Chinese Medical Expert Team In South Sudan For Anti-Virus Mission

JUBA, Aug 20 (NNN-SUNA) – A team of Chinese medical experts arrived in South Sudan yesterday, to strengthen the east African nation’s fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. The eight-member team from China’s Anhui Province, consists of experts in the fields, including laboratory technology, infection, insensitive care, public health, and nursing.…

Three killed in earlier rocket attack in Kabul: ministry

KABUL, Aug 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A rocket attack that struck Kabul thisweek as the city marked Afghanistan’s independence day killed at least three people, including two members of President Ashraf Ghani’s honour guard, officials said Wednesday. Fourteen rockets were fired into central Kabul on Tuesday as the countrymarked the 101st…

Philippines bans poultry products from Australia over bird flu outbreak

MANILA, Aug 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Philippines said it has temporarily banned the importation of domestic and wild birds and their products from Australia after the presence of the highly pathogenic H7N7 avian flu virus was detected at an egg farm. Australia, which accounts for less than 1 per cent…

World Humanitarian Day: UN hails aid workers after record attacks

GENEVA, Aug 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United Nations paid tribute Wednesday to humanitarian workers now battling the COVID-19 pandemic after a year in which they found themselves under greater attack than ever before. The UN marked its World Humanitarian Day by remembering the 125 aidworkers who were killed in 2019,…

Myanmar kicks off 4th meeting of 21st Century Panglong Peace Conference

File photo of Myanmar state counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi (centre) speaking during previous Panglong Peace Talk with ethnic representatives NAY PYI TAW, Aug 19 (NNN-Xinhua) — The fourth meeting of the 21st Century Panglong Peace Conference of Myanmar kicked off in Nay Pyi Taw on Wednesday, with the aims…

Covid-19: Kazakhstan resumes flights with seven countries

Passengers check in at Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport in Nur-Sultan NUR-SULTAN, Aug 19 (NNN-Xinhua) — Kazakhstan has begun resuming flights to the United Arab Emirates, Belarus and Germany, among other nations, local media reported. According to Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport, a plane from the country’s capital to the German city…

Twin strong quakes strike off Indonesia

JAKARTA, Aug 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two large and shallow earthquakes struck off Indonesia’s Sumatra island early Wednesday, the US Geological Survey reported, but no tsunami warning was issued and there were no immediate reports of casualties or major damage. Frightened residents fled their homes when the twin offshore quakes rocked…

Covid-19: Brazil approves final tests of J&J virus vaccine

BRASILIA, Aug 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazilian health regulators said they had approved Johnson & Johnson’s experimental vaccine against the new coronavirus for the final stage of clinical trials, the fourth vaccine to receive widespread testing in the hard-hit country. The US pharmaceutical company’s subsidiary Janssen will test the vaccine on…

Covid-19: Vaccine should be mandatory in Australia – PM

SYDNEY, Aug 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Australia should make any coronavirusvaccine compulsory for its 25 million citizens bar medical exemptions, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Wednesday, wading into a heated ethical debate. After reaching a deal for the country to manufacture a “promising” vaccinebeing developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University, Morrison…

Ecuador says Chinese fishing trawlers turned off tracking system near Galapagos

QUITO, Aug 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ecuador reported that nearly half ofthe Chinese fishing boats that roam the Galapagos Islands have turned offtheir tracking systems, making it impossible to locate them. The Ecuadorian Navy detected 149 ships that had turned off theirtransponders, a device that allows authorities to know where they…
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