Philippines Expects To Import More Rice Due To Damage From Typhoons

MANILA, Nov 19 (NNN-PNA) – The Philippines will import more rice next year, to fill the gaps caused by the recent typhoons’ damage to its agriculture, a senior official said today. Agriculture Secretary, William Dar, said, the country was targeting to elevate the rice sufficiency in the country to 93…

Samoa Reports First COVID-19 Case With Mixed Testing Results

SUVA, Nov 19 (NNN-XINHUA) – Samoa reported today, its first COVID-19 case, a sailor who arrived in the island nation, on a repatriation flight from Auckland, New Zealand last Friday, with mixed testing results. Samoa’s Prime Minister, Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi, announced early today that, the man tested positive for the…

Israeli Strikes Kill 10 Soldiers, Fighters In Syria: Monitor

DAMASCUS, Nov 19 (NNN-SANA) – A total of 10 Syrian soldiers and pro-government fighters were killed, by fresh Israeli strikes on Syrian military sites, in the capital, Damascus, before daybreak yesterday, a war monitor reported. The Israeli strikes targeted an air defence position of the Syrian army, as well as,…

UK PM Pledges To Ban Sales Of Petrol, Diesel Cars By 2030

LONDON, Nov 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Britain will ban the sale of petrol and diesel cars by 2030, five years earlier than its previous plan, British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, said yesterday. Unveiling his 10-point plan for a “green industrial revolution,” Johnson said, Britain will mobilise more than 12 billion pounds…

Africa’s Confirmed COVID-19 Cases Close To Two Million

ADDIS ABABA, Nov 19 (NNN-ENA) – The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the African continent reached 1,998,253, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said, yesterday. The continental disease control and prevention agency said in a statement that, the death toll related to the pandemic stood…

U.S. COVID-19 Deaths Top 250,000 — Johns Hopkins University

NEW YORK, Nov 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) – U.S. COVID-19 deaths surpassed 250,000 yesterday, according to the Centre for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University. With the national caseload topping 11.4 million, the death toll across the United States rose to 250,029, as of 5:25 p.m. local time (2225…

Palestinians Demonstrate Against Pompeo’s Upcoming Visit To Israeli Settlement

RAMALLAH, Nov 19 (NNN-WAFA) – Hundreds of Palestinians demonstrated yesterday, against the upcoming visit of U.S. Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, to an Israeli settlement in the West Bank. During the demonstration, in the West Bank city of al-Bireh near Ramallah, participants waved Palestinian flags and held banners in English…

European Commission Working To Avoid Double-Dip Recession

BRUSSELS, Nov 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The European Commission is working to avoid the risk of a double-dip recession in Europe, Paolo Gentiloni, the European Commissioner for Economy, said yesterday. Explaining the priorities of the commission’s guidance for member states of the European Union (EU), in its autumn semester package, Gentiloni…

Sri Lankan President Highlights Efforts To Combat COVID-19, Corruption, Poverty

COLOMBO, Nov 19 (NNN-SLNEWS) – Sri Lankan President, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, said, in a special address to his nation that, the government was ready to strengthen efforts to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, corruption and poverty. In the statement, on his first year anniversary since being sworn in as president, Rajapaksa said,…

Child Killed, Five Injured In Rocket Attack On Baghdad’s Green Zone

BAGHDAD, Nov 18 (NNN-NINA) – A female child was killed and five other civilians were wounded, in a Katyusha rocket barrage, targeting the heavily fortified Green Zone, in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad yesterday. Several projectiles “landed on Grand festivities Square and surrounding areas, and near the Medical City and Zawra…