Charity Event Held In Mongolia To Mark 70th Anniversary Of China-Mongolia Ties

ULAN BATOR, Mongolia, Aug 3 (NNN-MONGOLIA WEB) – China’s Enlai Foundation and the Mongolian Ministry of Labour and Social Protection, organised a charity event here on Friday, to celebrate the long-standing friendship between the two countries. Officials from China and Mongolia, including Xing Haiming, Chinese Ambassador to Mongolia, Shen Qing,…

Over 20,000 Australian Hospital Workers Go On Strike After Violent Assaults On Staff

SYDNEY, Australia, Aug 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) – More than 20,000 hospital workers in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) walked off the job today (Thursday), calling for better security measures, following a series of violent assaults on staff. Health Services Union (HSU) NSW Secretary, Gerard Hayes, claimed that, around…

Dengue Fever Infections Surge In Vietnam In Seven Months

HANOI, Vietnam, July 30 (NNN-VNA) – Between Jan 1 and July 29, Vietnam spotted over 105,000 dengue fever patients, more than trebled the cases in the same period last year. Of the over 105,000 dengue fever patients, 10 have died, the country’s Health Ministry said. On Monday, the health minister…

UAE Continues To Send Relief Convoys To Dhale, Yemen

DHALE, Yemen, July 29 (NNN-WAM) – The United Arab Emirates (UAE), continues to send aid convoys, carrying all essential items, including medical supplies, to the Yemeni governorate of Dhale, through the Emirates Red Crescent, ERC. An ERC volunteer team, oversaw the distribution of the relief convoys, in the presence of…

Bangladeshi Court Orders 5-Week Ban On 14 Pasteurised Milk Companies

DHAKA, Bangladesh, July 29 (NNN-BSS) – A High Court Division bench of Bangladesh, on Sunday, ordered the state agencies to stop production, distribution, sale, purchase and consumption of pasteurised milk of 14 companies, for the next five weeks over presence of detergent and antibiotics in their products. The bench of…

Civilian Killed In Bomb Explosion Near Iraq’s Karbala

BAGHDAD, Iraq, July 28 (NNN-NINA) – A civilian was killed and two others wounded on Saturday, in a bomb explosion in a minibus, outside the Shiite city of Karbala, the Iraqi military said. The incident took place, when the minibus was crossing a security checkpoint, at the entrance of Karbala,…

Shelling Of Field Hospital In Tripoli Kills Five Medical Workers, Injures Eight Others

TRIPOLI, Libya, July 28 (NNN-XINHUA) – A field hospital here was shelled on Saturday, in which five medical workers were killed and eight others injured, as the armed conflict between the UN-backed government forces and the east-based army continues. “The Ministry of Health condemns in the strongest terms, the shelling…

Two Killed, Nine Athletes, Eight Others Injured As Nightclub’s Loft Collapses In S.Korea’s Gwangju

GWANGJU, South Korea, July 27 (NNN-YONHAP) – Two South Koreans were killed, and nine athletes and eight others were wounded early today (Saturday), as a loft inside a nightclub collapsed in South Korea’s south-western city of Gwangju, where the 18th FINA World Championships was ongoing. The loft, about 2.5 metres…

Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Meets World Food Programme Chief To Discuss Cooperation

DUBAI, United Arab Emirate, July 27 (NNN-WAM) – Abu Dhabi Crown Prince, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, on Friday, met with David Beasley, executive director of the World Food Programme (WFP), to discuss cooperation and coordination between the two sides. The crown price discussed with Beasley, means to liaise…

Vietnam To Vaccinate Girls Against Cervical Cancer

HANOI, Vietnam, July 25 (NNN-VNA) – Vietnam plans to vaccinate girls against cervical cancer, which kills seven local women each day, local media reported today. The Health Ministry will implement a human papilloma-virus (HPV) vaccination programme, in the capital city Hanoi, northern Quang Ninh province, central Khanh Hoa province, southern…
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