Covid-19: First ‘no-quarantine’ flights arrive in Australia as cases fall
Passengers arrive from New Zealand after the Trans-Tasman travel bubble opened overnight, following an extended border closure due to the…
Burkina Faso: 20 dead in northern attacks
OUAGADOUGOU, Oct 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Militants killed around 20 people in attacks in three villages in northern Burkina Faso’s Seno…
Covid-19: 11 mn girls won’t return to school after pandemic – UNESCO
KINSHASA, Oct 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Eleven million girls face being unable to return to school even after coronavirus restrictions are…
CDC projects up to 240,000 Covid-19 deaths in US by Nov 7
WASHINGTON, Oct 16 (NNN-Xinhua) — A new ensemble forecast published by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)…
Brazil, Paraguay gradually reopening common border
International Friendship Bridge BRASILIA, Oct 16 (NNN-Xinhua) — Brazil and Paraguay have begun the process of gradually reopening the common…
Covid-19: Iran’s cases near 520,000; Israel to partially lift month-long lockdown
CAIRO, Oct 16 (NNN-Xinhua) — IRAN reported 4,616 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, raising the total confirmed cases in the…
UN welcomes arrest of Libyan smuggler
TRIPOLI, Oct 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) on Thursday welcomed the arrest of a…
Cambodia: 13 killed, over 12,000 evacuated due to flash floods
A flooded street in Dangkor district in the Southwestern suburb of Phnom Penh PHNOM PENH, Oct 16 (NNN-Xinhua) — Thirteen…
China to strike back at US threat of sanctions on int’l financial institutions over Hong Kong
BEIJING, Oct 16 (NNN-Xinhua) — China expressed firm opposition to and denunciation of the US side creating the so-called “Hong…
EU leaders tell London to budge on post-Brexit deal, drawing UK anger
BRUSSELS, Oct 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — European leaders on Thursday demanded Britain urgently give ground on fair trade rules to unblock…