Live Worm Found In Woman’s Brain In Australia

CANBERRA, Aug 29 (NNN-AAP) – Australian doctors have found a live parasitic worm in a woman’s brain in a world-first discovery. In a new study, published today, researchers from the Australian National University (ANU) and Canberra Hospital, detailed the discovery of the parasitic roundworm. The eight-cm Ophidascaris robertsi roundworm, which…

Aussie Teachers Boycotting Nuclear Submarine-Related Science Programme

SYDNEY, Aug 29 (NNN-AAP) – Australian teachers are boycotting a newly unveiled science programme that encourages high school students to help design nuclear submarines, a local social group reported. In a statement released yesterday, Friends of the Earth (FoE) said that, motions have already been passed in some chapters of…

7.4 Magnitude Earthquake Jolted Off Central Indonesia, No Tsunami Alert Issued

JAKARTA, Aug 29 (NNN-ANTARA) – A 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck off South Kalimantan province in central Indonesia, early today, but did not trigger a tsunami, the country’s meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency said. The agency reported that, the earthquake occurred at 2:55 a.m. Tuesday, Jakarta Time (1955 GMT Monday), with its…

Syria’s Aleppo Airport Out Of Service After Israeli Attack: Syrian Army

DAMASCUS, Aug 29 (NNN-SANA) – Aleppo International Airport, in the northern Syrian province of Aleppo, went out of service, as a result of an Israeli attack targeting the airport, early yesterday, the Syrian army said in a statement. The air attack was carried out at about 4:30 a.m. (0130 GMT),…

Iran Begins Gas Production At Phase 11 Of South Pars Field

TEHRAN, Aug 29 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran, yesterday, officially started gas production at Phase 11 of the South Pars field, located in its southern waters. The announcement was made in an inauguration ceremony, held in the southern port city of Asaluyeh, in the presence of Iranian President, Ebrahim Raisi, said the…

Huge Fire Destroys 70 IDP Tents In Yemen’s Marib

SANAA, Aug 29 (NNN-SABA) – A huge fire has destroyed 70 tents, in a camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs), in Yemen’s central province of Marib, local authorities said, yesterday. The fire occurred Sunday evening in the Al-Faw camp, which is situated in the eastern sector of the province’s eponymous…

Six Killed, 15 Injured In Bus Accident In Iraq

BAGHDAD, Aug 29 (NNN-NINA) – Five Iranian pilgrims and an Iraqi driver were killed, and 15 other Iranian pilgrims wounded yesterday, in a bus accident in Iraq’s eastern province of Wasit, the provincial government said in a statement. The accident occurred earlier in the day, when a bus carrying Iranian…

Saudi Arabia, Türkiye Ink Deal On Mining Cooperation

RIYADH, Aug 29 (NNN-SPA) – Saudi Arabia and Türkiye signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU), to advance cooperation in the mining sector. The MoU was signed between Saudi Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources, Bandar bin Ibrahim Alkhorayef and Turkish Energy and Natural Resources Minister, Alparslan Bayraktar, during the former’s…

UAE’s PureHealth Acquires British Hospital Operator Circle Health For 1.2 Billion USD

DUBAI, Aug 29 (NNN-WAM) – PureHealth, an integrated healthcare network, headquartered in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has signed an agreement to acquire Circle Health Group, the largest independent operator of hospitals in Britain, in a deal worth 4.41 billion dirhams (1.2 billion U.S. dollars). The acquisition, which is part…

Saudi Arabia, Poland Signed Air Services Agreement

RIYADH, Aug 29 (NNN-SPA) – Saudi Arabia and Poland signed, yesterday, an agreement to enhance cooperation in air transport services. The agreement was signed by Polish Minister of Infrastructure, Andrzej Adamczyk and Saudi Minister of Transport and Logistics Services, Saleh bin Nasser Al-Jasser, who is currently on an official visit…