Singapore Deputy PM Calls On ASEAN, China To Nurture New Areas Of Complementarities

SINGAPORE, Jul 13 (NNN-CNA) – Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister and Coordinating Minister for Economic Policies, Heng Swee Keat, called on ASEAN and China, to fortify the foundations of existing partnerships, and nurture new areas of complementarities. He said, at the FutureChina Global Forum (FCGF) 2021, that, the two sides should…

U.S. Sanctions, COVID-19 Pose Double Damage For Iranians

TEHRAN, Jul 13 (NNN-IRNA) – Reza’s type 2 diabetes has always worried him, but raging COVID-19 has become another source of distress alongside the difficulties of acquiring the drugs he needs for survival. Since the U.S. sanctions have been affecting Iran’s import of medicine from abroad, getting the everyday insulin…

Pro-President Party Leads In Snap Parliamentary Elections In Moldova

BUCHAREST, Jul 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The pro-president Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS), garnered more than half of the votes in Moldovan snap parliamentary elections, on Sunday, showed the official preliminary results presented by the Central Electoral Commission yesterday. With 99.86 percent of the votes counted, PAS obtained 52.74 percent…

AU, UN Seek To Boost Peace Support Operation In Somalia

MOGADISHU, Jul 13 (NNN-IRIN) – A senior UN official held talks with the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) leadership, to discuss various issues to boost the peace support operation in the country, the AU mission said yesterday. Francisco Madeira, head of AMISOM said, Atul Khare, UN Under-Secretary-General for Operational…

UK Gov’t Confirms Lifting Of Most COVID Restrictions Next Week Despite Surging Cases

LONDON, Jul 13 (NNN-XINHUA) – The British government confirmed most COVID-19 restrictions will end next week, despite surging cases caused by the Delta variant. Most restrictions are set to end on Jul 19, as part of the final step or Step Four of England’s roadmap out of the lockdown, British…

Nigeria’s Economic Hub Raises Alarm Over New Wave Of COVID-19 Infection

LAGOS, Jul 12 (NNN-NAN) – Authorities in Lagos, Nigeria’s economic hub, raised alarm over a possible third wave of COVID-19 pandemic, following a recent increase in cases. Governor of Lagos state, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, announced yesterday, restrictions and sanctions, after disclosing that the state’s daily confirmed cases had shot up recently.…

COVID-19 Positive Students To Sit For National Exams In Rwanda

KIGALI, Jul 12 (NNN-IRIN) – Students being treated for COVID-19 under home-based care in Rwanda, are to sit for their national examinations under strict health protocols, the country’s education ministry, said. All examination centres will set up a separate examination room, which will be disinfected every day, for these students,…

Virgin Galactic Completes First Fully Crewed Test Spaceflight

WASHINGTON, Jul 12 (NNN-XINHUA) – Space tourism company, Virgin Galactic, completed its first fully crewed test flight of its spacecraft yesterday, making a giant leap towards commercial suborbital spaceflight. The mission, dubbed “Unity 22,” was the company’s fourth crewed spaceflight, and the 22nd flight test for the company’s spacecraft VSS…

Death Toll Rises To 90 In U.S. Florida Building Collapse

WASHINGTON, Jul 12 (NNN-XINHUA) – The confirmed death toll in the residential building collapse in Surfside, south-eastern U.S. state of Florida, rose to 90, with 31 people remaining potentially unaccounted for, Miami-Dade County Mayor, Daniella Levine Cava said yesterday, the eighteenth day of the tragedy. “Our hearts and minds are…

Australia-Singapore Travel Bubble Delayed

CANBERRA, Jul 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Australia’s travel bubble with Singapore has been delayed until the end of 2021. Dan Tehan, the Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment, confirmed that the travel bubble, which will allow quarantine-free travel between the two countries for the first time since Mar, 2020, will not…