Universal Beijing Resort Starts Formal Operation

BEIJING, Sept 21 (NNN-XINHUA) — The Universal Beijing Resort, currently the largest in scale worldwide, opened to the public yesterday, which coincided with this year’s Mid-Autumn Festival holiday, from Sept 19 to 21. “I’m so excited to see Optimus Prime. It brought back my childhood,” said Wu Siyuan, one of…

Indonesia Reports 1,932 New COVID-19 Cases, 166 More Deaths

JAKARTA, Sept 21 (NNN-ANTARA) – The number of COVID-19 cases in Indonesia rose by 1,932 within one day, to 4,192,695, with the death toll adding by 166, to 140,634, the country’s health ministry said. According to the ministry, 6,799 more people were discharged from hospitals, bringing the total number of…

New Zealand To Pass Counter-Terrorism Law After Horror Stabbings, Mass Shootings

WELLINGTON, Sept 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) – A counter-terrorism legislation bill, returned to parliament for its second reading, in an important step taken by New Zealand, towards giving enforcement agencies greater power, to protect the country from terrorist activities, a move following a terror attack more than two weeks ago. The legislation…

Cambodia Inoculates 75 Percent Of Population Against COVID-19

PHNOM PENH, Sept 21 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia administered at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccines to 12.05 million people, or 75.3 percent of the kingdom’s 16-million population, raising hope for a return to normal life in the near future, officials and experts said yesterday. Of them, 10.3 million, or 64.4…

635,000 People Displaced In Afghanistan This Year: UN

UNITED NATIONS, Sept 21 (NNN-XINHUA) – UN humanitarians said yesterday that, 635,000 people in Afghanistan were routed from their homes this year, because of violence, with more than 12,000 recently displaced to Kabul, mainly from Panjshir. The world organisation and its partners reached eight million people in the first half…

Iran Destroys Headquarters Of “Counter-Revolutionary” Groups In Northern Iraq: Commander

TEHRAN, Sept 21 (NNN-IRNA) – Iranian security forces destroyed four headquarters of “counter-revolutionary” groups by artillery, in northern Iraq, said the acting commander of the Hamzeh Seyed al-Shohada base, in Iran’s West Azarbaijan province, yesterday. The recent operation came, in response to the movements of these groups in the area,…

Childhood In Shadow Of Gaza-Israel Conflict

GAZA, Sept 21 (NNN-XINHUA) – Mohammed Shaaban, a Palestinian child from the village of Beit Lahia in the Gaza Strip, used to play with his siblings and friends for many hours a day. However, the 8-year-old child has lost his passion for playing, as he became disabled and now needs…

Afghanistan’s Central Bank Allows Merchants To Withdraw 25,000 U.S. Dollars Monthly

KABUL, Sept 21 (NNN-ANA) – Afghanistan’s central bank, Da Afghanistan Bank (DAB), allowed merchants and owners of private companies to withdraw 25,000 U.S. dollars from their bank accounts once a month, reported a local TV channel yesterday. Following the latest decision and announcement of DAB, Afghan entrepreneurs could receive 25,000…

Nine Killed, 20 Injured In Tribal Gun Fight In NW Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Sept 21 (NNN-APP) – Nine people were killed and 20 others injured, in a gun fight between two groups, while attending a session of a Jirga, the local tribal court, in Pakistan’s north-western Upper Dir district yesterday, police sources said. The incident happened when the groups gathered in the…

Efforts Underway To Resume Int’l Commercial Flights At Kabul Airport

KABUL, Sept 21 (NNN-ANA) – Efforts are underway to solve all technical difficulties, before international commercial flights resume at Kabul International Airport, airport director, Abdul Hadi Hamadani said, yesterday. Domestic flights, as well as, cargo flights carrying aid items are operating and authorities are working to solve a number of…