Mudflow Kills Eight In Eastern Uzbekistan

TASHKENT, Jul 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) – A mudflow, caused by heavy rainfall, has killed eight people and injured six others in Kasansay district of eastern Namangan region, Uzbek Emergency Situations Ministry said, yesterday. Heavy rains in the Jalal-Abad region of neighbouring Kyrgyzstan, caused a sudden mudflow in the downstream Kasansay river,…

Over 160 Unmarked Graves Found Near Former Indigenous Residential School In Canada

OTTAWA, Jul 14 (NNN-XINHUA) – More than 160 unmarked graves have been found, near a former indigenous residential school, in Canada’s British Columbia province, according to a Canadian television network. The Penelakut Tribe found the “undocumented and unmarked” graves around the Kuper Island Industrial School, operated from 1890 until 1975,…

Bangladesh Announces Stimulus Packages To Help Low-Income Groups Amid COVID-19 Lockdown

DHAKA, Jul 14 (NNN-BSS) – The Bangladeshi government announced five packages of 32 billion taka (some 372 million U.S. dollars), to help low-income groups affected by the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, made the announcement of the support packages in a statement here yesterday. According to the statement…

Bus Plunges Into Ravine In Bolivia, Killing 24

LA PAZ, Jul 13 (NNN-XINHUA) – At least 24 people died and another 10 were injured, after a public transportation bus plunged into a ravine, more than 100 metres deep in the southern Bolivian department of Chuquisaca, police and medical workers said. The director of the Traffic Operational Unit, Colonel…

Cuban President Accuses U.S. Of Stoking Social Unrest

HAVANA, Jul 13 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) – Cuban President, Miguel Diaz-Canel, yesterday accused the United States of attempting to stoke social unrest on the island, where violence broke out in several towns on Sunday. The president, who, on Sunday, called on loyalists “to take to the streets to defend the revolution,”…

Up To 41 Killed In Huge Fire At Hospital In Southern Iraq

BAGHDAD, Jul 13 (NNN-NINA) – At least 41 people were killed and many others wounded, in a huge fire that broke out in a hospital treating COVID-19 patients, in Iraq’s southern province of Dhi Qar. The evening massive fire hit the quarantine centre for COVID-19 patients in al-Hussein Hospital, in…

U.S. FDA Adds Warning On Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Related To Rare Neurological Disorder

WASHINGTON, Jul 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), added a new warning on the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine yesterday, saying, the vaccine has been linked to a serious but rare side effect called Guillain-Barre syndrome. Guillain Barre syndrome is a neurological disorder, in which the…

Namibia’s COVID-19 Related Deaths Reach 2,000 Mark

WINDHOEK, Jul 13 (NNN-NAMPA) – Namibia yesterday recorded 28 COVID-19 deaths, bringing the country’s cumulative confirmed fatalities to 2,019. Namibia is experiencing a third wave of COVID-19 infections, with the Health Ministry confirming a daily record of 1,284 new cases yesterday. In a statement, Health Minister, Kalumbi Shangula, said, the…

Uganda Coffee Exports Hit 30-Year Record High

KAMPALA, Jul 13 (NNN-IRIN) – Uganda’s coffee exports in Jun and for the 2020/21 financial year, hit a 30-year record high, according to the Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA). The East African country exported 618,388 60-kg bags worth 58.56 million U.S. dollars in Jun, the highest monthly record since 1991,…

Ryanair Announces 2,000 New Pilot Jobs As It Recovers From COVID-19 Pandemic

DUBLIN, Jul 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Europe’s largest budget airline, Ryanair, announced yesterday that, it would recruit 2,000 new pilots over the next three years. The pilots to be recruited will be trained to fly the Boeing 737-8200 aircraft, that have been ordered by Ryanair from the U.S. plane manufacturer, according…