Egyptian, South African Leaders Discuss Ethiopia’s Nile Dam

CAIRO, Oct 15 (NNN-MENA) – Egyptian President, Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, received, yesterday, a phone call from his South African counterpart, Cyril Ramaphosa, during which they discussed the Ethiopian grand hydropower dam, built on the Nile River, said the Egyptian presidency. Sisi reiterated Egypt’s stance regarding the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD),…

Turkey To Announce Discovery Of New Gas Reserves In Black Sea

ANKARA, Oct 15 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said yesterday that, he would announce the size of new gas reserves, off the Black Sea, this week, while visiting the Turkish drilling ship “Fatih.” “I will visit our drilling ship Fatih on Saturday, to witness the work in person,…

China’s Average Life Expectancy Reaches 77.3 Years

BEIJING, Oct 15 (NNN-XINHUA) – Average life expectancy, a key gauge of a country’s economic and social development, particularly in terms of its medical and health services, reached 77.3 years in China in 2019. That was up 0.96 years from 2015. The increase in China’s average life expectancy, as seen…

India Crosses New Peak In COVID-19 Testing, 90 Million Tests Conducted So Far

by Peerzada Arshad Hamid NEW DELHI, Oct 15 (NNN-XINHUA) – India’s federal health ministry said, there is an unprecedented upsurge in COVID-19 testing, as the number of tests has crossed the 90-million mark. “India demonstrated an exponential increase in the number of COVID-19 tests since Jan, 2020,” a statement issued…

Malaysia Reports 660 New COVID-19 Cases, Four New Deaths

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 15 (NNN-XINHUA) – Malaysia reported 660 new COVID-19 infections, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday, bringing the national total to 17,540. Health Ministry Director-General, Noor Hisham Abdullah, said that, six of the new cases are imported and 654 are local transmissions. Four more deaths have been reported,…

Japan Unveils New 3,000-Tonne Submarine To Boost Fleet As Defence Spending Balloons

TOKYO, Oct 15 (NNN-NHK) – Japan, yesterday, unveiled its newest 3,000-tonne submarine, named Taigei, which was built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., amid no signs of the nation reining in its ever-increasing and constitutionally questionable “defence” spending. The submarine was unveiled at a shipyard in western Japan and is slated…

Gaza Installs China-Funded Solar Energy Panels For Children’s Hospital Amid Severe Power Shortage

GAZA, Oct 13 (NNN-WAFA) – A Palestinian charity, signed on Monday, a deal with the Gaza Health Ministry, to supply and install China-funded solar energy panels, for a children’s hospital in Gaza city. “This project will provide 90 percent of the hospital’s electricity in all its departments, with a capacity…

COVID-19 Death Cases In Israel Surpass 2,000

JERUSALEM, Oct 13 (NNN-MA’AN) – Israel’s Ministry of Health reported 41 new COVID-19 death cases on Monday, bringing the death toll to 2,021 since the pandemic outbreak in the state in late Feb. The total number of COVID-19 cases in Israel reached 294,031, with 3,538 new cases, the ministry said.…

Lebanon Registers 1,056 New COVID-19 Cases, 54,624 In Total

BEIRUT, Oct 13 (NNN-NNA) – Lebanon’s number of COVID-19 infections increased on Monday by 1,056 to 54,624, while death toll went up by seven to 466, the Health Ministry reported. Syndicate of Private Hospitals President, Suleiman Haroun, warned on Monday that, Lebanon will witness two disastrous weeks, as all hospitals’…

India’s COVID-19 Tally, Death Toll Rise But Pace Slows Down

NEW DELHI, Oct 13 (NNN-PTI) – With 55,342 new cases registered in India over the past 24 hours, the country’s COVID-19 tally rose to 7,175,880 today, said the latest data by the federal health ministry. The death toll reached 109,856 with 706 deaths since Monday morning, added the ministry’s data.…