COVID-19 Caution Picks Up In U.S. Amid Mandate Standoffs

NEW YORK, Nov 23 (NNN-XINHUA) – While COVID-19 cases continue to rise nationwide in the United States, debates over the Joe Biden administration’s vaccination mandate continue, painting a bleak picture, as the Americans prepare to celebrate Thanksgiving this week. The seven-day average of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the United States…

Afghan Aid Funds Reach Goal As Financial System Totters: UN

UNITED NATIONS, Nov 23 (NNN-ANA) – Aid funding in Afghanistan reaches its goal, as relief needs increase, while the United Nations warns that the country’s banking and financial systems are on the brink of collapse, a UN spokesman said yesterday. “Non-performing loans in the credit market increased from around 30…

Iran’s Daily COVID-19 Deaths Drop Under 100 After 234 Days

TEHRAN, Nov 23 (NNN-IRNA) – The Iranian Health Ministry reported yesterday, 97 new COVID-19 deaths, marking a two-digit number of daily deaths for the first time since Mar. According to the ministry’s latest daily briefing, 5,427 new cases were registered in the past 24 hours, taking the country’s total infections…

Turkey Confirms 24,856 Daily COVID-19 Cases

ANKARA, Nov 23 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkey yesterday reported 24,856 new COVID-19 cases, raising its tally of infections to 8,596,410, according to its health ministry. The death toll from the virus rose by 193 to 75,235, while 28,935 more people recovered in the last 24 hours. A total of 361,005 tests…

Pakistani PM Urges Int’l Community To Support Afghanistan To Avoid Humanitarian Crisis

ISLAMABAD, Nov 23 (NNN-APP) – Pakistani Prime Minister, Imran Khan, yesterday urged the international community, to fulfill its collective responsibility, to avoid a humanitarian crisis confronting the people of Afghanistan. “The world owed its support, to ensure that they (people of Afghanistan) can live in a peaceful and stable environment,…

Singapore Reports 1,461 New COVID-19 Cases

SINGAPORE, Nov 23 (NNN-CNA) – Singapore recorded 1,461 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 yesterday, bringing the total tally to 253,649, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said, in a press release. Of the new cases, 1,415 were reported in the community and 40 in migrant workers’ dormitories, while six were imported…

Indian Stock Market Registers Biggest Single-Day Fall In Seven Months

MUMBAI, Nov 23 (NNN-PTI) – The Indian stock market reported its biggest single-day fall of two percent, in the past seven months, extending the recent sell-off for the fourth straight session, yesterday. Sharp drop in heavyweight Reliance Industries and weak global sentiment, dragged the Indian market lower, while a resurgence…

Feature: Former Prisoner In Abu Ghraib Reveals U.S. Brutal Crimes In Iraq

BAGHDAD, Nov 23 (NNN-XINHUA) – Although 18 years have passed, since being arrested by the U.S. forces and detained in notorious Abu Ghraib prison, Alaah Karim Ahmed, still keeps his identification bracelet, as a reminder of the brutality of the U.S. occupation in Iraq. In an interview with Xinhua, at…

Mongolia To Retrieve All Sunken Vessels From Major Lake By 2024

ULAN BATOR, Nov 22 (NNN-XINHUA) – Mongolia will retrieve all vessels that have sunk into the freshwater Khuvsgul Lake, President Ukhnaa Khurelsukh said, today. Khurelsukh made the remarks, during a meeting with team members, who have recently retrieved a 309-tonne ship called Sukhbaatar that sank into the Khuvsgul Lake in…

New Zealand To Move Into New COVID-19 Protection System On Dec 3

WELLINGTON, Nov 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) – New Zealand will move into the new COVID-19 traffic light system on Dec 3, which provides the ability for businesses and events to re-open to vaccinated Kiwis, Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, said today. All of New Zealand will move into the COVID-19 Protection Framework at…