Israel Appoints New Health Minister To Replace Corruption-Suspect Netanyahu

JERUSALEM, Dec 30 (NNN-WAFA) – A Jewish ultra-Orthodox lawmaker was appointed on Sunday, as Israeli health minister, succeeding Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, who was forced to resign from the post amid corruption indictment. The cabinet approved Yaakov Litzman, leader of the ultra-Orthodox party of United Torah Judaism, as the new…

Bangladesh Records Lowest Temperature This Year

DHAKA, Dec 30 (NNN-BSS) – Bangladesh recorded the lowest temperature of this year on Sunday, as mercury dipped to a chilling 4.5 degrees Celsius, in the country’s northernmost Tentulia region. The severe cold brought normal life and businesses to almost a standstill in parts of Bangladesh, specially in the northern…

Cold Wave Continues To Intensify In India, Red Warning Issued

NEW DELHI, Dec 29 (NNN-PTI) – India Meteorological Department (IMD), today (Sunday), issued a red-coded warning, for parts of the country, as a cold wave continues to sweep across the country. “Red-coded warning was issued for Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, today,” IMD said. “Red colour warning…

Six Dead, Five Wounded After Shootout In Central Mexico

MEXICO CITY, Dec 29 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) – Six people were killed and five others wounded on Saturday, during a shootout in the city of Uriangato in Guanajuato state, Mexico, local authorities reported. According to local media, around 3:15 a.m. local time (0915 GMT), armed men fired on a group of…

Domino Pizza’s Exec Dies In Mauritius Holiday

MAURITIUS, Dec 29 (NNN-PIN) – The UK chief finance officer of Domino’s Pizza, drowned while on holiday with his family in Mauritius. The company said, David Bauernfeind, 51, died in a snorkling accident, on the Indian Ocean island on Boxing Day. Local reports said, Bauernfeind was found by a sailor,…

20 Bodies Recovered After Boat Accident In Central DR Congo

KINSHASA, Dec 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) – At least 20 bodies have been recovered from a boat accident, taking place in Kasai province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), local authorities said, Saturday. At least 17 bodies were recovered Tuesday and three others on Friday, in places along the Kasai river.…

Tropical Cyclone Sarai Leaves One Dead, Some 2,000 Evacuated In Fiji

SUVA, Dec 29 (NNN-XINHUA) – One person died, while nearly 2,000 others take refuge in over 50 evacuation centres, as the category-two tropical cyclone Sarai, continues to sweep Fiji with heavy rain and wind. According to a government press release last night, the Fiji National Disaster Management Office confirmed that…

Wikileaks Publishes New Documents Showing OPCW Manipulated Report On Douma Incident

LONDON, Dec 28 (NNN-SANA) – WikiLeaks published four new leaked documents, from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), showing that the organisation manipulated the final report on the alleged chemical attack in Douma. One of the documents is minutes from a meeting on Jun 6, 2018, where…

ADB To Provide 80 Million USD To Promote Health Services In Mongolia

ULAN BATOR, Dec 28 (NNN-MONGOLIA WEB) – The Asian Development Bank (ADB), on Friday, signed a loan and grant agreement worth 80 million U.S. dollars, with the Mongolian government, for promoting health care services in the Asian country. Declan Magee, ADB deputy country director for Mongolia, and Mongolian Finance Minister,…

Thai Ministers Sign Agreements To Remove Two Traditional Medicines From Narcotics List

BANGKOK, Dec 28 (NNN-TNA) – The Thai government is set to remove marijuana and kratom from the list of narcotics, paving the way for more effective medical uses. Kratom is a tropical tree, a Mitragyna speciosa, native to Southeast Asia, with leaves that contain compounds that can have psychotropic (mind-altering)…
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