Israel Reports First Suspected Case Of Monkeypox

JERUSALEM, May 21 (NNN-PNA) – The Israeli health ministry, last night, reported the country’s first suspected case of monkeypox, after the viral disease has recently been detected across North America and Europe. Earlier in the day, a man in his 30s, returning from western Europe, visited Ichilov Hospital in Tel…

New French government to be announced on Friday: presidency

 PARIS, May 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — France’s new government lineup will be announced later on Friday, the presidency said, with the new cabinet set to meet on Monday. The announcement came four days after Elisabeth Borne, the outgoing labour minister, was named premier, becoming the first woman to head the French…

Covid-19 may already be classified as seasonal disease, Russia’s chief sanitary doctor says

MOSCOW, May 20 (NNN-TASS) – The coronavirus infection may now be categorized as a seasonal acute respiratory viral disease, Russia’s Head of the Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing Anna Popova said in an interview with TASS. “We really hope that we will be able…

Iranian FM Says Agreement In Vienna Talks Within Reach If U.S. Acts “Logically”

TEHRAN, May 20 (NNN-IRNA) – If the United States acts “logically,” an agreement in the Vienna talks on the revival of the 2015 nuclear deal will be within reach, Iranian Foreign Minister, Hossein Amir Abdollahian said, yesterday. Amir Abdollahian made the remarks in a phone conversation with his Russian counterpart,…

US Pres Biden leaves for Asia under Ukraine, North Korea nuclear shadows

WASHINGTON, May 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Joe Biden left for South Korea and Japan to cement US leadership in Asia at a time when the White House’s attention has been pulled back to Russia and Europe — and amid fears of a North Korean nuclear test during his trip. Biden…

Russia-Ukraine conflict: US, Russia trade blame on food insecurity

UNITED NATIONS, May 20 (BSS/AFP) – The United States and Russia blamed each other for the worsening food situation around the world as the war in Ukraine unfolds. Washington called on Russia to allow exports of Ukrainian grain that is held up in Black Sea ports. Ukraine is one of…

Namibia comes to Europe to sell its sunshine

PARIS, May 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — As Europe struggles to decarbonise its economy and wean itself off Russian oil and gas, one of the world’s sunniest and most arid nations is pitching itself to the continent as an answer to its problems. A delegation from sub-Saharan Africa’s driest country has been touring Europe to tout their nation as a…

Russia-Ukraine conflict: UN urges Russia, Ukraine to resume peace talks

 GENEVA, May  20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United Nations urged Russia and Ukraine to “build on” contacts and coordination that enabled the evacuation operations from Mariupol in order to resume stalled peace talks.  The successful operations to evacuate civilians and later fighters from the sprawling Azovstal steelworks in the devastated Ukrainian port points the…

NATO Chief Vows To Settle Turkey’s Concerns Over Expansion

COPENHAGEN, May 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Jens Stoltenberg, secretary general of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), yesterday pledged to address Turkey’s concerns on Finland’s and Sweden’s applications to join the military alliance. “We are addressing the concerns that Turkey has expressed,” he said at a press conference, held here jointly…

UN Mission Urges Lebanon, Israel To Resolve Rifts Through Tripartite Meetings

BEIRUT, May 20 (NNN-NNA) – The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), yesterday called on Lebanon and Israel, to use the tripartite meetings, to find win-win solutions to the contentious issues along their border. A tripartite meeting was held yesterday in Ras Al Naqoura, Lebanon, which was attended by…
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