Two Dead, At Least 19 Missing As Storm Front Lashes Italy

ROME, Oct 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Two people were confirmed dead and at least 19 were reported missing, due to a storm front that lashed northern Italy on Saturday, officials said. “At the moment 19 Italians are missing, in the Col di Tenda (mountain pass in the Alps, at the border…

Brazil Registers 599 More Deaths From COVID-19 In 24 Hours

RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct 4 (NNN-CMA) – The Brazilian Ministry of Health said, the country registered another 599 deaths from COVID-19, in the last 24 hours, bringing the death toll to 145,987. According to the ministry, 26,310 new cases of the virus were registered over the last day, bringing the…

Sudanese Gov’t, Armed Groups Sign Peace Deal To End Conflicts

KHARTOUM, Oct 4 (NNN-SUNA) – After a full year of negotiations, the Sudanese government and armed groups on Saturday signed a final peace deal in South Sudan’s capital, Juba, to end the armed conflicts. The signing ceremony, which was broadcast live by Sudan’s official TV, was attended by South Sudan’s…

Four Missing In Floods, Landslides In Indonesia’s West Java

JAKARTA, Oct 4 (NNN-ANTARA) – Four people were reported missing, with one of them feared dead, as floods and landslides damaged houses and a bridge in Indonesia’s western province of West Java on Saturday, according to disaster agency officials. Heavy downpours caused a river to overflow, engulfing houses in the…

Bangladesh COVID-19 Cases Up To 367,565 With 5,325 Deaths

DHAKA, Oct 4 (NNN-BSS) – Bangladesh recorded 1,182 new confirmed COVID-19 cases and 20 more deaths on Saturday, bringing the total tally to 367,565 with 5,325 deaths, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said. The official data showed that 9,554 samples were tested in the last 24 hours across…

Thai Police Seize 198,000 Speed Pills In North-East Province

BANGKOK, Oct 4 (NNN-TNA) – The local police in Thailand’s north-eastern Khon Kaen province, have arrested a young man with 198,000 speed pills, a pistol and many rounds of ammunition, local media reported on Saturday. Police made the arrest and the seizure, in raids on the suspect’s rented house in…

India’s COVID-19 Tally Surpasses 6.5 Million

NEW DELHI, Oct 4 (NNN-UNI) – India’s COVID-19 tally surpassed the 6.5 million mark on Sunday (today), reaching 6,549,373, said the latest data, released by the federal health ministry. As many as 75,829 new cases were registered across the country during the past 24 hours. The death toll due to…

Indonesia Seizes Vietnamese Boats For Illegal Fishing

JAKARTA, Oct 4 (NNN-ANTARA) – The Indonesian Navy said, yesterday, that, it has seized two Vietnamese-flagged fishing vessels, on the North Natuna Sea, in the Riau Islands province. On the seizure made on Friday, Dato Rusman, commander of the marine combat force of Fleet Armada Command I, said in a…

Roundup: “Mini Lockdown” Called For In Indonesia Amid Surge In COVID-19 Cases

by Bambang Purwanto JAKARTA, Oct 4 (NNN-XINHUA) — Indonesian President, Joko Widodo, called for micro-scale social restrictions to be introduced in provinces, amid the surge in the COVID-19 cases. The president made the appeal for exercising such practices, also known as “mini lock-down” at a cabinet meeting, while expressing confidence…

Italian Capital Deploys Police To Combat Rise In COVID-19 Cases

ROME, Oct 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The Italian capital is taking aggressive steps against the COVID-19 pandemic, including the deployment of police on Rome streets to enforce the implementation of hygiene rules. Despite being Italy’s largest city, Rome was largely spared during the first wave of the pandemic, which was concentrated…