Covid-19: IMF approves $1 billion, 3-year loan for Uganda
WASHINGTON, June 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The IMF board on Monday approved a $1 billion, three-year loan for Uganda to help…
Iran says it has drone that can travel 7,000 km
TEHRAN, June 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Iran has drones capable of flying 7,000 kilometres, the commander of its Revolutionary Guard force…
Court orders Samoa parliament to sit to end vote impasse
APIA (Samoa), June 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Samoa’s Supreme Court ordered parliament to sit within seven days, effectively setting a deadline…
Covid-19: Guam launches vacation-and-vax tourism drive
HAGATNA (Guam), June 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US Pacific territory of Guam will offer visitors a Covid-19 vaccination with…
Sudan’s transition faces hurdle of merging paramilitary into army
KHARTOUM, June 28, 2021 (BSS/AFP) – Integrating a powerful paramilitary force into the army has emerged as the latest…
Russia, China extend friendship treaty, hail ties
MOSCOW, June 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The leaders of China and Russia on Monday announced the extension of a 20-year-old…
UN Security Council confronts growing threat of cyber attacks
UNITED NATIONS, June 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The UN Security Council on Tuesday will hold its first formal public meeting on…
World’s second-largest hydropower dam goes online in China
BEIJING, June 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — China began operating the world’s second-largest hydropower station on Monday in what officials hailed as…
Haiti to hold delayed constitutional referendum in September
PORT-AU-PRINCE, June 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Haiti’s constitutional referendum, initially slated for April but postponed twice due to the coronavirus pandemic,…
Covid-19: India’s holy Ganges river gives up its coronavirus dead
ALLAHABAD (India), June 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Partly hidden between long reeds of grass, bodies shrouded in saffron cloth float silently…