Hurricane Delta Forecast To Intensify Before Friday Landfall Along U.S. Gulf Coast

HOUSTON, Oct 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Hurricane Delta is expected to intensify into a major hurricane, before making landfall tomorrow, along the U.S. Gulf Coast, a forecast said. Delta, now a Category 1 hurricane, passed over Cancun, Mexico, early Wednesday, and is now over the open Gulf of Mexico. It is…

Jordan’s King Appoints New PM

AMMAN, Oct 8 (NNN-PETRA) – King Abdullah II of Jordan, on Wednesday, appointed Bisher Khasawneh as the new prime minister and designated him to form a new cabinet, according to a Royal Court statement. The new appointment came, after King Abdullah, on Saturday, accepted the resignation of Prime Minister, Omar…

Russian Defence Minister Holds Phone Talks With Armenian, Azerbaijani Counterparts

MOSCOW, Oct 8 (NNN-TASS) – Russian Defence Minister, Sergei Shoigu, held phone talks with his Armenian and Azerbaijani counterparts, to discuss the current situation in Nagorno-Karabakh, the Russian Defence Ministry said. “On the evening of Oct 7, Russian Defence Minister, Sergei Shoigu held talks by telephone with Armenian Defence Minister,…

Indonesia To Replant 600,000 Hectares Of Mangrove

JAKARTA, Oct 8 (NNN-ANTARA) – Indonesia will replant 600,000 hectares of mangrove areas in the next three years, said the Coordinating Ministry for Maritime and Investment Affairs. “Our damaged mangrove areas cover nearly one million hectares. Our target in the next three years is (to replant) 600,000 hectares through this…

Canada’s Average Daily New COVID-19 Cases Hit 2,052 Over Past Week

OTTAWA, Oct 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Canada’s daily case counts continue to increase steeply, with an average of 2,052 new cases being reported daily during the most recent seven days, said Theresa Tam, Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer on Wednesday. That represents an increase of 40 percent from the previous week.…

Lebanon Arrests Six Foreigners Over Medicine Smuggling

BEIRUT, Oct 7 (NNN-NNA) – Lebanon’s state security, arrested, on Tuesday, six Egyptian nationals, for attempting to smuggle, through the airport, hundreds of boxes of medicines from Lebanon to Egypt. The arrested people said, they bought the medicines from different pharmacies in Lebanon. They were released after submitting their residency…

Turkey Confirms 1,511 New COVID-19 Cases, 327,557 In Total

ANKARA, Oct 7 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkey reported 1,511 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, raising the total tally in the country to 327,557. In addition, 55 people died in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 8,553, while 1,229 more patients recovered, raising the total number of recoveries to…

India’s COVID-19 Tally Rises To 6,757,131, Death Toll 104,555

NEW DELHI, Oct 7 (NNN-PTI) – India’s COVID-19 tally reached 6,757,131, and death toll 104,555 on Wednesday (today), as 72,049 new cases were detected and 986 patients died, during the past 24 hours, said the latest data released by the federal health ministry. Currently there are 907,883 active COVID-19 cases…

Ship With 12 People On Board Loses Contact In Bali

JAKARTA, Oct 7 (NNN-ANTARA) – A ship carrying 12 people lost contact, in the waters off Bali, with search and rescue operation being underway, a top rescuer said today. The fishing ship, KM Tanjung Permai, operated by a fishing company, PT Liniati Abadi, last communicated with the firm at 9:00…

Migrant Workers Granted Grace Period In Thailand Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

BANGKOK, Oct 7 (NNN-TNA) – Thailand’s labour Minister, Suchart Chomklin, said on Tuesday that, he had decided to grant grace period to migrant workers, whose employment are to expire next month. The decision, reached by the migrant workers’ policy management committee, chaired by Suchart, was intended to assist migrants in…