Russian Pres Putin, Turkey’s Erdogan advocate peaceful solutions to Armenia-Azerbaijan tensions

MOSCOW, July 28 (NNN-Xinhua) — Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke in favor of resolving the Armenia-Azerbaijan border tensions through peaceful means during a phone conversation. During the Monday call at the initiative of the Turkish side, Putin stressed the importance of preventing any…

A Policeman Killed, Two Injured In Blast In Afghan Capital

KABUL, July 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) – One policeman was killed and two people were injured, as a blast struck a police van in Afghan capital, Kabul today, police spokesman, Ferdaus Faramarz, said. According to the official, the device was a sticky bomb, which went off at 07:15 a.m. local time, in…

Singapore Reports 469 New COVID-19 Cases

SINGAPORE, July 28 (NNN-CNA) – Singapore’s Ministry of Health (MOH), reported 469 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, bringing the total confirmed cases in the country to 50,838. Of the new cases, 15 are imported, two are community cases and the rest are linked with the dormitories of foreign workers. Of…

Covid-19: Global virus deaths pass 650,000 as new surges prompt fresh curbs

PARIS, July 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Officials around the world reintroduced a raft of restrictions Monday — from beach closures to quarantine measures — to try to tamp down coronavirus hotspots as the official global death toll passed 650,000. European countries trying to repair the economic damage caused by the earlier…

COVID-19 Testing In India To Be Ramped Up To One Million Per Day

NEW DELHI, July 28 (NNN-UNI) – Over 500,000 COVID-19 tests are conducted every day in India, and the number would soon be ramped up to one million per day, said Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, on Monday, while launching the COVID-19 testing facilities at three labs. The three testing labs…

Indonesia To Allow Some Schools Outside Green Zones To Conduct Offline Learning

JAKARTA, July 28 (NNN-ANTARA) – Indonesia will allow several schools located outside COVID-19 low risk areas or green zones, to conduct face-to-face learning, along with tight health protocols, an official said. Chief of the Coronavirus Task Force, Doni Monardo, said, many students faced difficulties during online learning, due to poor…

Update 2: Former Malaysian PM found guilty in SRC case, sentenced to 12 years jail, fined RM210 mln

KUALA LUMPUR, July 28 — Former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak at the Kuala Lumpur Court Complex here where High Court Judge Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali delivered a verdict of guilty on all seven charges in the case of misappropriating RM42 million in SRC International Sdn Bhd funds.…

DPRK Leader Says Nuclear Deterrence To Firmly Guarantee National Security

PYONGYANG, July 28 (NNN-KCNA) – Top leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), Kim Jong Un, stressed today, the importance of nuclear deterrence, on the occasion of the 67th anniversary of the armistice of the 1950-53 Korean War. At the 6th National Conference of War Veterans held here…

Tokyo’s New COVID-19 Cases Drop Below 200-Mark For First Time In Seven Days

TOKYO, July 28 (NNN-NHK) – The Tokyo metropolitan government, said that, 131 new daily COVID-19 cases had been detected in the capital, yesterday, marking the 19th straight day that more than 100 new daily infections had been confirmed. The latest single-day tally, which edged below the 200-mark for the first…

Magnitude 5.8 Earthquake Rattles Southern Philippines

MANILA, July 28 (NNN-PNA) – An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 on the Richter Scale, shook Surigao del Sur province, in the southern Philippines before dawn today, the Philippine Institute of Seismology and Volcanology (Phivolcs), said. The institute said, the quake, which occurred at 1:32 a.m. local time, hit…
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