Afghanistan: 14 rockets hit capital ahead of Independence Day, injuring 10

 t/10 Wounded as Rockets Hit Afghan Capital on Independence Day KABUL, Aug 19 (NNN-XINHUA) – Ten people, including four children and one woman, were wounded after 14 rockets struck in a diplomatic district and other neighborhoods in Kabul on Tuesday morning as the country is preparing to celebrate the 101st…

Covid-19: Latest global developments

PARIS, Aug 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Here are some of the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis: – MORE THAN 774,000 DEATHS: The pandemic has killed at least 774,832 people worldwide since surfacing in China late last year. More than 21.9 million cases have been registered. The United States has recorded…

ADB approves $50m to finance PPP projects in Bangladesh

DHAKA, Aug 19 (NNN-BSS) – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $50 million loan to the government of Bangladesh to fund public-private partnership (PPP) infrastructure projects in the country. The assistance will help strengthen government capacity to develop PPP infrastructure projects and catalyze greater private sector infrastructure investments,”…

Popular Indian singer SP Balasubrahmanyam’s health improves, taken off the ventilator

Popular Indian playback singer SP Balasubrahmanyam who has sung thousands of songs in both South and North Indian languages including Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Marathi and Malayalam. NEW DELHI, Aug 18 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Famous Indian playback singer and music composer S.P. Balasubrahmanyam, under treatment for COVID-19, was taken off the ventilator after his…

Covid-19: WHO says people in 20s, 30s, 40s increasingly driving pandemic

MANILA, Aug 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The World Health Organization said it was concerned that the novel coronavirus spread was being driven by people in their 20s, 30s and 40s, many of whom were unaware they were infected, posing a danger to vulnerable groups. WHO officials said this month the proportion…

UAE Official Says UAE-Israel Accord Not Directed At Iran

DUBAI, Aug 18 (NNN-WAM) – The United Arab Emirates’ (UAE’s) Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Anwar Gargash, said on Monday, the UAE’s peace accord with Israel was a sovereign decision that was not directed at Iran. “We say this and repeat it,” Gargash wrote on Twitter. “We do not…

Japan ramps up aid to Mauritius after oil spill

PORT LOUIS, Aug 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Japan is sending a second team of experts to help clean up more than 1,000 tonnes of oil that leaked from a Japanese-owned bulk carrier into pristine waters off the coast of Mauritius. The decision came as the Mauritian government vowed to seek compensation from…

US Pres Trump promises tax credits for firms that bring jobs back from China

“We will create tax credits for companies that bring jobs from China back to America,” Trump said WASHINGTON, Aug 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Donald Trump vowed to create 10 million jobs in 10 months, in part by setting up tax credits for US companies that relocate manufacturing facilities to the United…

US Pres Trump calls Putin ‘world-class chess player’ along with Xi and Erdogan

WASHINGTON, Aug 18 (NNN-TASS) — Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan are “world-class chess players” and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden won’t be able to deal with them if he wins the election, US President Donald Trump told his supporters on Monday.…

11 Killed After Boat Capsizes In Lake In Pakistan’s Sindh

ISLAMABAD, Aug 18 (NNN-APP) – A boat of picnickers capsized in a lake, in Pakistan’s southern province of Sindh last night, leaving 11 people killed, local media reported. According to the reports, 13 persons of a family hired a boat, to ride at Keenjhar Lake, in Thatta district of Sindh,…
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