Saudi Arabia Unveiled Design Of New City To Promote Green Lifestyle

JEDDAH, Jul 26 (NNN-SPA) – Saudi Arabian Crown Prince, Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, unveiled, yesterday, the design of THE LINE, a city to promote a green lifestyle confronting environmental crises. The city, designed to be 200 metres wide, 170 km long and 500 metres above sea level, is a…

Syria’s Absence In AL “Detrimental” To Arab Nation: Algerian FM

DAMASCUS, Jul 26 (NNN-SANA) – Visiting Algerian Foreign Minister, Ramtane Lamamra, yesterday voiced support for Syria’s return to the Arab League (AL), saying, its absence has been “detrimental to the joint Arab work.” Speaking at a joint press conference with his Syrian counterpart, Faisal Mekdad, in Damascus, on the second…

Australia’s COVID-19 Hospitalisations Hit All-Time High

CANBERRA, Jul 26 (NNN-AAP) – The number of Australians in hospital with coronavirus has reached the highest number, since the start of the pandemic. According to data from the Department of Health, there were 5,433 COVID-19 cases in hospital yesterday, up from 5,001 a week earlier. It marks a new…

New Zealand Reported 9,256 New COVID-19 Community Cases

WELLINGTON, Jul 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) – New Zealand recorded 9,256 new community cases of COVID-19, the Ministry of Health, said today. There are now a total of 1,396 deaths confirmed as attributable to COVID-19, either as the underlying cause of death or as a contributing factor, it said. A total of…

Sri Lankan Health Authority Recommends Mask Wearing Again

COLOMBO, Jul 26 (NNN-XINHUA) – Sri Lanka’s health authority, today, strongly advised the public to wear face masks when they are indoors, travelling by public transport, or at public gatherings. Director General of Health Services, Asela Gunawardena, noted that, COVID-19 infections have seemed to be on the rise again in…

Whale Sharks World’s Biggest Omnivores: Australian Study

CANBERRA, Jul 26 (NNN-AAP) – Australian researchers have discovered that, whale sharks eat plants, making the iconic species the world’s largest omnivores. In a study published recently, a team from the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), and University of Auckland, discovered plant…

S. Korea Reported 99,327 New Covid-19 Cases

SEOUL, Jul 26 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea reported 99,327 new COVID-19 cases as of midnight, compared to 24 hours ago, bringing the total number of infections to 19,346,764, the health authorities said today. The daily caseload was sharply up from 35,883 the previous day, far higher than 73,558 tallied a…

Indonesian Conservation Agency Caught Sumatran Tiger Hunting For Food In Villages

JAKARTA, Jul 26 (NNN-ANTARA) – Indonesia’s Aceh Natural Resources Conservation Agency, yesterday, captured a Sumatran tiger, that entered villages and preyed on livestock of local residents in Tapaktuan District. “Officers found the tiger in a trap, set in Lhok Bengkuang Village, yesterday at 07:30 a.m. local time,” said the agency’s…

Pakistani Rupee Plunged To All-Time Low Against U.S. Dollar

ISLAMABAD, Jul 26 (NNN-APP) – The Pakistani rupee hit an all-time low against the U.S. dollar yesterday, during the intraday trade in the interbank market, according to the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP). During the intraday trading, the rupee fell to as low as 232, but it closed at 229.88,…

Syria Handed Over 146 Daesh Militants’ Family Members To Tajikistan

DAMASCUS, Jul 26 (NNN-SANA) – Syria, yesterday, handed over a total of 146 Tajik nationals, who are family members of the Daesh militants, to their home country. Zabidullah Zabidov, the ambassador of Tajikistan in Kuwait, was in Syria yesterday, to take the Tajik nationals, who had been accommodated in the…