Landslides Kill Five In Western Indonesia

JAKARTA, Aug 29 (NNN-ANTARA) – Rescuers have recovered five bodies from the landslides that hit a village in Indonesia’s province of North Sumatra, days ago, a statement from the local disaster mitigation agency said yesterday. The landslides, triggered by heavy rains, also injured four people and damaged seven houses in…

Several Hospitals, Clinics In Singapore To Offer Sinopharm COVID-19 Vaccines

SINGAPORE, Aug 29 (NNN-CNA) – The first batch of Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine will be available at some hospitals and clinics in Singapore from tomorrow. The IHH Healthcare Singapore, a private healthcare provider, said in a Facebook post yesterday that, it will open appointment bookings for the Chinese vaccine tomorrow, and…

6.0 Magnitude Quake Jolts Indonesia’s Easternmost Province Of Papua, No Casualty Reported

JAKARTA, Aug 29 (NNN-ANTARA) – An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0, rocked Indonesia’s easternmost province of Papua yesterday, but no preliminary reports on damages or casualties were issued, an agency and an official said. The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency did not issue any tsunami warning, as the jolts…

Afghans ‘we want peace from the world’ demonstrate in Athens

ATHENS, Aug 29 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Hundreds of Afghans marched to the US Embassy in Athens on Saturday, making a plea to the international community for peace and holding banners reading, “Afghanistan is bleeding” and “hands off our land.” Following the Taliban’s takeover of the country earlier this month, US troops have begun…

Bangladesh’s One-Day COVID-19 Death Toll Drops Below 100

DHAKA, Aug 29 (NNN-BSS) – Bangladesh yesterday reported 3,436 new COVID-19 cases and 80 new deaths, the lowest single day fatality count since June 26, bringing the tally to 1,489,589, and the death toll at 25,926, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said. The official data showed that 25,129…

Cambodia To Provide Temporary Refuge To 300 Afghan Refugees: PM

PHNOM PENH, Aug 29 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodian Prime Minister, Samdech Techo Hun Sen, said yesterday that, the nation will provide temporary refuge to 300 Afghan refugees, before they are granted asylum by a third country. Hun Sen said, the decision was made based on humanitarian principles, following a request from…

Maldives Demands 6.5 Million USD For Reef Damaged By Cargo Ship

MALE, Aug 29 (NNN-IPS) – Maldives’ Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has demanded 100 million Maldivian rufiyaa (6.5 million U.S. dollars) as compensation from a cargo ship, which ran aground on a protected reef, the Times of Addu reported here yesterday. Panama-flagged cargo ship, Navios Amaryllis, ran aground on a protected…

Two Men Die In Japan After Being Administered Doses Of Suspended Moderna Vaccines

TOKYO, Aug 29 (NNN-NHK) – The Japanese health ministry said yesterday that, two men had died, after each received two shots of Moderna Inc.’s COVID-19 vaccine, local media reported. According to the ministry, the two men, aged 30 and 38, died within days of receiving the second injection on Aug…

UK, Finland ends civilian evacuation mission in Afghanistan

LONDON, Aug 29 (NNN-Xinhua) — The final evacuation flight purely for civilians under Britain’s Operation Pitting has left the Kabul airport, the British Ministry of Defense said. Any further flights leaving Kabul under Britain’s evacuation operation “will have UK diplomatic and military personnel on board,” the ministry added. General Nick…

Iran Denounces “Illegal Threats” by U.S., Israel After Biden-Bennett Meeting

TEHRAN, Aug 29 (NNN-IRNA) – The secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, Ali Shamkhani, denounced yesterday, the mention by U.S. President Joe Biden, of “other options” to be used against Iran, “if diplomacy fails,” as “illegal threats.” “The first meeting between (Israeli Prime Minister) Naftali Bennett and Biden, and…
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