Update: Death toll rises to 11 in air conditioner explosion at Narayanganj mosque

DHAKA, Sept 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The death toll in the horrible air conditioner explosion at a mosque in Narayanganj has risen to 11 people including a child and a Muazzin. The burn victims were being treated at the Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery after the incident.…

Typhoon Haishen hampers search for ship survivors near Japan

TOKYO, Sept 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Japanese authorities on Saturday resumed searching for dozens of missing sailors from a cargo ship that sank in a typhoon, but high waves caused by an approaching storm prevented boats from joining the operation. The Japan coastguard found a second survivor on Friday after the…

France reports nearly 9,000 new COVID-19 cases, largest daily spike since outbreak

PARIS, Sept 5 (NNN-Xinhua) — The coronavirus accelerated its spreading in France, with 8,975 new cases diagnosed in the past 24 hours, the largest daily uptick since the outbreak of the epidemic in the country, French health authorities announced on Friday. Between Thursday and Friday, 53 new clusters have been…

Covid-10: Ecuador saves over 56,000 jobs during pandemic, says president

Thousands of people have taken to the streets in Ecuador to protest against the government’s economic response to the coronavirus outbreak QUITO, Sept 5 (NNN-Xinhua) — The Ecuadorian government was able to save more than 56,000 jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic thanks to a Humanitarian Aid Law that was put…

US presidential election: First ballots issued in North Carolina

WASHINGTON, Sept 5 (NNN-Xinhua) — More than half-million absentee ballots, the first ballots of the 2020 U.S. presidential election, have left elections offices en route to voters who have requested them across the southern state of North Carolina, a spokesman for the North Carolina Board of Elections said. Over 643,000…

Serbia, Kosovo agree on economic normalization, after meeting with US Pres Trump

U.S. President Donald Trump (M), Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic (L) and the head of government of Kosovo Avdullah Hoti WASHINGTON, Sept 5 (NNN-Xinhua) — The leaders of Serbia and Kosovo agreed to economic normalization at a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in the White House on Friday. With Serbian…

China backs Venezuela’s right to safeguard national sovereignty: FM

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro (L) greets Chinese medical experts in Caracas, Venezuela BEIJING, Sept 5 (NNN-Xinhua) — China stands with the Venezuelan people in their fight against COVID-19 and upholds the Venezuelan government’s right to safeguard national sovereignty, and national dignity and development, State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi…

Lebanon: Beirut marks one month since deadly port blasts

People participate in a prayer gathering to mark one month after huge explosions in Beirut BEIRUT, Sept 5 (NNN-Xinhua) — A number of Muslim and Christian clerics and a big crowd of citizens held a prayer gathering near the destroyed wheat squashes at the port of Beirut for those who…

More vessels join rescue efforts on burning oil tanker off Sri Lanka’s eastern coast

Fireboats extinguish fire of an oil tanker in the seas off Sri Lanka’s eastern coast COLOMBO, Sept 5 (NNN-Xinhua) — The Sri Lanka Navy said more vessels had joined the rescue efforts in dousing the flames on board an oil tanker which caught fire on Thursday morning in the seas…

Beirut explosion: Rescuers investigate ‘heartbeat in the rubble’

People at the scene are hoping for a miraculous story of survival BEIRUT, Sept 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) —Rescuers in Beirut are continuing to search through the rubble of a building amid reports a person could be alive, one month after a massive blast devastated the Lebanese capital. Specialist sensor equipment was to sent…