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…

Floods Hit India’s Uttarakhand State, Five Dead

NEW DELHI, Oct 19 (NNN-PTI) – Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, today spoke to the northern state Uttarakhand’s Chief Minister, Pushkar Singh Dhami, over phone, on the situation in the hilly state, following incessant rains and floods over the past few days. According to media reports, at least five people…

Pakistan Records 603 New COVID-19 Cases, 1,265,650 In Total

ISLAMABAD, Oct 19 (NNN-APP) – Pakistan reported 603 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) said today. The overall tally of the infected people climbed to 1,265,650 across the country, said the NCOC, the department leading Pakistan’s campaign against the pandemic. Pakistan’s…

DPRK Fires What Seemed To Be Two Ballistic Missiles: Japanese Gov’t

TOKYO, Oct 19 (NNN-NHK) – The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) today fired what seemed to be two ballistic missiles, Japanese Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida, confirmed, today. Kishida told reporters, during his visit to Fukushima city that, he felt very sorry about the continuous launches of ballistic missiles from…

India’s COVID-19 Tally Rises To 34,094,373

NEW DELHI, Oct 19 (NNN-PTI) – India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 34,094,373 today, as 13,058 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country, the federal health ministry’s latest data showed. The number of new COVID-19 cases registered in the past 24 hours is the lowest in…