Russia’s COVID-19 Cases Top 630,000

MOSCOW, June 29 (NNN-TASS) – Russia confirmed 6,791 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, raising its total number of infections to 634,437, its coronavirus response centre said, in a statement Sunday. The death toll grew by 104 to 9,073, while 399,087 people have so far recovered, including 5,735…

New President Of Poland To Be Elected In Run-Off

WARSAW, June 29 (NNN-PPA) – Incumbent Polish President, Andrzej Duda, will meet his main rival, Rafal Trzaskowski, candidate of the main opposition party, Civic Platform (PO), in the run-off of Poland’s presidential elections, according to a poll, published on Sunday night. According to the Ipsos poll, Duda received 41.8 percent…

Over Eight Million In Beijing Receive COVID-19 Tests

Test results from about 7.69 million people have come back so far, said Zhang Qiang, deputy head of the Organisation Department of Beijing Municipal Party Committee. BEIJING, June 29 (NNN-XINHUA) – Nearly 8.3 million residents of Beijing have received nucleic acid tests, as of Sunday noon, since the resurgence of…

Global COVID-19 Deaths Surpass 500,000: Johns Hopkins University

NEW YORK, June 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Global COVID-19 deaths surpassed 500,000 on Sunday, reaching 500,108, as of 4:33 p.m. (2033 GMT), according to the Centre for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE), at Johns Hopkins University. Meanwhile, the total COVID-19 cases around the world rose to 10,063,319, according to the CSSE.…

Singapore To Permit Resumption Of Tourism Businesses

SINGAPORE, June 29 (NNN-CNA) – The Singapore Tourism Board (STB), said on Sunday that, tourism businesses in Singapore will be permitted to resume operations, at stages, from July 1, beginning with 13 attractions. The authority said, this is part of the resumption of activities in Phase 2, after the Circuit…

France Held Delayed Municipal Elections, Macron’s Party Faced Challenge

by Sonia Ounissi PARIS, June 29 (NNN-XINHUA) – As COVID-19 epidemic indicators keep improving in France, some 16.5 million voters cast their ballots on Sunday, in the second round of municipal elections, under strict health protocol. Of France’s 35,000 cities, towns and villages, about 30,000 had already elected their mayors…

World Bank To Grant Benin 50 Million USD To Mitigate COVID-19 Impacts

COTONOU, June 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The World Bank will provide Benin with 50 million U.S. dollars, to cope with socioeconomic impacts of COVID-19 pandemic, according to statement in the capital, Cotonou. Approved by the World Bank Board of Directors on June 26, in Washington, the financial package is to “help…

New High-Speed Railway Connects East, Central China

HEFEI, June 29 (NNN-XINHUA) – A new high-speed railway route connecting east and central China started operation on Sunday. With a designed speed of 350 kph, the route connects the city of Shangqiu in central China’s Henan Province, and Hefei and Hangzhou, the capital cities of east China’s Anhui and…

Israel’s Youngest COVID-19 Victim Dies At Age 19

JERUSALEM, June 28 (NNN-MA’AN) – A 19-year-old woman died of COVID-19 on Saturday, becoming the youngest victim of the virus in Israel. The patient suffered from many other severe diseases, including pulmonary hypertension and heart failure, with extreme overweight, causing movement difficulty, said Hadassah Medical Centre in Jerusalem. The patient…

Unknown Warplanes Strike Military Positions In Eastern Syria

DAMASCUS, June 28 (NNN-SANA) – Unknown warplanes struck positions of the Syrian army and Iranian forces, in the eastern province of Deir al-Zour on Saturday, a war monitor reported. The warplanes struck positions before sunset in the al-Abbas village, in the countryside of the city of Al-Bukamal, in the eastern…