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Indonesian President To Impose Sanctions On COVID-19 Protocol Violations

By Bambang Purwanto JAKARTA, Aug 9 (NNN-XINHUA) – Indonesian President, Joko Widodo, ordered heads of regional administrations, to set up…

COVID-19 cases in Americas surpass 10 mln: WHO

GENEVA, Aug 8 (NNN-XINHUA) — The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the Americas has crossed the 10 million…

New Zealand: Prime Minister Ardern kicks off election campaign after taming virus

AUCKLAND, Aug 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — New Zealand Prime Minister JacindaArdern kicked off her Labour Party’s election campaign Saturday riding high…

Army officer, 5 militants killed in clashes in western Afghanistan

KABUL, Aug 8 (NNN-XINHUA) — An Afghan national army officer and five militants were killed during clashes in Afghanistan’s western…

US blacklists Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam, other officials

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam WASHINGTON, Aug 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States imposed sanctions on Hong Kong Chief Executive…

Afghan grand assembly gathers to decide fate of Taliban prisoners

Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani speaks during a consultative grand assembly, known as Loya Jirga, in Kabul KABUL, Aug 8 (NNN-AGENCIES)…

Covid-19: UK ‘will not hesitate’ to add nations to quarantine list

LONDON, Aug 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) —The UK “will not hesitate” to add more countries to its travel quarantine list in order to protect public…

Update: 18 dead after Air India plane breaks in two at Calicut

The plane reportedly overshot the runway upon landing amid heavy rain  KERALA (India), Aug 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) —An Air India Express plane…

China wants ‘unpredictable’ Trump to lose election as Russia supports him: US intelligence

WASHINGTON, Aug 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — China has boosted its efforts to influence the US presidential election in November and wants…

TikTok threatens legal action in US over Pres Trump order

WASHINGTON, Aug 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Video-sharing app TikTok threatened to take legal action in US courts against Pres Donald Trump’s…