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…

Ismail Sabri Is Malaysia’s New Prime Minister

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 20 (NNN-Bernama) — Ismail Sabri Yaakob has been appointed as Malaysia’s 9th Prime Minister. Ismail Sabri succeeds Muhyiddin Yassin, who resigned on Monday from the post, as he no longer commanded the majority support in Dewan Rakyat (lower house of Parliament). According to a statement from Istana…

APEC Trade Committee Calls On Members To Cooperate, Support Upcoming WTO MC12

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 20 (NNN-Bernama) — The APEC Committee on Trade and Investment (CTI) chair calls on member economies to step up cooperation in a bid to support the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and the upcoming 12th WTO Ministerial Conference (MC12), to be held from Nov 30-Dec 3 this year.\…

BNM’s International Reserves Rise To US$111.3 Bln As At Aug 13, 2021

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 20 (NNN-Bernama) — Bank Negara Malaysia’s (BNM) international reserves rose to US$111.3 billion as at Aug 13, 2021 from US$111.1 bln as at July 30, 2021. In a statement today, the central bank said the reserves position is sufficient to finance 7.9 months of retained imports and…

Pakistan Reports 3,239 New COVID-19 Cases

ISLAMABAD, Aug 20 (NNN-APP) – Pakistan yesterday reported 3,239 new COVID-19 cases, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) said today. The NCOC said that the country’s number of overall confirmed cases had risen to 1,116,886, and the number of patients who have recovered from COVID-19 exceeded one million. According…

India’s COVID-19 Tally Rises To 32,358,829

NEW DELHI, Aug 20 (NNN-PTI) – India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 32,358,829 today, as 36,571 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours, showed the federal health ministry’s latest data. Besides, as many as 540 deaths were reported, due to the pandemic since Monday morning, taking the total death…
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