Over One Million Health Volunteers Deployed In Thailand To Prepare For Second Wave Of COVID-19 Infections

BANGKOK, Sept 22 (NNN-TNA) – Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health said, it will deploy 1.2 million public health volunteers across the country, to stem and prepare for a possible second wave of COVID-19. The move came after reports of continuous illegal crossings of migrant workers into the Thai soil from…

US Pres Trump vows to block any TikTok deal that allows Chinese control

WASHINGTON, Sept 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A deal to restructure ownership of the popular video app TikTok was thrown into doubt Monday when President Donald Trump vowed to block any deal that allows its Chinese parent firm to retain any control. The comments raised fresh concerns over a weekend deal that…

Update: Two Killed, 20 Wounded As Floods Hit Indonesian Capital

JAKARTA, Sept 22 (NNN-ANTARA) – The Floods and landslides that struck Jakarta and its surrounding areas, have left two people dead, one missing and 20 others injured, officials said today. A river overflowed its banks due to torrential rains since yesterday, and submerged surrounding areas in the capital, which has…

US announces ‘UN’ sanctions on Iran, Venezuela’s Pres Maduro

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo WASHINGTON, Sept 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States said it was imposing sanctions on Iran’s defence ministry and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro under a contested UN authority and demanded that Europe follow suit. President Donald Trump’s administration named 27 people or entities that it said…

Road Accident Kills Seven In Pakistan’s Punjab Province

ISLAMABAD, Sept 22 (NNN-PPI) – A road accident in Pakistan’s east Punjab province, left seven people killed and over a dozen others injured, police and rescue teams said. The accident happened on Monday, in the province’s Chakwal district, where a van carrying over 20 people, met the accident at a…

Philippines To Draw On Libya’s Experience To Fight Daesh

TRIPOLI, Sept 22 (NNN-PNA) – Charge d’Affaires of the Philippines to Libya, Elmer G. Cato, yesterday expressed his country’s desire, to draw on Libya’s experience in the fight against the Daesh terrorists. Cato made the remarks during a meeting with the UN-backed Libyan government’s Defence Minister, Salah Addin Al-Namroush, according…

New York police officer of Tibetan ethnicity charged with spying for China

Tensions between the United States and China have soared since US President Donald Trump took office NEW YORK, Sept 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US authorities have charged a Tibetan man serving as a New York police officer with espionage, accusing him of gathering information about the city’s Tibetan community for the…

Three Missing, 20 Wounded As Floods Hit Indonesian Capital

JAKARTA, Sept 22 (NNN-ANTARA) – Flash floods and landslides struck Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta, and its surrounding areas, leaving three people missing and 20 others injured, a disaster agency official said today. Torrential rains since yesterday triggered a river to overflow and submerged surrounding areas in the capital, which has recently…

COVID-19 Death Toll Touches 100 Mark In Myanmar

YANGON, Sept 22 (NNN-MNA) – The COVID-19 deaths touched the 100 mark in Myanmar with two new deaths, according to a release from the Health and Sports Ministry today. The release said, 320 more infection cases were also reported this morning, bringing the total number of cases in the country…

Covid-19: Over 60 wealthy nations join WHO’s vaccine plan

GENEVA, Sept 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than 60 wealthy nations have joined a WHO-backed programme to facilitate poor countries’ access to coronavirus vaccines, but the US and China are not on the list published Monday. The World Health Organization has in coordination with the global vaccine alliance group Gavi and…
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