Kakapo Crowns New Zealand’s Bird Of The Year For 2020, After Beating Front Runner

WELLINGTON, Nov 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Critically endangered native bird, Kakapo, won New Zealand Bird of the Year 2020, for an unprecedented second time, the event organiser announced today. The Bird of the Year competition is an annual competition, held by New Zealand’s independent conservation organisation, Forest and Bird, in a…

Damages To Multiple Organs Reported In Young People With COVID-19

LONDON, Nov 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Signs of damage to multiple organs have been reported, in young and previously healthy people, with ongoing COVID-19 symptoms, four months after their initial infection, a British study revealed. The Coverscan study aims to assess long-term impact of COVID-19 on organ health in around 500…

DPRK Leader Presides Over Politburo Meeting On Nationwide Anti-COVID-19 Measures

PYONGYANG, Nov 16 (NNN-KCNA) – Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), presided over a Political Bureau meeting yesterday, to discuss the country’s efforts to fight COVID-19, state media reported this morning. The 20th enlarged meeting of the Political Bureau of the 7th Central…

63 People Registered To Run For Presidency In Kyrgyzstan

BISHKEK, Nov 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Sixty-three people submitted documents to the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Kyrgyzstan, to participate in early presidential elections, CEC said yesterday. The deadline for submitting documents to the CEC was Nov 14. The commission received documents from 65 people, while two of them withdrew their…

Brazilian President Votes In Rio De Janeiro For Municipal Elections

SAO PAULO, Nov 16 (NNN-CMA) – Brazilian President, Jair Bolsonaro, cast his vote yesterday in Rio de Janeiro, in the country’s municipal elections, the first elections held during his administration. Bolsonaro voted at a school in the Vila Militar neighbourhood in western Rio de Janeiro, wearing a face mask, required…

Mexico’s COVID-19 Cases Surpass One Million, Death Toll Close To 100,000

MEXICO CITY, Nov 16 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) – Mexico reported 5,860 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking the national count to 1,003,253, the health ministry said. Meanwhile, 635 more deaths were reported, bringing the death toll to 98,259, which ranks fourth worldwide, following the United States, Brazil and…

NASA, SpaceX Send Four Astronauts To International Space Station Aboard Falcon 9

FLORIDA, Nov 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) – NASA and SpaceX, a few minutes ago launched four astronauts on a flight to send them to the International Space Station. This is NASA’s first mission, where they are sending astronauts on a full-fledged mission aboard a privately owned spacecraft. The spacecraft takes an Air…

Israel Advances New Settlement Homes In East Jerusalem

JERUSALEM, Nov 16 (NNN-MA’AN) – The Israeli regime yesterday promoted a plan for hundreds of new settlement homes, in a sensitive area near East Jerusalem. In a tender, issued on its website, the Israel Land Authority invited contractors, to bid for the construction of 1,257 housing units, in Givat Hamatos,…

Hospital Fire Kills 10 COVID-19 Patients In North-Eastern Romania

BUCHAREST, Nov 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Ten COVID-19 patients in serious condition were killed in a fire, which erupted late yesterday, in the intensive care unit (ICU) of the Piatra Neamt County Hospital, in north-eastern Romania, confirmed Health Minister, Nelu Tataru. “Eight patients died as a result of the fire, and…

10 Tonnes Of Marijuana Seized In Northern Argentina

BUENOS AIRES, Nov 15 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) – More than 10 tonnes of marijuana were seized yesterday, by the Argentinean National Gendarmerie (GNA), in the northern province of Misiones, said the Ministry of Security. With the help of sniffer dogs, the drugs were seized in a joint operation, carried out by…