Libyan Red Crescent Retrieves 22 Bodies Of Illegal Migrants In Western Libya

TRIPOLI, Aug 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Twenty-two bodies of illegal migrants were retrieved by the Libyan Red Crescent, in the coastal city of Zwara, chief of mission for the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) in Libya said, yesterday. “These painful deaths are the result of the increasingly hardening policy towards people…

Greece’s Daily COVID-19 Infections Hit Record High

ATHENS, Aug 24 (NNN-AMNA) – Greece’s National Public Health Organisation (EODY), yesterday reported 284 confirmed COVID-19 cases within 24 hours, the highest number since the first case was registered in the country in late Feb. A total of 8,664 cases have been recorded in Greece so far, including 242 fatalities.…

13 Dead In Botched Police Raid On Illegal Party At Lima Nightclub

LIMA, Aug 24 (NNN-ANDINA) – A botched police raid of a nightclub in Peru’s capital Lima, left at least 13 people dead and another six injured, as panicked clients stampeded towards the exit, authorities said yesterday. According to an Interior Ministry statement, about 120 people were gathered for a party,…

Brazil Sees Lowest One-Day COVID-19 Death Toll In 12 Weeks

RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 24 (NNN-CMA) – Brazil yesterday reported it registered 494 deaths from the COVID-19 in the previous 24 hours, the lowest number of fatalities in a single day since May 31. According to the Ministry of Health, the figure brought the total death toll to 114,744. In…

India’s COVID-19 Tally Surpasses Three Million, Deaths Near 57,000

by Pankaj Yadav NEW DELHI, Aug 24 (NNN-XINHUA) – India’s COVID-19 tally surpassed three million yesterday, reaching 3,044,940, according to the latest data released by the health ministry. The death toll due to the pandemic also surged to 56,706. As many as 69,239 new cases and 912 deaths were reported…

10 killed, 20 injured in van-truck collision in SW Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Aug 24 (NNN-PPI) – A head-on collision between a passenger van and a mini truck, left at least 10 people dead and 20 others injured, yesterday, in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province. According to media, the van, carrying over 20 passengers, was hit by the truck, with two people aboard,…

Sri Lanka Marks Breakthrough Of Flood Prevention Tunnel In The City

COLOMBO, Aug 24 (NNN-SLNEWS) – The breakthrough ceremony of a storm water drainage tunnel, expected to alleviate flooding in the capital city of Colombo, was marked with the attendance of local officials, local media reported. Construction of the New Mutwal Tunnel in northern Colombo was completed on Aug 21, by…

Economic, Social And Religious Activities Suspended In Nepal With Re-surging COVID-19 Cases

KATHMANDU, Aug 24 (NNN-NEPALNEWS) – Almost all economic, social and religious activities in 48 districts out of 77 districts of Nepal, have been restricted, as the Himalayan country is witnessing a rapid resurgence of COVID-19 cases, Nepal’s Ministry of Home Affairs said. “Chief District Officers issued prohibitory orders in 48…

Japan’s Abe Returns To Hospital A Week After 7-Hour “Health Checkup”

TOKYO, Aug 24 (NNN-NHK) – Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, today returned to hospital in Tokyo, a week after he purportedly received a “health checkup” amid swirling rumours about the state of his health. According to government sources close to the prime minister, Abe returned to the Keio University Hospital,…

Russia Interested In Cooperation With China On 5G: Russian FM

MOSCOW, Aug 24 (NNN-TASS) – Russia is interested in cooperation with China on 5G technology, Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, said. “We will definitely not follow the example of the Americans, who simply demand that everyone not cooperate on 5G with China, in particular with Huawei,” Lavrov said, at the…