24-Hour National Truck Strike Threatens Supply Chains Across Australia

SYDNEY, Aug 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Starting from midnight tonight, some 7,000 truck drivers from one of Australia’s largest transport companies, Toll, are set to go on a 24-hour national strike, which could mean disruptions to food and fuel supply chains across the country. The drivers on strike are members of…

Pakistan Records 4,016 New COVID-19 Cases

ISLAMABAD, Aug 27 (NNN-APP) – Pakistan reported 4,016 new COVID-19 cases over the last 24 hours, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), said today. Amid the fourth wave of the pandemic, the overall tally of the infected people climbed to 1,144,341 across the country, the department leading the country’s…

New Zealand Reports 70 New Community Cases Of COVID-19 Delta Variant

WELLINGTON, Aug 27 (NNN-XINHUA) – New Zealand reported 70 new community cases of Delta variant today, bringing the total number of cases in the community outbreak to 347. All the new cases are detected in Auckland, the country’s largest city. The total number of community cases in Auckland is now…

Covid-19: WHO begins shipping Chinese vaccines despite some misgivings

BRUSSELS, Aug 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The World Health Organization’s pandemic programme plans to ship 100 million doses of the Sinovac and Sinopharm COVID-19 shots by the end of next month, mostly to Africa and Asia, in its first delivery of Chinese vaccines, a WHO document shows. The Chinese shipments will…

Australia Approves COVID-19 Vaccines For Adolescents Amid Battle Against Third Wave Of Infections

CANBERRA, Aug 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Australia recommended vaccination for all individuals from 12 years old, extending the current recommendation for those aged 16 years and older. The Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI), today advised the government that the Pfizer vaccine is safe and effective for children aged 12-15.…

Pentagon bracing for more attacks after troops killed at Kabul airport

WASHINGTON, Aug 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US forces helping to evacuate Afghans desperate to flee Taliban rule braced for more attacks on Friday after a Daesh suicide bomber killed 103 people, including 13 US soldiers and 28 Taliban members outside the gates of Kabul airport. Two blasts and gunfire rocked the area outside the airport…

S.Korea’s Nuke Envoy To Visit Washington For Korean Peninsula Issue

SEOUL, Aug 27 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea’s nuclear envoy will visit Washington this weekend, to discuss issues on the Korean Peninsula, the South Korean foreign ministry said. Noh Kyu-duk, South Korea’s special representative for Korean Peninsula peace and security affairs, will make a four-day trip to Washington, between Sunday and…

UN calls Afghanistan meet for Security Council permanent five

  UNITED NATIONS, Aug 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called a meeting of the permanent members of the Security Council to discuss the chaotic situation in Afghanistan, diplomats said.   Guterres sent letters formally inviting the United States, Britain, France, Russia and China to meet on Monday,…

Huawei To Help Pakistani Gov’t Develop World’s Largest Riverfront Smart City

ISLAMABAD, Aug 27 (NNN-APP) – Chinese tech giant, Huawei, and Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province’s urban development project, Ravi Urban Development Authority (RUDA), signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU), to develop the world’s largest riverfront smart city. Under the MoU, both sides will join hands to revive the dying Ravi River…

Update: Kabul suicide bombings toll rises to 103

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 (AGENCIES) — The death toll in the bombing attacks in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Thursday have risen to at least 103 people. The number of U.S. service members killed in the attacks has risen to 13, with 18 more injured troops currently in the process…
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