Japan’s LDP Leadership Race Enters Home Stretch

TOKYO, Sept 14 (NNN-NHK) – The ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s (LDP) presidential election, which will also see the winner selected as Japan’s next prime minister, due to the party’s parliamentary dominance, entered the home stretch yesterday. The three candidates who are vying to be Abe’s successor are Chief Cabinet Secretary,…

1.6 Million Indian Students Sit For Entrance Exam For Medical Courses Amid COVID-19

NEW DELHI, Sept 14 (NNN-PTI) – Nearly 1.6 million students appeared for the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET), held to select students for under-graduate medical courses across India, yesterday. The examination is being held in over 3,800 centres across the country. The candidates appearing for the examination have been expressly asked…

Over Three Million Students Return To School As New Academic Year Begins In Syria

DAMASCUS, Sept 14 (NNN-SANA) – More than three million students returned to school, Sunday, as the new academic year in government-controlled areas in Syria began, amid precautions against COVID-19. A total of 3,735,521 students went to 13,280 schools across Syria, as the Education Ministry took several measures to clean schools…

Seven People Confirmed Dead In Wildfires In U.S. Oregon

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Seven people have been confirmed dead, dozens more are unaccounted for and hundreds have lost their homes, as historic wildfires continue to burn throughout the U.S. state of Oregon, officials said. The fires have scorched more than one million acres throughout the state. The…

Brazil Reports Over 131,000 Deaths From COVID-19

SAO PAULO, Sept 13 (NNN-CMA) – Brazil registered 814 new deaths from COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, which brought the death toll to 131,210, the Ministry of Health reported on Saturday. The ministry also said that the number of cases rose to 4,315,687 after the incorporation of 33,523 new…

Colombia Reports 6,876 New COVID-19 Cases

BOGOTA, Sept 13 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) – A total of 6,876 COVID-19 cases have been reported in Colombia over the past 24 hours, bringing the national count to 708,964, the health ministry said. Meanwhile, the nationwide death toll rose by 216 to 22,734, it said. Luis Fernando Suarez, governor of the…

Fire Erupts At Kuwait City’s Health Zone

KUWAIT, Sept 13 (NNN-KUNA) – A huge fire erupted yesterday afternoon, at the Al-Sabah health zone in Kuwait City, capital of Kuwait, however, the fire has been brought under control, the Kuwait Fire Service Directorate (KFSD) said. Currently, more than 300 firefighters are trying to extinguish the fire that gutted…

Turkey, UK Hold Joint Navy Training In East Med: Turkish Defence Ministry

ANKARA, Sept 13 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkey and Britain conducted joint naval drill in the Eastern Mediterranean, the Turkish defence ministry said yesterday. “The British destroyer, HMS ARGYLL, and the frigate, TCG GIRESUN, carried out sea training in the Eastern Mediterranean on Sept 11,” the ministry tweeted. The drill comes as…

India’s COVID-19 Tally Continues To Peak With 97,570 New Cases Reported

NEW DELHI, Sept 13 (NNN-PTI) – India’s COVID-19 tally continues to peak on Saturday, as 97,570 new cases were detected during the past 24 hours, taking the total to 4,659,984, said the federal health ministry. Besides, 1,201 more deaths were recorded, taking the death toll to 77,472, according to the…

ASEAN FMs Reaffirm Multilateral Cooperation, Pandemic Response

HANOI, Sept 13 (NNN-VNA) – The 53rd Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and related meetings, concluded yesterday, with the ministers reaffirming multilateral cooperation and collective collaboration, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Pham Binh Minh, said. During the meetings,…