Africa To Invest In Health Of Women, Children In Humanitarian Settings

NAIROBI, May 21 (NNN-KBC) – Provision of quality and affordable healthcare services to women, children and adolescents in Africa’s conflict hotspots will be a priority, to avert a humanitarian crisis, senior officials said at a virtual forum. Margaret Agama-Anyetei, acting director for Health, Humanitarian Affairs and Social Development at the…

U.S. Jobless Claims Rise For Third Straight Week Amid Tight Labour Market

WASHINGTON, May 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Jobless claims in the U.S. rose for the third straight week, amid a tight labour market, reaching 218,000, the U.S. Labour Department reported. In the week ending May 14, the number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits increased by 21,000, from the previous week’s downwardly…

Cambodia To Provide Fifth Dose Of COVID-19 Vaccines To Priority Groups From June 9: PM

PHNOM PENH, May 21 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia will start offering a fifth dose of COVID-19 vaccines to priority groups from June 9, Prime Minister, Samdech Techo Hun Sen, said. The priority groups include leaders of the government, the senate, the parliament, frontline health workers, government officials, civil servants, armed forces,…

Israel Reports First Suspected Case Of Monkeypox

JERUSALEM, May 21 (NNN-PNA) – The Israeli health ministry, last night, reported the country’s first suspected case of monkeypox, after the viral disease has recently been detected across North America and Europe. Earlier in the day, a man in his 30s, returning from western Europe, visited Ichilov Hospital in Tel…

Three Killed In Fresh Israeli Missile Strike On Syria’s Capital

DAMASCUS, May 21 (NNN-SANA) – Three people were killed in an Israeli missile strike, targeting military sites south of the capital, Damascus, last night, according to a statement from the Syrian military. The statement said, the air defences intercepted most missiles, which were fired from the Israel-occupied Golan Heights. The…

Scores Of Palestinians Injured In Clashes With Israeli Soldiers In West Bank: Medics

RAMALLAH, May 21 (NNN-WAFA) – Scores of Palestinian protesters were injured yesterday, during clashes with Israeli soldiers, in several West Bank towns and villages, according to the Palestine Red Crescent Society. Among the injured were: three shot by live ammunition; 71 shot by rubber bullets; and dozens others had to…

India’s Revived Domestic Airline Jet Airways Gets Regulatory Nod To Resume Operations

MUMBAI, May 21 (NNN-PTI) – India’s domestic airline, Jet Airways, will resume its operations after receiving its revalidated Air Operator Certificate (AOC) from the country’s aviation regulator, the airline said in a press release yesterday. The airline was revived by the Jalan Kalrock Consortium, under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code,…

Voting opens in Australian general election

CANBERRA, May 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Voting opened in Australia’s general election this morning. Polling booths across the country opened to millions of Australians at 8:00 a.m. local time, and will remain open until 6:00 p.m. local time, when vote counting will start. It is mandatory for all Australians aged 18…

Ramos-Horta Sworn In For Second Time As Timor Leste President

JAKARTA, May 21 (NNN-ANTARA) – Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Jose Ramos-Horta, was inaugurated and sworn in yesterday, as the president of Timor Leste, for the period of 2022 to 2027, making it the second time for him to lead Southeast Asia’s youngest nation. Ramos-Horta, 72, is also known as one…

Iranian FM Says Agreement In Vienna Talks Within Reach If U.S. Acts “Logically”

TEHRAN, May 20 (NNN-IRNA) – If the United States acts “logically,” an agreement in the Vienna talks on the revival of the 2015 nuclear deal will be within reach, Iranian Foreign Minister, Hossein Amir Abdollahian said, yesterday. Amir Abdollahian made the remarks in a phone conversation with his Russian counterpart,…