Colombia Reopens Int’l Flights Amid COVID-19

BOGOTA, Sept 20 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) – Colombian President, Ivan Duque, announced the reopening of international flights yesterday, after five months of closure, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The first post-closure Viva Air Colombia flight to Miami departed the Rafael Nunez International Airport in Cartagena yesterday, and before the flight, Duque,…

Wildfires Continue To Burn In N. California, Almost Fully Contained In Bay Area

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Three big wildfires near the San Francisco Bay Area, started by lightning a month ago, were almost completely contained yesterday, but major fires continue to burn in Northern California, according to updates by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire). The…

Feature: Kuwait Launches Mass Beach Campaign To Mark World Clean-up Day

KUWAIT, Sept 20 (NNN-XINHUA) – Kuwait launched yesterday, a mass campaign to mark World Clean-up Day by promoting the culture of cleaning the environment in Kuwaiti society. The cleanup campaign at the beach in Jahra Governorate, which attracted more than 5,000 participants, was the first of its kind in Kuwait…

10,000 Kg Of Used Paper Parcel Packages In Thailand To Be Up-Cycled Into Practical Furniture Sets

BANGKOK, Sept 20 (NNN-TNA) – In a bid to re-use and recycle the ever-growing parcel paper packages, in an era of online shopping, Thailand’s largest postal service said, it would recycle and up-cycle 10,000 kilograms of used parcel packages and envelopes into table and chair sets, for students in Border…

Over 30 Militants Killed In Airstrikes In Northern Afghanistan

KABUL, Sept 20 (NNN-XINHUA) – More than 30 Taliban militants were killed and eight others wounded, after the Afghan Air Force targeted Taliban assailants, the Afghan Defence Ministry confirmed late yesterday. The airstrike came, after Taliban assailants attacked security checkpoints in northern Kunduz province, early in the day. The ministry…

Teenage Girl Killed, 25 Civilians Wounded In Explosions In Afghanistan

KABUL, Sept 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) – A teenage girl was killed and 25 civilians wounded, in two bomb explosions in Afghanistan yesterday, provincial officials confirmed. In northern Balkh province, the girl was killed and five people, including two children, were wounded after an Improvised Explosive Device (IED), planted on the side…

14 Bodies Recovered After Bus Plunges Into River In Nigeria

ABUJA, Sept 20 (NNN-NAMPA) – A total of 14 bodies have been recovered so far, after a passenger bus fell into a river in the Ivo district of Ebonyi state, in Nigeria’s southeast region, a police officer said yesterday. The accident involved a bus carrying members of a church, returning…

Thai Prosecutors To Indict Red Bull Scion Of Cocaine Use, Reckless Driving In Hit-And-Run Saga

BANGKOK, Sept 19 (NNN-TNA) – Thai prosecutors announced their decision to indict Red Bull scion, Vorayuth Yoovidhya, on charges of cocaine use and reckless driving, which caused the death of a junior police officer in the hit-and-run case in 2012. The decision to indict Vorayuth came, two months after public…

Turkey’s Istanbul Adopts Alternate Working Hours To Curb COVID-19 Pandemic

ISTANBUL, Sept 19 (NNN-ANADOLU) – Turkey’s biggest city, Istanbul, adopted alternate working hours for public employees, to curb the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, over the rising number of daily cases, Istanbul Governor, Ali Yerlikaya, announced yesterday. Speaking at a press conference, Yerlikaya said, the new programme aimed to reduce…

Saudi Arabia Uncovers Ancient Footprints

RIYADH, Sept 17 (NNN-SPA) – Saudi Arabia’s Heritage Commission, announced yesterday, the discovery of ancient human and animal footprints, dating back more than 120,000 years in Tabuk, in northern Saudi Arabia. Jasir Alherbish, head of the Heritage Commission, said, in the capital, Riyadh, that the archaeological discovery in Tabuk, which…
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