Thailand Mulls Easing Curbs As COVID-19 Situation Improves

BANGKOK, Aug 27 (NNN-TNA) – Thailand registered 18,501 new COVID-19 cases yesterday, the fifth consecutive day of less than 20,000 infections, as the country mulls to ease some restrictions in Bangkok and some provinces. The new daily cases raised Thailand’s cumulative infections to 1,120,869. The death toll also rose by…

UNGA President Calls For Protecting Civilians In Afghanistan

UNITED NATIONS, Aug 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) – President of the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), Volkan Bozkir, yesterday, called for protecting civilians, following the reported twin suicide explosions outside of Kabul airport. “Protection of civilians and rights and freedom of Afghan people – in particular women and…

NE China Ports Handle Over 3,000 China-Europe Freight Trains This Year

HARBIN, Aug 27 (NNN-XINHUA) – North-east China’s ports of Manzhouli and Suifenhe, on the China-Russia border, have seen over 3,000 China-Europe freight train trips this year, according to the China Railway Harbin Group Co., Ltd. As of Wednesday, the two ports had handled 3,037 China-Europe freight train trips, with 291,186…

Iran Reports 36,758 New COVID-19 Cases, 4,833,135 In Total

TEHRAN, Aug 27 (NNN-IRNA) – The Iranian health ministry reported yesterday, 36,758 new COVID-19 cases, taking the country’s total infections to 4,833,135. According to a briefing, published by Iran’s Ministry of Health and Medical Education, on its official website, the pandemic has claimed 104,716 lives in the country, so far,…

Another Huge Explosion Heard In Kabul

KABUL, Aug 27 (NNN-ANA) – Another huge explosion was heard in the Afghan capital, Kabul early this morning, hours after deadly twin bomb blasts left dozens of people dead, including 12 U.S. troops, at the Kabul airport. However, Taliban spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, said in a statement on Twitter that, it…

India Lifts Ban On Boeing 737 Max Aircraft

NEW DELHI, Aug 27 (NNN-PTI) – India’s civil aviation watchdog Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), yesterday, lifted the ban on the Boeing 737 Max aircraft, after grounding them for over two years. The DGCA had banned the operation of Boeing 737-8 and 737-9 aircraft, over Indian airspace in Mar,…

Mexico shelters five women from Afghan robotics team

MEXICO CITY, Aug 26 (NNN-TELESUR) — The Mexican government of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) received five Afghan women members of a robotics team and the partner of one of them. “We may be very far from what is happening in Afghanistan. However, the human cause, the protection of values, and the…

Brunei’s Ministry Of Health Receives Genome Sequencing Machine

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Aug 26 (NNN-ANN) – The Ministry of Health (MoH) received a genome sequencing machine, along with other equipment and materials, donated by IDG Capital yesterday, which will enable it to carry out genomic testing for infectious diseases, including COVID-19. Minister of Health, Dr Haji Mohd Isham bin…

Japan Suspends Use Of 1.63 Million Moderna Vaccine Doses Due To Contamination

TOKYO, Aug 26 (NNN-NHK) – Japan’s health ministry said today, foreign materials were confirmed, in some portions of the unused doses of Moderna Inc.’s COVID-19 vaccine, and the use of around 1.63 million doses manufactured in the same production line, has been suspended as a precaution, local media reported. The…

Immigration Dept To Take Over Malaysia My Second Home Programme Beginning October

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 26 (NNN-Bernama) — All new applications for the Malaysia My Second Home Programme (MM2H) will be processed and managed by the Immigration Department (JIM) beginning October, after all the related legal processes are completed. The Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture (MOTAC) in a statement said, in…
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