At Least Two Dead In Devastating Australian Bush-fires

SYDNEY, Nov 9 (NNN-XINHUA) – Bush-fires have claimed the lives of at least two people, in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW), authorities confirmed on Saturday (today). A further seven people were unaccounted for, with fears that the death toll could rise. “Our thoughts and prayers go to…

Hundreds Of Thousands Of Civilians At Risk In Syria, Amid Ongoing Violence: UN

UNITED NATIONS, Nov 9 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Almost daily violence, targeting built-up areas and health facilities in Syria, continues to threaten the lives of civilians there, the United Nations said. At least 92 people have been killed in northeastern and northwestern Syria, in the weeks following Oct 9, when Turkish forces…

Chinese Embassy Makes Donation To Help Disabled Children In Mongolia

ULAN BATOR, Nov 9 (NNN-XINHUA) – The Chinese Embassy in Mongolia, on Friday, donated 19 million Mongolian tugriks (7,037 U.S. dollars) to disabled children from poor families. The charity event entitled “Warm Heart,” which was held at the Development Centre for Disabled Children in the capital, supported a total of…

Vietnamese Security Ministry Releases Identities Of 39 Victims In Britain

HANOI, Nov 9 (NNN-VNA) – The Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security, announced here on Friday, the list of all 39 Vietnamese victims, in the incident of the container truck detected in the British county of Essex. After determining the 39 people’s identities, Vietnam’s relevant authorities contacted each bereaved family, to…

UAE Supplies Medicines To Yemen’s Hodeidah Medical Centres

HODEIDAH, Nov 7 (NNN-WAM) – The UAE, represented by the Emirates Red Crescent, ERC, provided new supplies of medicines and laboratory equipment, to three medical centres in Hodeidah Governorate, as part of its timely efforts to support the health sector, in Yemen’s Red Sea Coast. The medical aid was delivered…

Philippines’ Duterte Wants To Ban Single-Use Plastics

MANILA, Nov 7 (NNN-PNA) – Philippine President, Rodrigo Duterte, wants to ban single-use plastics in the country, his spokesman said today (Thursday). Spokesman, Salvador Panelo, said, Duterte floated the idea during a cabinet meeting at the presidential palace on Wednesday night. Panelo said, the issue on plastic pollution was raised,…

Four Tourists, Among eight stabbed In Jordan’s Jerash

AMMAN, Nov 7 (NNN-PETRA) – Four tourists and four Jordanians were stabbed, on Wednesday, and sustained injuries. The tourists, comprising of three Mexicans and a Swiss, were attacked with a knife, at the Jerash tourist attraction site and the attacker was arrested. Two local citizens, a policeman and a tour…

Eight Dead, Four Injured In Bus-Van Collision In Philippines

MANILA, Philippines, Nov 7 (NNN-PNA) – Eight people were killed and four others injured, in a head-on collision, between a bus and a passenger van, in Camarines Sur province, south of Manila, police said on Thursday (today). Police said, the accident occurred around 8.00 p.m. Wednesday night (last night), along…

Philippines Confirms Fourth Polio Case Since Outbreak In Sept

MANILA, Nov 6 (NNN-PNA) – The Philippines Department of Health (DOH), confirmed a fourth polio case in the country, saying that another child has tested positive for the disease in the southern Philippines. Health Secretary, Francisco Duque, said in a statement that, the fourth case was recorded in Mindanao in…

UN Seeks 32 Million USD To Bridge Gap In Winter Funding For Displaced Syrians

UNITED NATIONS, Nov 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) – While winter preparations are underway, for about 900,000 Syrians, displaced from their homes by war, there is a gap of 32 million U.S. dollars in funding for it, a UN spokesman said on Tuesday. “Some 900,000 people in northwest Syria are expected to benefit…
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