Lebanon Eases Full COVID-19 Lockdown Measures Amid Concerns From Experts

BEIRUT, Feb 9 (NNN-NNA) – Lebanese authorities, yesterday, started to ease the total lockdown measures in the country, for the fight against COVID-19, due to the economic and financial crisis. Lebanese authorities adopted a strategy, aimed at opening the different sectors in the country, in four phases, to avoid big…

Andres Arauz, Yaku Perez Lead In Ecuadorian Presidential Election

QUITO, Feb 8 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) – Progressive candidate, Andres Arauz and indigenous leader, Yaku Perez, are leading Ecuador’s presidential election, the official quick count released by the National Electoral Council (CNE) showed late Sunday. The results were announced by Diana Atamaint, the president of the CNE, four hours after the…

Astrazeneca Vaccine Roll-Out In S. Africa To Be Postponed

JOHANNESBURG, Feb 8 (NNN-BUANEWS) – South Africa said yesterday, the roll-out of the AstraZeneca vaccine in the country, will be temporarily put on hold, until more “clinically efficacy information” of the vaccine, against new COVID-19 variants, becomes available. “It’s a temporary issue that we have to hold onto AstraZeneca, until…

Sudan’s PM Issues Decision To Dissolve Gov’t

KHARTOUM, Feb 8 (NNN-SUNA) – Sudan’s Prime Minister, Abdalla Hamdok, yesterday issued a decision, to dissolve the government, said the Council of Ministers, in a statement. “In accordance with the provisions of the constitutional document for the transitional period, the prime minister issued a decision today (yesterday), to relieve the…

Former U.S. Secretary Of State George Shultz Dies At 100

WASHINGTON, Feb 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) – George Shultz, who severed as U.S. secretary of state in the Ronald Reagan administration, died Saturday, at the age of 100. His death was announced by the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, where Shultz had worked for more than three decades. “Our colleague was a…

Haitian President Denounces Attempted Coup

MEXICO, Feb 8 (NNN-XINHUA) – Haitian President, Jovenel Moise, denounced yesterday, an attempted coup and assassination that was thwarted by the National Palace security. At least 20 people, including a Supreme Court judge and a police inspector, were arrested and will be questioned by the head of the Higher Council…

India’s COVID-19 Tally Rises To 10,838,194, Death Toll Over 155,000

NEW DELHI, Feb 8 (NNN-PTI) – India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 10,838,194 today, even as 11,831 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours, said the latest data from the federal health ministry. According to the official data, the death toll mounted to 155,080, as 84 patients died since…

20 Killed As Yemen’s Houthis Step Up Military Operations Against Oil-Rich Marib

ADEN, Feb 8 (NNN-SABA) – Yemen’s Houthi forces intensified military operations against the government-controlled oil-rich province of Marib yesterday, leaving at least 20 people killed. An official of Marib’s local authority said, “The Houthis stepped up their military operations against military sites manned by government forces in different areas of…

Israel’s Annual Budget Deficit Hits Record 50.6 Billion USD

JERUSALEM, Feb 8 (NNN-MA’AN) – Israel’s annual budget deficit reached a record of 166.4 billion new shekels (about 50.6 billion U.S. dollars), said a report published by the Israeli Ministry of Finance yesterday. The deficit figure, between Feb, 2020 and Jan, 2021, accounts for 12.1 percent of Israel’s GDP, much…

U.N. Envoy Griffiths In Iran To Discuss Yemen Crisis

TEHRAN, Feb 8 (NNN-IRNA) – Senior Assistant to the Iranian Foreign Minister for Special Political Affairs, Ali-Asghar Khaji, and the United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen, Martin Griffiths, held talks in Tehran yesterday, it was officially reported. During the meeting, they discussed the crisis in Yemen. Khaji referred to Yemen’s…