At Least Four Dead In Avalanche On Ecuador’s Volcano

QUITO, Oct 25 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) – At least four people were killed yesterday, by an avalanche on the Chimborazo volcano, in central Ecuador, said the country’s Integrated Security Service, ECU 911. The avalanche fell on a group of 12 hikers, as they were climbing the volcano, at an altitude of…

Palestinian PM Says Tourism Back After One-And-Half-Year Pause

RAMALLAH, Oct 25 (NNN-WAFA) – Palestinian Prime Minister, Mohammed Ishtaye, yesterday announced that, international tourism in Palestine was back, after it had stopped for one year and a half, due to the spread of the COVID-19. Ishtaye made the remarks, at the inauguration of several development projects in the West…

Sudanese Senior Officials Arrested By Armed Men: Media Reports

KHARTOUM, Oct 25 (NNN-SUNA) – Armed men arrested some Sudanese senior officials early today, according to local media reports. Armed men have arrested several members of Sudan’s transitional government in their homes, reports say, as the country’s political crisis escalates. At least four cabinet ministers were detained by unidentified soldiers,…

Newly-Opened “Medicine City” Aims To Transform Egypt Into Regional Pharmaceutical Hub

QALYUBIA, Egypt, Oct 25 (NNN-MENA) – A medicine city, recently opened in Cairo, is seeking to transform Egypt into a regional pharmaceutical hub, by securing local and regional markets with high quality products. “We are building a strategic road map on establishing a regional pharmaceutical hub of excellence, for multi-national…

Saudi-Led Warplanes Continue Bombing Houthi-Controlled Sites In Yemen’s Marib

ADEN, Oct 25 (NNN-YPA) – Warplanes of the Saudi-led coalition, yesterday continued bombing various sites controlled by the Houthi rebels in Yemen’s oil-rich province of Marib. “The Houthi-held sites in Marib were heavily struck by the Saudi-led coalition warplanes, that succeeded in slowing down the rebels’ progress towards the strategic…

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…