DPRK’s Ruling Party Holds Meeting On New Department

PYONGYANG, Aug 6 (NNN-KCNA) – Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), presided over a meeting of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) yesterday, to establish a new division and improve the party’s functions, official media reported today. The Fourth…

Chinese Peacekeepers To Provide Medical Aid To Beirut After Deadly Explosions

BEIRUT, Aug 6 (NNN-XINHUA) – The medical unit of the Chinese peacekeeping forces to Lebanon said, it will provide medical aid to Beirut, following the deadly explosions at the Lebanese capital, yesterday. Upon request of the UN Interim Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL), the 18th batch of Chinese peacekeeping troops to…

Japan’s Capital Sees COVID-19 Cases Top 200 For 9th Day, Aichi Prefecture To Be Declared State Of Emergency

TOKYO, Aug 6 (NNN-NHK) – Tokyo metropolitan government, confirmed 263 new COVID-19 cases yesterday, while a resurgence of cases in Aichi Prefecture saw a state of emergency to be declared in the central region. Tokyo’s latest figure marks the ninth consecutive day that new daily cases have topped 200, but…

Turkey Tightens Anti-COVID-19 Rules As Daily Cases Exceed 1,000

ISTANBUL, Aug 6 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkey tightened measures against the COVID-19 pandemic across the country, as of yesterday, after daily new cases surpassed the threshold of 1,000 for the first time in weeks. The Interior Ministry pointed out at a notice, sent to all the governors’ offices in 81 provinces…

U.S. COVID-19 Cases Surpass 4.8 Million: Johns Hopkins University

NEW YORK, Aug 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The number of COVID-19 cases in the United States surpassed 4.8 million yesterday, reaching 4,802,275, as of 3:34 p.m. local time (1934 GMT), according to the Centre for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE), at Johns Hopkins University. Meanwhile, the national death toll from the…

51 Bodies Of Foreign Migrants Recovered At Mexico-U.S. Border Since 2019: Mexican Authorities

MEXICO, Aug 6 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) – Mexico’s National Institute of Immigration (INM) said, it recovered 51 bodies of foreign migrants, from the country’s northern border with the United States, since 2019. According to the INM, members of its Beta Group special task force, recovered the bodies from desert terrain and…

More Than 110 Students Quarantined In School District In U.S. Mississippi

WASHINGTON, Aug 6 (NNN-XINHUA) – More than 110 students have been sent home to quarantine for 14 days, after six kids and a school staffer tested positive for COVID-19, in a school district in southern U.S. state of Mississippi, local media reported. Taylor Coombs, spokesperson for the Corinth School District…

U.S. To Present UN Resolution To Extend Arms Embargo On Iran

WASHINGTON, Aug 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) – U.S. Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, said, the United States would present a resolution in the United Nations Security Council next week, to extend an international arms embargo on Iran, despite lukewarm support for the bid. “We’re not going to let the arms embargo expire…

Philippine Manufacturing Output Continues To Shrink In June

MANILA, Aug 5 (NNN-PNA) – The performance of manufacturing production in the Philippines contracted in June, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said today. Based on the preliminary results of the Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries (MISSI), the PSA said, the year-on-year value of production index…

Non-Compliance With Mandatory Face Mask Orders “Disgusting”: Australian PM

CANBERRA, Aug 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Australian Prime Minister, called for Australians to comply with mandatory face mask orders. Scott Morrison said this morning, he was “disgusted” by an alleged assault of a police officer in Victoria, by a woman, who refused to wear a mask. “I think the report that…