Some Syrians Achieve Self-Sufficiency Through Farming On Rooftops

by Hummam Sheikh Ali SWEIDA, July 27 (NNN-XINHUA) – Trailing his hands over their soft green tips, Ziad Thabet looks with pride at the vegetables he planted on his rooftop, as part of his efforts to achieve self-sufficiency, amid soaring prices in the markets. Like most Syrians, the retiree felt…

10 Dead, Nearly 1.5 Million People Affected By Floods In India’s Bihar State

NEW DELHI, July 27 (NNN-UNI) – At least 10 people were killed and nearly 1.5 million people were affected by floods, in 11 districts in India’s eastern state of Bihar, the state disaster management department said. Darbhanga is the worst-affected district, as 536,000 people have either been displaced or are…

Tanzanians Pay Tribute To Former President Mkapa

DAR ES SALAAM, July 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Tanzanians, yesterday, paid tribute to the country’s late former president, Benjamin Mkapa, who died at the age of 81. At Uhuru Stadium, in the country’s commercial capital, Dar es Salaam, Tanzanians from all walks of life came to pay their last respects. The…

Heavy Rain Affects Over Eight Million People In China’s Anhui

HEFEI, July 27 (NNN-XINHUA) – Heavy rain has affected more than 8.4 million people in east China’s Anhui Province, local authorities said. Continuous downpours led to the evacuation of some 1.12 million people, and caused direct economic losses of nearly 33 billion yuan (about 4.7 billion U.S. dollars), as of…

Israelis Continue Protests Against Netanyahu’s Handling Of Pandemic

JERUSALEM, July 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Thousands of Israelis held several demonstrations across the country, against their prime minister yesterday, with the main protest taking place in Jerusalem, outside the official residence of Benjamin Netanyahu. The protests have been going on for the past few weeks, sparked by what critics see…

Singapore Reports 513 COVID-19 Cases

SINGAPORE, July 26 (NNN-CNA) – Singapore’s Ministry of Health (MOH), reported 513 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, bringing the total confirmed cases in the country to 49,888. Of the new cases, six are imported cases, two are community cases and the rest are linked with the dormitories of foreign workers.…

India’s Main Opposition Party INC Calls Nationwide Protests Against Main Ruling BJP

NEW DELHI, July 26 (NNN-UNI) – India’s main opposition party, the Indian National Congress (INC), decided to organise nationwide protests tomorrow, against the country’s ruling party – Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), over the latter’s attempts to “topple” INC-led state governments. Prior to Monday’s protests, the opposition party is organising a…

Hurricane Hanna makes landfall in Texas

HOUSTON, July 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Hanna, the first hurricane of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season, made landfall in the U.S. state of Texas, on Saturday afternoon, with rain surge and maximum winds of 90 mph, according to the U.S. National Hurricane Centre (NHC). Hanna morphed from a tropical storm into…

Seven Wounded In Shooting In Central California

LOS ANGELES, July 26 (NNN-XINHUA) – Seven people were wounded early Saturday morning, in a shooting in central California, authorities said. The California Highway Patrol reported first that, its units were on a traffic stop, near the area of 4400 Woodward Avenue, in the city of Manteca, when they heard…

Nigeria To Resume Train Services After Months Of Shutdown

ABUJA, July 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Nigeria will resume its train services after months of shutdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, said Saturday. The Abuja-Kaduna rail line, which has been shut down since Mar, to curb the spread of the virus, will resume operations on Wednesday,…