Health

Kuwait Resumes Commercial Flights After Months Of Suspension

KUWAIT, Aug 2 (NNN-XINHUA) – Kuwait resumed on Saturday, commercial flights at Kuwait International Airport, the country’s civil aviation authorities…

COVID-19 Death Toll Tops 10,000 In Colombia

BOGOTA, Aug 1 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) – Colombia registered 295 new COVID-19 deaths in the last 24 hours, taking its total…

Vietnam Registers First Death Of COVID-19, As Philippines And Tokyo See Record Number Of Daily Cases

HONG KONG, Aug 1 (NNN-XINHUA) – Vietnam registered its first COVID-19 death yesterday, amid a resurgence of infections in the…

India Extends Suspension Of Int’l Flights Till End Of Aug

NEW DELHI, Aug 1 (NNN-UNI) – India yesterday extended the ban on international flights till Aug 31, said an official…

Many Parts Of France On “Orange Alert” As Mercury Soars

PARIS, Aug 1 (NNN-XINHUA) – French weather agency, Meteo France, yesterday put 29 regions, including Ile-de-France — the great Paris…

Brazil Adds Over 1,200 Deaths From COVID-19

RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 1 (NNN-CMA) – Brazil yesterday reported a daily increase of 1,212 COVID-19 deaths, taking the national…

Feature: Young Palestinians Launch Initiative To Reduce Plastic Use In Blockaded Gaza

by Sanaa Kamal GAZA, Aug 1 (NNN-XINHUA) – Baraa al-Madhoun and Ghadeer al-Saqa, two young Palestinian women from the blockaded…

Highest Single Day Spike Takes India’s COVID-19 Tally To Over 1.6 Million

NEW DELHI, Aug 1 (NNN-UNI) – India recorded the highest ever single-day spike of 55,078 of fresh COVID-19 cases on…

ADB Approves 20 Million USD Grant To Help Samoa Respond To COVID-19

MANILA, July 30 (NNN-PNA) – Asian Development Bank (ADB), today said, it has approved a 20-million-U.S. dollar grant, to help…

Vietnam’s Industrial Production Up Slightly In Seven Months

HANOI, July 30 (NNN-VNA) – Vietnam’s national index of industrial production, advanced 2.6 percent year-on-year, in the first seven months…