S.Korea Reported 84,128 New COVID-19 Cases

SEOUL, Aug 16 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea reported 84,128 new COVID-19 cases, as of midnight, compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 21,502,164, the health authorities said today. The daily caseload was up from 62,078 in the previous day, but it was far lower than…

New Zealand Population Growth Lowest Since 1986: Statistics

WELLINGTON, Aug 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) – New Zealand’s resident population, provisionally grew by 12,700, or 0.2 percent over the year, to reach 5.12 million on Jun 30, 2022, the country’s statistics department, Stats NZ, said today. This is the lowest annual growth rate since Jun, 1986, when the population barely changed,…

The Source Of The River Thames Dried Further As Hot Weather Persists

LONDON, Aug 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The source of the River Thames has dried up further downstream, amid drought and high temperatures. Officially, the River Thames originates from the town of Cirencester, in England’s Cotswolds. Now the river bed stretches for miles from its source with bare soil and puddles. A drought…

Kenya’s Deputy President William Ruto Declared Election Winner

NAIROBI, Aug 16 (NNN-KBC) – Kenya’s Deputy President, William Ruto, has won the presidential election, the electoral commission chairman announced last night. The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) chairman, Wafula Chebukati said, Ruto garnered 7,176,141 votes, or 50.49 percent of the total votes cast, ahead of veteran opposition leader,…

German Troops Arrived In Bosnia On EU’s Peacekeeping Mission

SARAJEVO, Aug 16 (NNN-SRNA) – The first group of German soldiers arrived in Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), yesterday, to join the European Union Force in BiH (EUFOR). The German military contingent, consisting 50 soldiers, will arrive in several phases between mid-Aug and Oct 2, the date…

Russia Accuses British Reconnaissance Aircraft Of Border Violation

MOSCOW, Aug 16 (NNN-TASS) – An RC-135 reconnaissance plane of the British Royal Air Force, illegally crossed Russia’s state border, in the Arctic area of Cape Svyatoy Nos, the Russian Defence Ministry said, yesterday. The British aircraft was discovered over the waters of the Barents Sea, and a MiG-31BM fighter…

Indonesia’s Car Sales Surged In July

JAKARTA, Aug 16 (NNN-ANTARA) – The Association of Indonesian Automotive Industries, said yesterday that, the country recorded a total of 86,256 units of wholesale car sales in July, an increase of almost 10 percent from June, with Toyota still dominating the market. Accumulatively, the wholesale car sales reached 561,287 units…

Global Warming Increases Risk Of Mega-Floods In California

by Julia Pierrepont III LOS ANGELES, Aug 16 (NNN-XINHUA) – Global warming has significantly increased the risk of “mega-flooding” in California and the Western United States, a UCLA study, published in the journal of Science Advances on Friday, said. The study, co-authored by climate scientists, Xingying Huang and Daniel Swain,…

Rising Concern About Political Violence In U.S. After Mar-A-Lago Search

WASHINGTON, Aug 16 (NNN-XINHUA) – Concern rising about more occurrence of political violence in the U.S., after search of former President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago by federal agents. Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), searched Trump’s estate in Mar-a-Lago, a resort in Florida’s Palm Beach, last week, as part of…

Nuke Talks Must Lead To U.S. Sanctions Removal: Iran’s Parliament Committee

TEHRAN, Aug 15 (NNN-IRNA) – An Iranian parliament committee, said yesterday that, the talks on reviving the 2015 nuclear deal must result in the removal of U.S. sanctions, in a way to safeguard Iran’s economic interests, the Iranian Students’ News Agency (ISNA) reported. Abolfazl Amoui, spokesman of the Iranian parliament’s…