UNICEF Urges Re-Opening Of Schools In Eastern, Southern Africa

CAPE TOWN, Sept 23 (NNN-BUANEWS) – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), called on governments, parents, and teachers across Eastern and Southern Africa, to urgently and safely re-open schools, as the costs of continued school closures escalate across the region. Across this region of the nearly 65 million children remaining…

New Zealand Reports No New Cases Of COVID-19 As Country Relaxes Restrictions

WELLINGTON, Sept 23 (NNN-XINHUA) – New Zealand reported no new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, as the country embraced the first day of relaxed restrictions, or Alert Level 1, except Auckland, the largest city. Auckland will ease restrictions on gatherings at midnight tonight, moving down from COVID-19 Alert Level 2.5…

Iran Ready To Swap All Prisoners With U.S.

TEHRAN, Sept 22 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran’s Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, said Monday that, Iran is ready for the exchange of all prisoners with the United States, Iran Press News Agency reported. Zarif made the remarks, in a virtual address to the Council on Foreign Relations, in New York on…

COVID-19 Cases Rise To 5,562,663 In India, Death Toll Reaches 88,935

NEW DELHI, Sept 22 (NNN-PTI) – The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in India this morning rose to 5,562,663, India’s federal health ministry said. During the past 24 hours, 75,083 new cases were reported from across the country. Besides this 1,053 deaths were also recorded, making the death toll reaching…

Tropical Storm Noul Leaves 11 Dead In Cambodia

PHNOM PENH, Sept 22 (NNN-AKP) – The impact of tropical storm Noul has left 11 people dead and one missing in Cambodia, a disaster control spokesman said on Monday. National Committee for Disaster Management spokesman, Khun Sokha, said, heavy rain, strong wind and lightning began on Sept 17-20, as a…

Over One Million Health Volunteers Deployed In Thailand To Prepare For Second Wave Of COVID-19 Infections

BANGKOK, Sept 22 (NNN-TNA) – Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health said, it will deploy 1.2 million public health volunteers across the country, to stem and prepare for a possible second wave of COVID-19. The move came after reports of continuous illegal crossings of migrant workers into the Thai soil from…

Update: Two Killed, 20 Wounded As Floods Hit Indonesian Capital

JAKARTA, Sept 22 (NNN-ANTARA) – The Floods and landslides that struck Jakarta and its surrounding areas, have left two people dead, one missing and 20 others injured, officials said today. A river overflowed its banks due to torrential rains since yesterday, and submerged surrounding areas in the capital, which has…

Road Accident Kills Seven In Pakistan’s Punjab Province

ISLAMABAD, Sept 22 (NNN-PPI) – A road accident in Pakistan’s east Punjab province, left seven people killed and over a dozen others injured, police and rescue teams said. The accident happened on Monday, in the province’s Chakwal district, where a van carrying over 20 people, met the accident at a…

Philippines To Draw On Libya’s Experience To Fight Daesh

TRIPOLI, Sept 22 (NNN-PNA) – Charge d’Affaires of the Philippines to Libya, Elmer G. Cato, yesterday expressed his country’s desire, to draw on Libya’s experience in the fight against the Daesh terrorists. Cato made the remarks during a meeting with the UN-backed Libyan government’s Defence Minister, Salah Addin Al-Namroush, according…

Three Missing, 20 Wounded As Floods Hit Indonesian Capital

JAKARTA, Sept 22 (NNN-ANTARA) – Flash floods and landslides struck Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta, and its surrounding areas, leaving three people missing and 20 others injured, a disaster agency official said today. Torrential rains since yesterday triggered a river to overflow and submerged surrounding areas in the capital, which has recently…