New Zealand Reports 21 New Community Cases Of COVID-19

WELLINGTON, Aug 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) – New Zealand reported 21 new cases of COVID-19 in the community, Director of Public Health from the Health Ministry, Caroline McElnay, said. The country also reported three new cases of COVID-19 being recent returnees in the managed isolation facilities at the border, said McElnay. Of…

Thailand’s COVID-19 Cases Top One Million

BANGKOK, Aug 21 (NNN-TNA) – The cumulative COVID-19 cases in Thailand surpassed one million yesterday, driven by a continued surge in infections, primarily attributed to the spread of the highly contagious Delta variant. Yesterday, the number of daily cases dipped below 20,000 for the first time in 10 days. With…

UNHCR wants to keep working in Afghanistan

UNHCR says Afghanistan urgently needs support and humanitarian aid GENEVA, Aug 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United Nations refugee agency UNHCR wants to continue working in Afghanistan following the takeover by the Taliban militants.“We want to stay in the country because the people there need help now more than ever,” the…

NW China County Exports Local Tea To Uzbekistan Via China-Europe Freight Train

XI’AN, Aug 21 (NNN-XINHUA) – Xixiang County in north-west China’s Shaanxi Province, saw the departure of its first China-Europe freight train, as the cargo train left for Uzbekistan loaded with some 130 tonnes of local tea. The freight train left the county, Monday morning, and made a stop in the…

EU chiefs to visit Afghan evacuation centre in Spain

MADRID, Aug 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The EU’s two top officials will visit a reception centre in Spain on Saturday for Afghan refugees who worked for the bloc, Spain’s foreign minister said. Spain set up the centre at a military base at Torrejon de Ardoz to care for refugees who have…

Covid-19: North America surges as pandemic eases elsewhere

 PARIS, Aug 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Covid-19 pandemic continued to surge in North America this week even as it eased elsewhere. The average number of new daily cases stabilised globally at 643,100 although the pandemic has been gaining ground since mid-June largely due to the highly contagious Delta variant. The…

Bahrain To Assist In Evacuating Afghans To Other Countries

MANAMA, Aug 21 (NNN-BNA) – Bahrain will assist in transferring the Afghans fleeing their country to other nations, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement yesterday. Bahrain is closely following the domestic situation in Afghanistan, which is now under the control of the Taliban, the ministry said, adding that, it…

Almost 2,000 Foreigners, Refugees From Afghanistan Evacuated Through Uzbekistan

TASHKENT, Aug 21 (NNN-XINHUA) – Uzbekistan has been cooperating with a number of countries, to evacuate their citizens from Afghanistan, and over the past few days, 1,982 people have been evacuated through Uzbekistan, Uzbek Foreign Ministry said yesterday. “Currently, joint efforts are being made with such states as Germany, Russia,…

Suicide Attack Kills Two Children, Injures Three In Pakistan’s Gwadar

ISLAMABAD, Aug 21 (NNN-APP) – Two children were killed and three others, including a Chinese national, were injured in a suicide attack in Gwadar district of Pakistan’s south-west Balochistan province yesterday, a Pakistani government official said. The Chinese embassy in Pakistan confirmed that a Chinese national was injured in the…

Imposing External Values On Afghanistan “Irresponsible”: Putin

MOSCOW, Aug 21 (NNN-TASS) – The imposition of external values on Afghanistan is an irresponsible policy, Russian President, Vladimir Putin, said, during a press conference yesterday, following talks with German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, in Moscow. “It is necessary to end the irresponsible policy of imposing one’s external values from the…
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