Vietnam records new COVID-19 case, 1st in community in 100 days

HANOI, July 25 (NNN-VNA) — Vietnam confirmed a new COVID-19 case in the community on Saturday after going through nearly 100 days without any local cases. The latest case, which brought the total in the country to 416 as of Saturday morning, is a 57-year-old man from central Da Nang…

US-China ties fray as Beijing’s Houston and Washington’s Chengdu consulates, are closed

WASHINGTON/BEIJING, July 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US-China relations deteriorated in a Cold War-style standoff as Beijing ordered a US consulate to shut in retaliation for the closure of its Houston mission — accused of being a hub for espionage and intellectual property theft. Chinese officials were seen loading large sacks of…

Covid-19: Tighter mask rules, more tests as WHO warns of Europe virus spike

GENEVA, July 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The World Health Organization expressed concern over a coronavirus resurgence in Europe as Britain joined France, Germany and Austria in announcing tighter mask rules and greater testing. Europe accounts for a fifth of the world’s more than 15 million infections and remains the hardest-hit region…

Covid-19: India sees record 49,000 new cases, drug shortages in places

A health worker uses his mobile phone to record details of residents during a check-up campaign for COVID-19 in Mumbai MUMBAI, July 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — India reported over 49,000 fresh cases of the novel coronavirus with 740 new deaths on Friday, marking the biggest daily surge in cases even as…

New wave of boat migrants overwhelms southern Italian island

Migrants disembark a boat on the Sicilian Island of Lampedusa LAMPEDUSA (Italy), July 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — About 100 migrants who crossed the Mediterranean in small boats landed on the southern island of Lampedusa during the night, the latest in a wave of arrivals straining an already overcrowded holding centre. Officials…

Middle East: Daesh prisoner issue a ticking timebomb for the west

About 11,000 foreign fighters – plus many times more women and children – are held at Al-Hol camp LONDON, July 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The latent danger posed by thousands of defeated and captured fighters who joined the Daesh group is festering and growing in the squalid, overcrowded prison camps of north-east Syria, where…

Covid-19: US says no new intake of foreign students for all-online classes

WASHINGTON, July 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States announced it will not take in any new foreign students seeking online-only study, after rescinding a hotly contested order to expel those already here and preparing for that because of the pandemic. The policy change was announced in a statement by Immigration…

Covid-19: US marks second day with 70,000-plus new cases – Johns Hopkins

WASHINGTON, July 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — For the second day running, the United States on Friday recorded more than 70,000 new coronavirus cases and more than 1,000 deaths in a 24-hour period, according to a tally maintained by Johns Hopkins University. The world’s hardest-hit country registered 73,795 new cases of COVID-19…

Covid-19: Latest global developments

PARIS, July 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Here are some of the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis: . US REPUBLICAN CONVENTION OFF: US President Donald Trump announces he is scrapping next month’s Republican convention in Florida which was expected to nominate him as the party’s candidate against Democrat Joe Biden for…

Over 5.6 mln people affected by floods in India’s Assam as death toll rises to 93

File Photo NEW DELHI, July 25 (NNN-XINHUA) — Flooding in India’s northeastern state of Assam has affected over 5.6 million people and killed 93, officials said. According to the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), the floods have claimed four lives and affected 2.8 million people in 26 districts during…