UN Chief Calls For Further Debt Relief For Developing Countries Amid COVID-19

UNITED NATIONS, Sept 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) – UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, called for further debt relief, for poor and middle-income countries for them to respond to COVID-19. “I hope the Debt Service Suspension Initiative (of the Group of 20) will be extended and its scope expanded to all developing and middle-income…

UN, EU Sign Agreement To Enhance Cooperation, Strengthen Response In Peace Operations

UNITED NATIONS, Sept 30 (NNN-XINHUA) – The United Nations and the European Union, yesterday signed an agreement on the side-lines of the 75th session of the UN General Assembly, to enhance cooperation and strengthen collective response in peace operations and crisis management. The Framework Agreement Between the United Nations and…

U.S. Employment Won’t Recover To Pre-Pandemic Levels Until 2023: Fed Official

WASHINGTON, Sept 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) – While the U.S. economy rebounded faster than originally anticipated, following a large contraction in the second quarter, U.S. employment probably won’t recover to pre-pandemic levels until 2023, a senior Federal Reserve Bank official said. “The scenario of continued growth that I have presented depends on…

Three Children, Two Women Killed In Rocket Attack Near Iraq’s Baghdad Airport

BAGHDAD, Sept 29 (NNN-NINA) – Three children and two women were killed on Monday, when two rockets landed on their house, near the Baghdad International Airport, the Iraqi military said. Two other children were also wounded in the Katyusha rocket attack, that struck and destroyed the family’s house in Albu-Amir…

Turkey Reports 1,412 Daily COVID-19 Cases, 315,845 In Total

ANKARA, Sept 29 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkey’s daily COVID-19 cases increased by 1,412 on Monday, raising the total number of diagnosed patients to 315,845, the Turkish Health Ministry announced. Meanwhile, 65 people died in the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 8,062, according to the data, shared by the…

Vietnam Arrests Three Drug Traffickers, Seizes 20 Heroin Cakes

HANOI, Sept 29 (NNN-VNA) – Police and border guards of northern Vietnam’s Son La province, detained three local people for trafficking 20 cakes of heroin and 2,362 pills of synthetic drugs, local media reported today. The authorities made the arrest on Sunday, after one of the suspects escaped into the…

S.Korea Reports 38 More COVID-19 Cases, 23,699 In Total

SEOUL, Sept 29 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea reported 38 more cases of COVID-19 as of midnight Monday, compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 23,699. The daily caseload fell below 50 in 49 days since Aug 11, hovering below 100 for four straight days. Small…

Australia’s Largest Mass Beaching Event Provides Crucial Data On Whale Behaviour

SYDNEY, Sept 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Australian scientists collected crucial data, from pilot whales involved in the country’s largest ever stranding event, which took place last week and left hundreds of the creatures dead. Rescuers were able to return around 110 of the whales to the ocean, however more than 350…

China-Laos Railway Holes All 75 Tunnels

VIENTIANE, Sept 29 (NNN-KPL) – Xiang Ngeun No. 3 Tunnel, the last tunnel along the China-Laos Railway, in Luang Prabang Province, some 210 km north of the capital Vientiane, was drilled through today. All 75 tunnels across the China-Laos Railway have been holed. The successful completion of the tunnels indicates…

India’s COVID-19 Tally Surpasses Six Million, Vaccine Expected Early Next Year

by Pankaj Yadav NEW DELHI, Sept 29 (NNN-XINHUA) – India’s COVID-19 tally is steeply rising, surpassing six million on Monday, while the country’s Health Minister, Harsh Vardhan, pinned hopes on the development of the first vaccine by early next year. “Research to develop a vaccine is being done expeditiously. There…