Wildfires Spread In Mountains Of SE France

PARIS, Aug 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Wildfires were still rampaging across south-eastern France yesterday, with several firefighters injured and thousands of residents evacuated. In the mountains of Diois in the department of Drome, wildfires that broke out on Friday are still not stabilised. Three firefighters have now been injured and 180…

French Electric Utility Company EDF Claims Eight Billion Euros From Gov’t

PARIS, Aug 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) – French multinational electric utility company, EDF, announced yesterday, to have filed a legal claim for an amount of 8.34 billion euros (8.51 billion U.S. dollars), to compensate for the country’s government measures on electricity. EDF announced, in a press release, to have considered “any measures…

Petrol, Diesel Prices Up Around Three Percent In Myanmar

YANGON, Aug 10 (NNN-MNA) – Myanmar’s petrol and diesel prices have risen some three percent from the prices a week earlier, before the central bank of Myanmar changed its reference exchange rates, official data showed, yesterday. On Aug 5, the central bank changed its reference exchange rates from 1,850 kyats…

Iran Places First Import Order Using Cryptocurrency: Official

TEHRAN, Aug 10 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran has placed its first import order using cryptocurrency, a senior Iranian trade official announced, yesterday. “This week, the first official import order was successfully placed with cryptocurrency worth 10 million (U.S.) dollars,” tweeted Iranian Deputy Minister of Industry, Mine and Trade, Alireza Peymanpak, who…

Biden Authorised Largest Weapons Assistance To Ukraine

WASHINGTON, Aug 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The administration of U.S. President, Joe Biden, announced that, the United States will provide Ukraine with one billion U.S. dollars’ worth of additional security assistance, the largest one-time weapons package, since the beginning of the Russia-Ukraine conflict. According to a statement by the Department of…

India’s Daily COVID-19 Caseload Falls Below 13,000-Mark

NEW DELHI, Aug 9 (NNN-PTI) – India’s daily COVID-19 caseload, today fell below the 13,000-mark, officials said. According to the federal health ministry data, released this morning, 12,751 new cases of COVID-19 were reported during the past 24 hours, taking the total tally to 44,174,650 in the country. The cases…

Lebanese President Studies Initial Steps For Syrian Refugees’ Return To Homeland

BEIRUT, Aug 9 (NNN-NNA) – Lebanese President, Michel Aoun, yesterday agreed with his ministers, on the initial criteria and steps to be adopted for the implementation of the strategy to return Syrian refugees to their homeland, Lebanon’s Presidency said in a statement. “We have agreed with President Aoun on many…

Jordan, Yemen Signed MoU To Boost Ties

AMMAN, Aug 9 (NNN-PETRA) – Jordan and Yemen, yesterday, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU), to strengthen bilateral relations and set a political consultation mechanism between the two foreign ministries. Jordan’s Foreign Minister, Ayman Safadi, met with his visiting Yemeni counterpart, Ahmed Awad Bin Mubarak, in Amman, reviewing efforts to…

Iran’s FM Urged U.S. To Act Realistically To End Nuclear Talks

TEHRAN, Aug 9 (NNN-IRNA) – Iranian foreign minister said yesterday that, if parties to the Vienna talks, especially the United States, act realistically and avoid adopting unconstructive approaches, the road will be paved for an agreement on the revival of a 2015 nuclear deal. Hossein Amir-Abdollahian made the remarks, in…

Bumper Breeding Season Boosts New Zealand Endangered Flightless Parrots’ Population

WELLINGTON, Aug 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The population of New Zealand’s critically endangered flightless parrots, kakapo, have increased from 197 to 252, in the 2022 breeding season. “There are now more of the endangered parrots than there have been for almost 50 years,” Conservation Minister, Poto Williams, said in a statement…