Three Paragliding Pilots Wounded After Colliding In Mid-Air In SW Turkey

ISTANBUL, Oct 25 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Three paragliding pilots were wounded yesterday, after they collided in mid-air and fell into the sea, at an air games festival, in Turkey’s south-western province of Mugla, local media reported. Cagdas Turkmen, a 42-year-old solo paragliding pilot, hit Ibrahim Kars, 40, and Murat Can Sak,…

Palestine Condemns Israeli Plan To Build More Settlement Homes

RAMALLAH, Oct 25 (NNN-WAFA) – Palestine, yesterday, condemned Israel, for issuing tenders to construct 1,355 new housing units in Israeli settlements, in the West Bank. The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said in a statement that, “putting tenders to build more than 1,355 settlement units is an official Israeli persistence,…

Wildfire In U.S. Produces Widespread Ecological Damage To River System: Survey

DENVER, Oct 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) – One year after the most destructive wildfire in U.S. Colorado history, torched 208,913 acres (845.4 square kilometres) of forest land, biologists were lamenting the slow recovery of the nearby water system. “As feared, recent surveys of the river showed thousands of fish were killed, as…

Chinese COVID-19 Vaccines Boost Ethiopia’s Inoculation Drive

ADDIS ABABA, Oct 25 (NNN-ENA) – The latest batch of Chinese-donated Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines, totaling 800,000 doses, arrived in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, yesterday, giving a boost to the nation’s vaccination efforts. China has so far donated in excess of 1.8 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to Ethiopia, which the…

Cuba Continues To See Reduction In COVID-19 Cases And Deaths

HAVANA, Oct 25 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) – Cuba has continued to see a reduction in infections and deaths from COVID-19, with 1,319 cases and 15 deaths reported yesterday, for a total of 945,750 infections and 8,182 fatalities, the Ministry of Public Health reported, yesterday. “Today (yesterday), we have indicators that show…

300,000 Swedes Believed To Have Impaired Sense Of Smell Due To COVID-19

STOCKHOLM, Oct 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) – An estimated 300,000 Swedes suffer from an impaired sense of smell due to COVID-19, Swedish national TT News Agency reported. According to the report, queues are long for clinics offering treatment for the condition. With around 10 million inhabitants, Sweden has only two such clinics,…

Singapore Reports 3,383 New COVID-19 Cases

SINGAPORE, Oct 25 (NNN-CNA) – Singapore recorded 3,383 new cases of COVID-19 yesterday, bringing the total tally in the country to 172,644, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said in a press release. Of the new cases, 2,708 were reported in the community and 667 in migrant workers’ dormitories, while eight…

Voting In Uzbekistan’s Presidential Election Ends With High Turnout

TASHKENT, Oct 25 (NNN-XINHUA) – Voting in Uzbekistan’s presidential election ended with over 80 percent turnout yesterday, described by the country’s Central Election Commission as a historic achievement for the country. “Uzbekistan’s presidential election was held in accordance with international norms, domestic legislation and in line with democratic principles, open…

Ugandan President Assures Country After Bomb Blast In Capital

KAMPALA, Oct 25 (NNN-IRIN) – Ugandan President, Yoweri Museveni, yesterday said, the perpetrators of the bomb attack in the capital, Kampala, on Saturday night will be arrested. “It seems to be a terrorist act but we shall get the perpetrators. The public should not fear, we shall defeat this criminality…

Libya Holds First Forum On Securing Elections

TRIPOLI, Oct 25 (NNN-XINHUA) – The Interior Ministry of Libya, on Saturday, held the first forum on securing the elections slated for Dec. Libyan Prime Minister, Abdul-Hamid Dbeibah said at the forum that, the gathering of the security departments was “an important step towards uniting the state’s institutions.” Interior Minister,…