about 10% of eligible kids aged 5 to 11 have received a dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine since its approval for their age group two weeks ago.At least 2.6 million kids have received a shot, White House COVID-19 coordinator Jeff …
With the Indian capital enveloped in a haze of toxic smog, authorities ordered six thermal plants in the city’s vicinity to shut temporarily, closed schools and colleges indefinitely and imposed work-from-home restrictions to control pollution levels t…
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention projects that 100,000 Americans died of drug overdose between May 2020 and April 2021 — a nearly 30% increase over the previous year.While not an official count, the CDC says it can confirm 98,000 dea…
Published by Philippine Star John Bryan Ulanday – Philstar.com November 16, 2021 | 3:59pm MANILA, Philippines – A new avenue in the campus sports scene has emerged with the birth of the Collegiate Center for Esports (CCE) aiming to cater scholarship opportunities and career paths for aspiring students through the booming online gaming sport. Composed…
Published by Reuters BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Chinese leader Xi Jinping greeted U.S. President Joe Biden as “old friend” at the start of their first video meeting, using an expression that Biden has pushed back on. In China, the expression “lao peng you” connotes fondness and shows a level of familiarity and trust, and when said…
With the Earth becoming warmer and weather events more extreme, the African Union has set up a disaster operation center in Nairobi to help monitor major hazards and provide regional early warnings for drought, floods, extreme rainfall, food insecurity…
Nov 11 witnessed the handover of Mahosot Hospital Project phase I between Chinese Ambassador to the Lao PDR Jiang Zaidong and Minister of Health Bounfeng Phoumalaysith in the presence of representatives of relevant authorities.The health development pr…
The port of Vancouver, Canada’s largest, said on Tuesday that all rail access had been cut by floods and landslides farther east that killed at least one person and left two others missing.Two days of torrential rain across the Pacific province of Brit…
Laos has confirmed 1,306 new Covid-19 cases and six fatalities over the previous 24 hours bringing the total in the country to 56,324 including 10,610 active cases and 110 deaths, according to the National Taskforce Committee for Covid-19 Prevention a…
The Thai government has allowed Lao workers to continue to stay and work in Thailand along with their fellows from Cambodia and Myanmar as it is reopening the country to accelerate economic recovery amid Covid-19 pandemic, according to the Lao Embassy…
