Funding Shortfall Hampers UN Services For Palestine Refugees: Spokesman

GAZA, Oct 11 (NNN-WAFA) – A lack of 120 million U.S. dollars, affected the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), to provide services this year, the agency warned yesterday, calling for donations. “UNRWA has a financial shortfall of approximately 120 million U.S. dollars,…

Chinese/Indonesian Startups Among Winners Of G20 Innovation League Competition

SORRENTO, Oct 11 (NNN-XINHUA) – Chinese startup, Sansure Biotech, yesterday won the award for healthcare innovation, at the G20 Innovation League, a competition between 100 startups from over 20 countries. Held both in presence and online over the weekend, in the southern Italy’s city of Sorrento, the competition saw five…

Sydney Announces “Freedom Day” After 106 Days In Lockdown

SYDNEY, Oct 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) – As Sydney, capital of the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW), exited its 106-day lockdown yesterday, residents re-emerged to celebrate a long-awaited “Freedom Day.” As some lockdown restrictions officially ended at midnight, and non-essential retail re-opened their doors, local Australians lined up to get…

Israel Reports 1,029 New COVID-19 Cases

JERUSALEM, Oct 11 (NNN-PNN) – Israel recorded 1,029 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of cases in the regime to 1,305,510, the health ministry said yesterday. The death toll from the virus rose to 7,912, while the number of patients in serious condition decreased to 448. Total recoveries rose…

Search And Rescue Operation Underway For Victims Of Sunken Microbus In Egypt

CAIRO, Oct 11 (NNN-MENA) – A search and rescue operation is currently underway, to find any survivors in the Nile River, after a microbus fell off the Al-Sahel bridge — which connects Cairo to Giza — yesterday. According to news reports, five speedboats from the River Rescue Department are leading…

Myanmar To Launch COVID-19 Vaccination Programme For Schoolchildren

YANGON, Oct 11 (NNN-MNA) – Myanmar will launch a COVID-19 vaccination programme for schoolchildren aged over 12 years, next week, state-run media, said. About one million students of middle and high school levels, who have enrolled for the 2021-2022 academic year will be vaccinated, in an effort to cut the…

Singapore Reports 2,809 New COVID-19 Cases

SINGAPORE, Oct 11 (NNN-CNA) – Singapore reported 2,809 new cases of COVID-19 yesterday, bringing the total tally in the country to 126,966, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said in a press release. Before this, Singapore’s daily new cases had been surpassing 3,000 for five consecutive days. The ministry added that…

Iran’s 20-Percent Enriched Uranium Stockpile Exceeds 120 Kg: Nuke Chief

TEHRAN, Oct 11 (NNN-TASNIM) – Head of the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI) said, his country’s stockpile of 20-percent enriched uranium exceeded 120 kg. Regarding the storage of 20 percent enriched uranium, “we have exceeded 120 kg and in this matter, we are ahead of the plan,” Mohammad Eslami,…

Australian Children To Be Eligible For COVID-19 Vaccinations In Dec

CANBERRA, Oct 10 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Australian children, as young as five, could be eligible for COVID-19 vaccines, before the end of 2021, as the country continues to battle the third wave of infections. Allen Cheng, co-chair of the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI), said, “if all the stars…

Suspected Daesh Militants Arrested In Eastern Afghan Province

KHOST, Afghanistan, Oct 10 (NNN-ANA) – Eight suspected members of the Daesh militants, have been arrested in Afghanistan’s eastern Khost province, a provincial official confirmed today. “Mujahideen of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, arrested eight members of the Daesh group, in surrounding areas of Khost city, capital of Khost in…