China: 4 dead, 4 missing in coal mine accident

XI’AN, Nov 6 (NNN-Xinhua) — A suspected gas outburst in a coal mine in northwest China’s Shaanxi Province left four dead while the search is on for four others who are believed to be missing. A total of 42 miners were working in the mine operated by Qiaoziliang Coal Industry…

Covid-19: India’s caseload mounts to 83.64 lakh with 50,210 new cases

NEW DELHI, Nov 6 (NNN-PTI) — India’s COVID-19 tally climbed to 83.64 lakh (1:100,000) with 50,210 new cases in a day, while 7,711,809 people have recuperated so far, pushing the national recovery rate to 92.20 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The total coronavirus cases mounted to…

Covid-19: China bars arrivals from UK, Belgium due to second waves

BEIJING, Nov 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — China has imposed fresh travel bans onnon-Chinese arrivals from Britain and Belgium, as it guards against aresurgence of the coronavirus by refusing entry to people from two ofEurope’s worst-hit nations. Covid-19 first emerged in central China late last year, but Beijing haslargely brought its own…

Covid-19: Reluctant last orders as England enters new lockdown

LONDON, Nov 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — After downing a final round of drinks, queueing outside soon-to-close shops or getting a last haircut, England’s 56 million people entered a second coronavirus lockdown on Thursday with more doubts about the stringent policy than the first time around. Prime Minister Boris Johnson abandoned a…

Kosovo president resigns over war crimes indictment

PRISTINA, Nov 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Kosovo President Hashim Thaci resigned Thursday to face a war crimes court in The Hague, which confirmed an indictment against him dating back to Kosovo’s 1990s conflict with Serbia. “I will not allow under any circumstances that I appear before court as the president of…

US presidential election: Russia says ‘obvious shortcomings’ in US election system

MOSCOW, Nov 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russia’s foreign ministry said outdated legislation and a lack of regulation had revealed flaws in the US electoral system, as votes were being tallied to decide the next American president. The knife-edge US presidential race was tilted toward Democrat Joe Biden early Thursday, but President…

Death and destruction as Tropical Storm Eta batters Central America

TEGUCIGALPA, Nov 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Tropical Storm Eta pushed intoHonduras after leaving behind a trail of destruction in Nicaragua, where it made landfall as a Category Four hurricane. At least four people — two in Nicaragua and two in Honduras — werekilled as Eta dumped heavy rain that unleashed widespread…

US presidential election: Biden closes in on White House victory, Trump turns to courts

WASHINGTON, Nov 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Former vice president Joe Biden, making his third run at the White House, was tantalizingly close to victory on Thursday as President Donald Trump sought to stave off defeat with scattershot legal challenges. Biden, 77, needs a total of 270 votes to capture the Electoral…

Update: Death toll up to 114 in Turkey’s earthquake, rescue completed

ISTANBUL, Nov 4 (NNN-Xinhua) — A total of 114 people were killed and 1,035 others wounded in a strong earthquake that hit Turkey’s western province of Izmir, the Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) said on Wednesday. In a written statement, AFAD said 137 citizens are still under treatment in…

Nigerian troops kill 75 Boko Haram militants in clearance operation

Nigerian Army soldiers stand at a base in Baga, in Nigeria’s restive northeast, on August 2, 2019. The country’s military has announced casualty numbers for the month of October after extensive operations ABUJA, Nov 4 (NNN-Xinhua) — Nigerian troops killed 75 Boko Haram militants in about a month’s time in…