West Nile Virus Claims First Victim In Spain: Reports

MADRID, Aug 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) – A 77-year-old man from the southern Spanish town of La Puebla del Rio, becomes the first victim of the West Nile virus in Spain, on Thursday night, Spanish media reported yesterday. According to Spanish TV network, Telecinco, and family sources, who confirmed the news, the…

Confirmed COVID-19 Cases Reached 419 In Myanmar With Increasing Local Transmissions

YANGON, Aug 22 (NNN-MNA) – The number of COVID-19 cases reached 419 in Myanmar yesterday, with increasing number of local transmissions, according to a release from the Health and Sports Ministry. Ten more people, including a 10-year-old child, in Sittwe township of Rakhine state, tested positive on Friday night. On…

Singapore Reports 117 New COVID-19 Cases

SINGAPORE, Aug 22 (NNN-CNA) – Singapore’s Ministry of Health (MOH) reported 117 new COVID-19 cases yesterday, bringing the total confirmed cases in the country to 56,216. Of the new cases, 13 are imported cases, six are community cases and the rest are linked with the dormitories of foreign workers. Yesterday,…

Nepali Gov’t Decides To Resume Scheduled International Flights From Sept 1

KATHMANDU, Aug 22 (NNN-NEPALNEWS) – The Nepali government has decided to resume scheduled international flights from Sept 1, after nearly six months of flight suspension, a cabinet minister said yesterday. The Nepali government suspended international flights since Mar 22, to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The country had earlier planned…

Roundup: All Nine Men Trapped In India’s Hydroelectric Plant Fire Killed

by Peerzada Arshad Hamid NEW DELHI, Aug 22 (NNN-XINHUA) – Rescuers yesterday recovered bodies of all the nine people, who were trapped inside a hydroelectric power plant that caught fire Thursday night, in India’s southern state of Telangana, officials said. The fire broke out Thursday night, in its under tunnel…

China To Raise Gasoline, Diesel Retail Prices Today

BEIJING, Aug 22 (NNN-XINHUA) – China will raise the retail prices of gasoline and diesel starting today, the country’s top economic planner said, yesterday. The price of gasoline will go up by 85 yuan (about 12.3 U.S. dollars) per tonne, while that of diesel will increase by 80 yuan, according…

India’s COVID-19 Tally Surpasses 2.9 Million, Philippines Confirms 4,786 New Cases

HONG KONG, Aug 22 (NNN-XINHUA) – India’s COVID-19 tally surpassed 2.9 million yesterday, as cases in Bangladesh climbed past 290,000, while the Philippines reported 4,786 newly confirmed cases, bringing the total cases in the Southeast Asian country to 182,365. India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 2,905,823, and the death toll surged…

Brazil Reports Nearly 50,000 New COVID-19 Cases

SAO PAULO, Aug 20 (NNN-CMA) – Brazil reported 49,298 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, raising the total caseload to 3,456,652, the Ministry of Health said yesterday. Meanwhile, 1,212 more patients died from the disease in the same period, taking the death toll to 111,100. The southeast state…

Massive Fire Breaks Out In Plastic Plant In U.S. Texas

HOUSTON, Aug 20 (NNN-XINHUA) – A massive fire that broke out overnight at a plastics plant near U.S. Texas city of Dallas is likely to burn for days, officials said. Local fire department officials said, the fire started around midnight at a plastic plant in Grand Prairie, about 21 kilometres…

15 Injured In Car Accident In West Bekaa, Lebanon

BEIRUT, Aug 20 (NNN-NNA) – Fifteen people were injured yesterday, in an accident between a passenger bus and a vehicle in West Bekaa, around 65 km away from the capital, Beirut, Elnashra news website reported. The injured people, include 10 military members, who were all transferred to a local hospital…