Mpox Kills Over 610 In DR Congo: Health Minister

KINSHASA, Aug 28 (NNN-IRIN) – The ongoing mpox outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has resulted in more than 17,801 suspected cases, including 610 deaths, DRC Health Minister, Roger Kamba, said yesterday. The minister urged the population to adhere to protective measures, especially with the upcoming school…

Japan Issues Emergency Warnings For Kagoshima As Typhoon Nears

TOKYO, Aug 28 (NNN-NHK) – Japan’s weather agency, today, issues emergency warnings for storms and high waves in Kagoshima prefecture, calling for top-level alerts among local residents, as powerful typhoon Shanshan approaches south-western Japan. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) told a press conference that, the maximum alert was issued due…

U.S. Special Counsel Files New Indictment Against Trump In Jan 6 Case

WASHINGTON, Aug 28 (NNN-XINHUA) – U.S. Special Counsel, Jack Smith, yesterday, filed a new indictment in the federal criminal case against former President, Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, following a Supreme Court decision that granted Trump sweeping immunity from prosecution for his “official” conduct as president. The new indictment…

Greek Tourism Revenue Surges 12.2 Percent In First Half Of This Year

ATHENS, Aug 28 (NNN-AMNA) – Greek tourism revenue surged by 12.2 percent in the first half of 2024, year-on-year, to reach 6.921 billion euros (7.75 billion U.S. dollars), according to recent data from the Bank of Greece. The revenue growth was driven by a 15.5-percent increase in inbound tourist arrivals,…

Casualties Rose To 19 With Seven Injured As Flash Floods Struck Eastern Indonesia

JAKARTA, Aug 28 (NNN-ANTARA) – Nineteen people have been confirmed dead, and seven others were injured, after flash floods and landslides struck Indonesia’s eastern North Maluku province, on Sunday, damaging houses and infrastructure, a senior official said, yesterday. Fehby Alting, head of the Disaster Management and Mitigation Office in the…

China-Nepal Agricultural Technology Park Launched In Southern Nepal

KATHMANDU, Aug 28 (NNN-XINHUA) – Nepal Southern Agricultural Science and Technology Park was launched yesterday, in the city of Bharatpur, to increase rice production in the country. The park will improve Nepal’s rice yield per unit area and increase grain production by conducting experimental demonstrations of Chongqing hybrid rice varieties,…

Malaysia’s AirAsia To Launch New Routes To China

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 28 (NNN-BERNAMA) – AirAsia, a Malaysia-based low-cost carrier, is going to launch two new routes to China, which are from Penang to Shenzhen, and from Kota Kinabalu to Shantou, according to the firm’s statement, yesterday. It said that, with the addition of these two new routes to…

UN Continues Aid Operations In Gaza Despite Violence, Israeli Evacuation Orders

UNITED NATIONS, Aug 28 (NNN-XINHUA) – Despite Gaza’s deadly violence and several recent Israeli evacuation orders, further disrupting aid operations, the head of UN security said yesterday that, relief deliveries are continuing. “The UN is determined to stay in Gaza to deliver life-saving aid for Palestinian civilians,” said Gilles Michaud,…

Egypt Retrieved Three Smuggled Artefacts From Netherlands

CAIRO, Aug 28 (NNN-MENA) – The Embassy of Egypt in The Hague received three smuggled artefacts from the Dutch authorities, and they will be sent back to Egypt soon, the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities said, yesterday. The artefacts, which belong to the Late Period of Ancient Egypt (747-332…

Iraq Arrested About 10,000 For Drug Crimes In Jan-Aug

BAGHDAD, Aug 28 (NNN-NINA) – The Iraqi authorities said yesterday that, about 10,000 suspects have been arrested across the country, for drug-related crimes, so far, this year. Hussein al-Tamimi, director of the media office at the Interior Ministry’s General Directorate of Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances Affairs, said that, the judiciary…