Iran agrees to give IAEA access to 2 requested locations

TEHRAN, Aug 28 (NNN-XINHUA) — The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) has agreed to grant the inspectors of the International Atomic Energy Organization (IAEA) with an access to two locations in the country, according to a joint statement by Iran and the IAEA. The agreement was made during a…

Covid-19: South Korean parliament closed over virus fears

SEOUL, Aug 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — South Korea’s parliament was shut down on Thursday and a group of lawmakers were in self-quarantine as the country recorded more than 400 new coronavirus infections. The South endured one of the worst early outbreaks of Covid-19 outside mainland China before bringing it broadly under…

Covid-19: India witnesses highest single day spike with 75,760 cases

NEW DELHI, Aug 28 (NNN-BSS) — India witnessed it’s highest-ever spike of the Covid-19 cases as the country registered 75,760 new cases during the last 24 hours pushing the nationwide tally to over 3.31 million. The nationwide tally pushed India to become the world’s second highest country after the United…

Covid-19: Bangladesh approves Chinese vaccine’s phase-3 trial

DHAKA, Aug 28 (NNN-BSS) — Bangladesh has approved final or phase-3 human trial of a prospective COVID-19 vaccine by China’s private Sinovac Biotech Ltd, which appeared to be a forerunner in a global race for developing inoculates against coronavirus. “We have given an approval to human trial for COVID-19 vaccine…

Update: One dead, two injured in US protest shootings in Wisconsin

The violence occured as hundreds of protesters marched for a third night following the Jacob Blake shooting KENOSHA (Wisconsin, US), Aug 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — One person was shot dead and another two were injured in the US city of Kenosha on Tuesday (Aug 25) night, according to media reports, as groups…

Covid-19: Brazilian president’s eldest son tests positive

Senator Flavio Bolsonaro BRASILIA, Aug 26 (NNN-Xinhua) — Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, the eldest son of President Jair Bolsonaro, said he had been tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). The senator said via Twitter that he was fine, had no symptoms, and was being treated at home with hydroxychloroquine…

Belarus Constitutional Court says Coordination Council is unconstitutional

MINSK, Aug 26 (NNN-Xinhua) — Chairman of the Constitutional Court of Belarus Petr Miklashevich said the Coordination Council, created on the initiative of ex-presidential candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, is unconstitutional. The Constitution of the Republic of Belarus does not provide for a possibility to establish public organizations and bodies authorized to…

Africa eradicates wild poliovirus: WHO

Angola polio vaccination campaign BRAZZAVILLE, Aug 26 (NNN-Xinhua) — The Africa Regional Certification Commission (ARCC) for Polio Eradication officially announced on Tuesday that the World Health Organization (WHO) African Region is free of wild poliovirus. This marks the eradication of the second virus from the face of the continent since…

Libya: UNSMIL “dismayed” by armed group halting elections in Traghen

The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) TRIPOLI, Aug 26 (NNN-Xinhua) — The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) said it was dismayed by an armed group affiliated to the eastern-based army halting elections scheduled to take place in the southern town of Traghen, some 780 km south…

Sudan, Ethiopia reiterate commitment to AU-sponsored Nile dam talks

KHARTOUM, Aug 26 (NNN-Xinhua) — Sudan and Ethiopia voiced commitment to the negotiations sponsored by the African Union (AU) on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). The two countries made the commitment in a joint communique issued after talks in Khartoum on Tuesday, chaired by Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok…