US reiterates pursuing accountability for atrocities against Rohingya

WASHINGTON, Aug 25 (NNN-BSS) — The United States (US) reiterated to pursuing and demanding accountability for those responsible for the atrocities and other human rights abuses against Rohingyas.    “We recognize the need to address the root causes of this violence and hold perpetrators accountable to help prevent such atrocities…

S.Korea Raises Interest Rate By 25 Basis Points To 0.75 Percent

SEOUL, Aug 26 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea’s central bank, today, raised its policy rate by 25 basis points, marking the first rate hike in 15 months, amid the continued COVID-19 pandemic. Bank of Korea (BOK) Governor, Lee Ju-yeol, and other monetary policy board members, decided to lift the benchmark seven-day…

Experts Panel Recommends Reopening Of Schools In Indian Capital As COVID-19 Cases Fall

NEW DELHI, Aug 26 (NNN-PTI) – An experts’ panel recommended the reopening of schools in Delhi, in a phased manner, as the number of COVID-19 cases has fallen, over the past several weeks. The Indian capital recorded 39 new COVID-19 cases and zero deaths on Tuesday. Schools in the city…

India May Be Entering Endemic Stage Of COVID-19: WHO Chief Scientist

NEW DELHI, Aug 26 (NNN-PTI) – COVID-19 in India may be entering some kind of stage of endemicity, with a low or moderate level of transmission going on, Chief Scientist of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Soumya Swaminathan, said. Swaminathan made the comments in an interview with a local news…

Iran Reports 39,983 New COVID-19 Cases, Tally Nears 4.8 Million

TEHRAN, Aug 26 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran’s health ministry, yesterday, reported 39,983 new COVID-19 cases, taking the country’s total infections to 4,796,377. The pandemic has so far claimed 104,022 lives in the country, after 665 new deaths were registered, in the past 24 hours, said Iran’s Ministry of Health and Medical…

Three Security Forces Members Killed In Bank Robbery In Myanmar’s Western State

YANGON, Aug 26 (NNN-MNA) – Three members of the security forces were shot dead, by some armed men, at a bank, in Myanmar’s Chin state, state-run media reported, yesterday. Some gunmen shot the security forces members, from a close distance, after pretending to be customers at the bank, in Tedim…

Nepal’s Largest Party Splits With Faction Registering New Party

KATHMANDU, Aug 26 (NNN-XINHUA) – The Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist Leninist), the largest political party in Nepal, was formally split yesterday, as a faction registered a new party with the Election Commission. The newly formed Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist), is led by Madhav Kumar Nepal, a…

UN Officials, Envoys Highlight Humanitarian Needs In Syria

UNITED NATIONS, Aug 26 (NNN-XINHUA) – UN officials and representatives of member countries, noted that, escalating conflict and a deepening economic crisis have pushed humanitarian needs to the highest levels in Syria, as the Security Council met on the situation in the war-torn country. UN special envoy for Syria, Geir…

Japanese Gov’t Declares Expansion Of COVID-19 Emergency State To Eight More Prefectures

TOKYO, Aug 26 (NNN-NHK) – The Japanese government declared yesterday, to expand the COVID-19 state of emergency to Hokkaido, Miyagi, Gifu, Aichi, Mie, Shiga, Okayama and Hiroshima, amid the country’s latest resurgence of infections. Tokyo and 12 other prefectures have already been covered by the emergency state. The measures will…

Thailand Hopes To Produce Home-Grown COVID-19 Vaccine By Year End

By Linda Khoo Hui Li BANGKOK, Aug 25 (NNN-Bernama) — Thailand’s home-grown messenger RNA (mRNA) COVID-19 vaccine called ChulaCov19 is expected to be available by the end of this year or early next year. Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ deputy spokesman Natapanu Nopakun said the vaccine candidate, developed by Chulalongkorn University,…
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