Australia Records First COVID-19 Death In A Month

SYDNEY, June 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Australia recorded its first COVID-19 death in over a month today, that of a man in his 80’s, amid an outbreak of cases in the State of Victoria. The incident takes the national death toll to 103, and the number of deaths in Victoria to…

DPRK Suspends Military Action Plans Against S. Korea

PYONGYANG, June 24 (NNN-KCNA) – A military meeting of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), decided to suspend the military action plans against South Korea, officials reported today. The report said that the country’s top leader, Kim Jong Un, presided over the preliminary meeting, for the fifth meeting of…

$4 trillion fund holders tell Brazil to halt deforestation

PARIS, June 24 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Investment funds managing close to $4 trillion in assets called on Brazil to halt deforestation of the Amazon in an open letter warning that biodiversity loss and carbon emissions from the practice posed a “systemic risk” to their portfolios. The managers from countries across Europe,…

Urgent Action Needed For 600 Million South Asian Children Threatened By COVID-19: UNICEF

UNITED NATIONS, June 24 (NNN-XINHUA) – The COVID-19 pandemic is unravelling decades of health, education and other advances for children across South Asia, and governments must take urgent action to prevent millions of families from slipping back into poverty, UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said in a news report released yesterday.…

Pakistan Demands India Reduce 50 Pct Of Diplomatic Staff

ISLAMABAD, June 24 (NNN-APP) – Pakistan demanded India reduce staff of the Indian High Commission in Islamabad by 50 percent, in a tit-for-tat action, hours after a similar decision by the Indian government. Pakistan and India had been involved in a diplomatic row in recent days, over what both sides…

Indian ex-army chief sees no full-blown war with China

Photo courtesy of ANADOLU. NEW DELHI, June 23 (NNN-ANADOLU) — A full-scale war between India and China following a recent deadly clash along the border is unlikely, according to a retired Indian army officer. Speaking to Anadolu Agency, former chief of army staff of the Indian Army Gen. Ved Prakash…

EU warns China over Hong Kong security law

EU warning China of “very negative consequences” if it goes ahead with a proposed controversial security law for Hong Kong BRUSSELS, June 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The EU warned China it would face “very negative consequences” if it presses ahead with a new security law for Hong Kong, stepping up pressure on Beijing over…

US held off sanctioning Chinese over Uighurs to pursue trade deal: Pres Trump

 WASHINGTON, June 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — USPresident Donald Trump says he did not sanction Chinese officials further over the detention of Muslims in Xinjiang as he was in the “middle of a trade deal”. Trump told the Axios news site that achieving a “great” deal meant he could not impose “additional sanctions”. China…

Iran’s Police Dismantle Three Int’l Illicit Drug Bands In Tehran

TEHRAN, June 23 (NNN-IRNA) – Three international drug trafficking gangs were disbanded, in Iran’s capital city of Tehran, Police Commander, Hossein Rahimi, said on Monday. In the police operation, over 1,000 kg of narcotics were seized, and 27 illicit drug traffickers were arrested, Rahimi was quoted as saying. Rahimi said…

Covid-19: Global cases top nine million as WHO says pandemic ‘accelerating’

PARIS, June 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Global coronavirus infections topped nine million on Monday as the World Health Organization warned that the pandemic was accelerating and Saudi Arabia said it would allow a “very limited” number of pilgrims to the hajj next month. France took its biggest step yet back to…
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