Sydney Aims To Wipe Out Virus With Testing Blitz

SYDNEY, Aug 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Australia’s largest city, Sydney, launched a COVID-19 testing blitz this week, in an attempt to “mop up” lingering virus infections, primarily in the city’s western suburbs. New South Wales Premier, Gladys Berejiklian, today, urged anyone in that area with symptoms to get tested, after a…

S. Korea To Ban Classes In Seoul Metropolitan Area On COVID-19 Resurgence

SEOUL, Aug 25 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea’s education ministry said today that, classes will be banned in Seoul and its surrounding area, amid the COVID-19 resurgence in the Seoul metropolitan area. All preschools, primary and secondary schools in Seoul and its surrounding Gyeonggi province, as well as, Incheon, west of…

One Killed, 17 Injured, Scores Trapped In India’s Building Collapse

MUMBAI, Aug 25 (NNN-PTI) – One person was killed and 17 injured, while 43 others were feared trapped, after a five-storey building collapsed in Mahad, 170 km from Mumbai, last night. One person died and seven are currently undergoing treatment in hospital, and the search for the remaining 43 is…

Sonia Gandhi To Continue As President Of India’s Main Opposition Party

NEW DELHI, Aug 25 (NNN-UNI) – Sonia Gandhi, the interim president of India’s main opposition party, the Indian National Congress (INC), will continue in the post, till a new president is elected in the near future, decided the highest decision-making body of the party. The crucial Congress Working Committee (CWC)…

S. Korea Reports 280 More Covid-19 Cases, 17,945 In Total

SEOUL, Aug 25 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea reported 280 more cases of COVID-19, as of 12:00 a.m. today local time, compared to 24 hours ago, raising the total number of infections to 17,945. The daily caseload stayed below 300 for two straight days, while growing in triple digits for 12…

Strengthening B2B Ties With China Is Pakistan’s Foremost Priority: PM

ISLAMABAD, Aug 25 (NNN-APP) – Pakistani Prime Minister, Imran Khan, said, strengthening the business-to-business (B2B) ties with China is a foremost priority, according to a statement by the Prime Minister’s Office. Khan made the remarks while welcoming representatives of leading Chinese companies in his office, saying, Pakistan and China have…

Pakistani Army Flushes Out Militants Near Border With Afghanistan

ISLAMABAD, Aug 25 (NNN-PPI) – Pakistani military gained area domination of some inaccessible pockets of land, in the country’s northwest North Waziristan area, along Pakistan-Afghanistan border, in recent consolidation operations, an army statement said. The recently controlled areas were being sporadically used by terrorists as hideouts, to target local populace…

ADB Approves 125-Million-USD Loan To Help Boost Philippines’ COVID-19 Response

MANILA, Aug 25 (NNN-ABN) – Asian Development Bank (ADB), said today, it approved a 125-million-U.S. dollar loan, to help the Philippine government improve its capacity to prevent and control the spread of COVID-19. The Manila-based bank said, the Health System Enhancement to Address and Limit (HEAL) COVID-19 project, will enable…

Singapore President Says Providing Job Security To Be Priority In Coming Years

SINGAPORE, Aug 25 (NNN-CNA) – Singapore President, Halimah Yacob, said that, providing job security will be a priority for the country, in the coming years. Halimah made the remarks, at the 14th parliament sitting which opened on Monday (yesterday). She said, the COVID-19 pandemic added to the employment pressure in…

Over 87,000 Residents Affected By Monsoon Flooding Across Myanmar Since Mid-July

YANGON, Aug 25 (NNN-MNA) – Over 87,000 residents were affected by monsoon flooding in Myanmar’s regions and states, since July 11, an official from the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement said. “At present, there are some 19,000 flood-hit victims left at the shelters in Sagaing, Magway, Mandalay and…