China, Kiribati Eye Further Development Of Ties

SYDNEY, Sept 26 (NNN-XINHUA) – China and Kiribati looked forward to further development of bilateral relations, while celebrating the first anniversary of the resumption of diplomatic ties. “One year ago, the seed of China-Kiribati cooperation was sowed, when Kiribati made the historical decision to resume diplomatic ties with China. Now…

Iranian Navy To Be Supplied With Warships, Speed Combat Vessels: Commander

TEHRAN, Sept 26 (NNN-IRNA) – Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), plans to equip its navy with oceangoing warships, capable of carrying helicopters, IRGC navy commander was quoted as saying, by Tasnim news agency yesterday. Rear Admiral, Ali Reza Tangsiri, said that, the indigenous warships, 65 metres in length, will…

US maintains plan for TikTok download ban; court to rule Sunday

WASHINGTON, Sept 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Trump administration said it would not back down from a plan to ban new US downloads of the popular video-sharing app TikTok, setting up a court showdown ahead of a Sunday deadline. A Justice Department court filing said it opposes TikTok’s petition for aninjunction…

COVID-19 Cases Rise To 5,903,932 In India, Death Toll Reaches 93,379

NEW DELHI, Sept 26 (NNN-PTI) – The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in India, this morning, rose to 5,903,932, India’s federal health ministry said. During the past 24 hours, 85,362 new cases were reported from across the country. Besides this, 1,089 deaths were also recorded. “The total number of confirmed…

Endangered Eld’s Deer Spotted In Cambodia’s Wildlife Sanctuary For First Time In Five Years

PHNOM PENH, Sept 26 (NNN-AKP) – Four endangered Eld’s deer were photographed for the first time in five years, by cameras deployed in a wildlife sanctuary in Northeast Cambodia’s Kratie province, according to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). The cameras were placed in the Sambor Wildlife Sanctuary, located in the…

Covid-19: Death toll could double to 2 million before vaccine in wide use, says WHO

GENEVA, Sept 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The global death toll from COVID-19 could double to 2 million before a successful vaccine is widely used and could be even higher without concerted action to curb the pandemic, an official at the World Health Organization said.“Unless we do it all, (2 million deaths) ……

Japanese PM Ready To Meet DPRK’s Kim Without Conditions

UNITED NATIONS, Sept 26 (NNN-NHK) – Japanese Prime Minister, Yoshihide Suga, said, he is ready to meet with Kim Jong Un, top leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), without any conditions. “As the new Prime Minister of Japan, I am ready to meet with Chairman Kim Jong…

Covid-19: How coronavirus has spread across the world

PARIS, Sept 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — On Jan 11, the first coronavirus deathwas officially recorded in China. Eight months after the identification ofthe disease that appeared in Wuhan in December 2019, the world is on thebrink of recording one million deaths. – 1,000 deaths in the first month – The Sars-CoV-2…

COVID-19 Cases Cross 10,000 In Maldives

MALE, Sept 26 (NNN-PSM) – The number of COVID-19 cases in the Maldives has crossed 10,000, local media reported here today. The Health Protection Agency (HPA), on Friday evening, confirmed 75 new cases, including 53 locals and 22 foreigners, raising the country’s total case count up to 10,014. Public Health…

New Zealand Reports Two New COVID-19 Cases

WELLINGTON, Sept 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) – New Zealand reported two cases of COVID-19 today, said the Ministry of Health in a statement. Of today’s cases, one was an imported case detected in a managed isolation facility, and the other was a historical case, detected during contact tracing. Meanwhile, there was no…
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