Car Accident Kills At Least Four In Germany: Media

BERLIN, Sept 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) – A car accident kills at least four people in Germany, German news magazine, Focus, reported yesterday. The accident, on the highway A5, also caused a few injuries, the news outlet quoted local police as saying.– NNN-AGENCIES

Philippines Logs 18,937 New COVID-19 Cases, Death Toll Nears 37,000

MANILA, Sept 20 (NNN-PNA) – The Philippines’ Department of Health (DOH), reported 18,937 new COVID-19 infections today, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 2,385,616. The DOH also reported 146 coronavirus-related deaths, raising the country’s death toll to 36,934, as the highly infectious Delta variant continues…

75 Percent Of Cambodia’s Population Inoculated Against COVID-19

PHNOM PENH, Sept 20 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia has 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, officials and experts said today. Of them, 10.3 million, or 64.4 percent, have been fully vaccinated with both required shots, and 830,814,…

Road Accidents Kill 98 In Lao Capital In First Six Months

VIENTIANE, Sept 20 (NNN-KPL) – A total of 98 people were killed in 568 road accidents in the Laotian capital, Vientiane, in the first six months of 2021. According to the report, issued by the Traffic Police department, under the Lao Ministry of Public Security, 533 were injured and 1,143…

Royal Australian Mint Releases Coins To Mark Year Of The Tiger

CANBERRA, Sept 20 (NNN-XINHUA) – The Royal Australian Mint (RAM), released a collection of coins featuring the tiger, to mark the Chinese Lunar New Year in 2022. The 2022 Lunar Series collection includes a 50-cent Tetra-Decagon Uncirculated Coin, a one-dollar Uncirculated Two-Coin Set, a five-dollar Fine Silver Proof Domed Coin,…

India Reports 30,256 New COVID-19 Cases

NEW DELHI, Sept 20 (NNN-PTI) – India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 33,478,419 today, as 30,256 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours, showed the health ministry’s latest data. Another 295 deaths have been recorded since Saturday morning, taking the total death toll to 445,133. Most of the new…

Voter Support For Australian PM Falls To 18-Month Low

CANBERRA, Sept 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Voter support for Australian Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, has fallen to its lowest level, since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the latest Newspoll, which was published last night, the proportion of voters satisfied with Morrison’s performance has fallen three points since late…

DPRK Slams U.S. Decision To Transfer Nuke-Powered Submarine Tech To Australia

PYONGYANG, Sept 20 (NNN-KCNA) – The Foreign Ministry of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) today criticised the United States for transferring the technology of building nuclear-powered submarines to Australia. Chief of the Foreign News Section of the Department of Press and Information said, the U.S. decision was “extremely…

UN Chief Condemns Executions By Houthis In Yemen

UNITED NATIONS, Sept 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) – UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, yesterday strongly condemned Saturday’s executions of nine individuals, by the Houthi movement in Yemen, said his spokesman. “The secretary-general deeply regrets that the Houthi movement (who also call themselves Ansar Allah) yesterday carried out executions of nine individuals, one of…

Israel Reports 7,445 New COVID-19 Cases

JERUSALEM, Sept 20 (NNN-PNN) – Israel’s ministry of health yesterday reported 7,445 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the tally of infections in the country to 1,221,713. The death toll from the coronavirus in Israel rose by four to 7,511, the ministry added. The total recoveries from the virus climbed to 1,130,393,…