Nine People, Including Three Soldiers, Killed In Southern Philippine Clash

MANILA, Aug 1 (NNN-PNA) – Six suspected Abu Sayyaf terrorists and three soldiers were killed in a clash, at a town in the remote southern Philippine Sulu province yesterday, the military said. Army Major, Arvin Encinas, the spokesperson for the military’s Western Mindanao Command, said, three soldiers were also wounded,…

Vietnam Registers First Death Of COVID-19, As Philippines And Tokyo See Record Number Of Daily Cases

HONG KONG, Aug 1 (NNN-XINHUA) – Vietnam registered its first COVID-19 death yesterday, amid a resurgence of infections in the country, while the Philippines and Tokyo, confirmed record numbers of daily cases. Vietnam’s Ministry of Health confirmed that a 70-year-old Vietnamese man died of COVID-19, which is the country’s first…

India Extends Suspension Of Int’l Flights Till End Of Aug

NEW DELHI, Aug 1 (NNN-UNI) – India yesterday extended the ban on international flights till Aug 31, said an official statement. However, travel will take place under the “travel bubbles,” which the country has created with some countries like Germany, the United States and France, added the statement. A statement…

Thai Police Seize Four Million Speed Pills In Chiang Rai

BANGKOK, Aug 1 (NNN-TNA) – Thai police said, in a press briefing yesterday that, it had seized four million speed pills from a pick up truck, and nabbed the driver, in Chiang Rai in northern Thailand. Police said, investigators found 40 green backpacks, each containing 50 bundles of methamphetamine pills,…

Italian-American Automaker FCA Posts Net Losses Of One Billion Euros In Q2

ROME, Aug 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Italian-American automaker, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA), posted net losses of one billion euros (1.18 billion U.S. dollars), in the second quarter (Q2) this year, the company said, yesterday. FCA said, it shipped 424,000 vehicles worldwide in Q2, down by 63 percent, compared to the same…

Train Accident Leaves Two Dead, 50 Others Injured In Portugal

LISBON, Aug 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) – A high-speed train with 212 passengers that left Lisbon for northern Portugal’s city of Braga, collided with a railroad maintenance vehicle yesterday, near Coimbra in central Portugal, killing two people and injuring 50 others, according to Coimbra District Operations Command (CDOS). The two fatal victims…

Many Parts Of France On “Orange Alert” As Mercury Soars

PARIS, Aug 1 (NNN-XINHUA) – French weather agency, Meteo France, yesterday put 29 regions, including Ile-de-France — the great Paris region, under orange alert on heatwave till this morning. “A very intense heat peak is currently affecting the country…Temperatures broke records yesterday notably in the south-west with up to 41.9…

Brazil Adds Over 1,200 Deaths From COVID-19

RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 1 (NNN-CMA) – Brazil yesterday reported a daily increase of 1,212 COVID-19 deaths, taking the national death toll to 92,475. Health authorities also detected 52,383 new cases in the past 24 hours, raising the total caseload to 2,662,485. The state of Sao Paulo, the most populous…

Pompeo Widely Blasted By U.S. Media, Seen As “Worst Secretary Of State Ever”

WASHINGTON, Aug 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) – U.S. Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, has been widely denounced by domestic media for his egregious performance in office, with The New York Times calling him “the worst secretary of state in American history, without a single diplomatic achievement.” In an opinion piece published by…

Feature: Young Palestinians Launch Initiative To Reduce Plastic Use In Blockaded Gaza

by Sanaa Kamal GAZA, Aug 1 (NNN-XINHUA) – Baraa al-Madhoun and Ghadeer al-Saqa, two young Palestinian women from the blockaded Gaza Strip, spend long hours sewing fabric bags, dedicated to their initiative of reducing the use of plastic bags in the coastal enclave. Together with five other natives of Gaza,…