Ukrainian President, U.S. Defence Secretary Discuss Ways To Deepen Cooperation

KIEV, Oct 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky and visiting U.S. Secretary of Defence, Lloyd Austin, met here yesterday, to discuss ways to deepen practical cooperation between Kiev and Washington, in the field of security and defence, the Ukrainian presidential press service said. The two sides exchanged views on…

Italian Cabinet Delivers 23-Billion-Euro Draft Budget For 2022

ROME, Oct 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Prime Minister, Mario Draghi’s cabinet, yesterday passed a draft budget for 2022, worth some 23 billion euros (26.7 billion U.S. dollars), which would deliver expansionary measures, including a sharp cut in income taxes. The draft indicates the main policy framework the government intends to follow…

Chocolate Festival Kicks Off In Perugia, Italy

PERUGIA, Italy, Oct 20 (NNN-XINHUA) – The 27th International Chocolate Festival, “Eurochocolate,” kicked off on Oct 15 in Perugia, an Italian city, with a tradition of chocolate production. The ten-day event presented different kinds of chocolate products, and offered a variety of activities, including chocolate making class, chocolate tasting and…

U.S. Lies About Wuhan Lab Motivated By Geopolitics: Pakistani Paper

ISLAMABAD, Oct 20 (NNN-APP) – The U.S. lies about China’s Wuhan lab are motivated not by science but geopolitics, with a clear purpose to demonise China and the Chinese people, said Pakistan’s English-language daily, The Express Tribune. The U.S. lies have a clear motive to scapegoat the Chinese people for…

Biden’s Measures To Relieve Bottlenecks In Supply Chain To Fail – Experts

by Peter Mertz DENVER, Oct 20 (NNN-XINHUA) – U.S. President, Joe Biden’s stopgap measures to accelerate the flow of products into the country, by increasing hours at West Coast ports will fail, experts on supply chain said. Biden announced last week that, busiest U.S. seaports in Southern California would increase…

Ecuador Begins To Vaccinate Children Aged 6-11

QUITO, Oct 20 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) – Mimes and some people dressed as superheroes created a fun and playful atmosphere in Quito, capital of Ecuador, as the country began to vaccinate children aged 6-11, with a COVID-19 vaccine developed by Chinese pharmaceutical company, Sinovac. Also, several kids carried signs with messages…

Africa’s COVID-19 Cases Pass 8.43 Million: Africa CDC

ADDIS ABABA, Oct 20 (NNN-ENA) – The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa reached 8,437,361 cases as of yesterday afternoon, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), said. The Africa CDC, the specialised healthcare agency of the African Union (AU), said, the death toll from the…

DPRK Test-Fires New Type Of Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile

PYONGYANG, Oct 20 (NNN-KCNA) – The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) “successfully” conducted the test-firing of a new type of submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) yesterday, the official News Agency reported today. The report said, the test-launch was conducted by the DPRK’s Academy of Defence Science, yesterday morning. “The new…

Hamas Says Israeli Captives Only, To Be Exchanged For Palestinian Prisoners

GAZA, Oct 19 (NNN-WAFA) – Hamas said, Israeli captives in the Gaza Strip will only be exchanged, for the release of Palestinians imprisoned in Israeli jails. Hamas, which has been ruling the Gaza Strip, home for more than two million Palestinians, since 2007, said in a press statement that, Israel…

Australian Beaches Besieged By Vast Tide Of Plastics

SYDNEY, Oct 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Plastic waste makes up more than 80 percent of all rubbish found across Australian beaches, according to a study, based on one of the largest marine debris databases in the southern hemisphere. More than 2,000 organisations and 150,000 volunteer rubbish beachcombers, helped compile the Australian…