WHO’s Advance Team To China Concludes Their Mission

GENEVA, Aug 4 (NNN-XINHUA) – World Health Organisation’s (WHO’s) chief, said, the WHO advance team to China has concluded their mission, to lay the groundwork for further joint efforts to identify the virus origins. “One of the areas that we’ve been continuing to study is the origins of the virus…

16, Including 13 Civilians Killed, In Prison Attack In E. Afghanistan, Fighting Continues: Official

JALALABAD, Aug 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) – At least 13 civilians and three attackers were killed, and 42 others wounded, in a car bomb attack and gunfight in a prison, in Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar provincial capital, Jalalabad, provincial government spokesman, Attaullah Khogiani, confirmed today. “Sporadic fighting between the security forces and gunmen…

Plane Crash Leads To PNG’s Largest Ever Drug Bust

SYDNEY, Aug 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Authorities in Papua New Guinea (PNG), continued to track those involved in the country’s largest ever illegal drug haul today, after a plane carrying roughly 500 kg of cocaine crashed into the jungle. The Cessna model light aircraft, flew covertly from Australia into PNG and…

Update: India’s COVID-19 Cases Surpass 1.8 Million

NEW DELHI, Aug 3 (NNN-UNI) – India’s health ministry announced today that the country’s COVID-19 cases have surpassed 1.8 million, reaching 1,803,695. As many as 52,972 fresh cases were added to the tally, in the past 24 hours, according to latest data released by the ministry. Meanwhile, 771 deaths took…

Covid-19 cases worldwide pass 18 million: official tally

PARIS, Aug 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The number of coronavirus cases recorded worldwide has passed 18 million, according to tally from official sources at 2240 GMT Sunday. At least 18,011,763 cases have now been registered as the pandemic’s rate of infection continues to accelerate. A million more cases have been detected…

Iranian President Voices Hope For Durable Peace In Afghanistan

TEHRAN, Aug 3 (NNN-IRNA) – The Iranian president, on Sunday, expressed hope that dialogue among Afghan political groups will result in durable peace in Afghanistan. In a phone conversation with Afghan President, Ashraf Ghani, Hassan Rouhani welcomed the cease-fire in the neighbouring country and expressed hope that a temporary truce…

Covid-19: US says unlikely to use China, Russia virus vaccine as race heats up

WASHINGTON, Aug 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — America’s top infectiousdiseases official has raised concerns over the safety of COVID-19vaccines being developed by China and Russia as the world scramblesfor answers to a pandemic the WHO warned will be felt for decades. Six months after the World Health Organization declared a globalemergency, the…

India’s COVID-19 Cases Surpass 1.7 Million

NEW DELHI, Aug 3 (NNN-XINHUA) – India’s COVID-19 tally crossed the 1.7 million-mark on Sunday, reaching 1,750,723, announced the federal health ministry. Over 200,000 fresh cases have been detected across the country in the past four days. Sunday is the fourth day in succession when over 50,000 fresh cases are…

At Least 30 Killed In Targeted Attacks In Afghanistan In July

KABUL, Aug 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Scores of Afghans have been victimised in the Taliban-led unrest, as violence still lingers in the country, even after a Taliban-United States peace deal agreement was reached in Feb. The Taliban militant group and other insurgent factions conducted scores of targeted attacks against civilians and…

Brunei Reports No New COVID-19 Cases For 87 Days

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Aug 3 (NNN-ANN) – Brunei reported no new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, with the national tally of cases standing at 141. It marked the 87th consecutive day without new cases since May 7. According to Brunei’s Ministry of Health, no active cases are being treated at…
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