Covid-19: More than 200 million coronavirus cases worldwide; deaths toll reach 4,257,424

PARIS, Aug 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than 200 million cases of Covid-19 cases have been registered worldwide since the novel coronavirus emerged in China in December 2019, according to a tally from official sources compiled at 0700 GMT on Thursday. The number of infections is currently rising sharply, driven primarily…

Covid-19: China to provide 2 billion vaccines to world this year – Xi

  BEIJING, Aug 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — China will provide 2 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines for the world and offer 100 million U.S. dollars to COVAX throughout this year, Chinese President Xi Jinping said Thursday in a written message to the first meeting of the international forum on COVID-19 vaccine…

Covid-19: Moderna says vaccine durable for at least six months

   WASHINGTON, Aug 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Moderna said that protection from its Covid-19 vaccine remained strong for at least six months, and the variant-specific boosters shot it is testing generated a “robust” antibody response to Delta.   In a final analysis from its Phase 3, or final stage, clinical trial,…

Covid-19: India deliver 30 out of 109 pledged ambulances to Bangladesh

   DHAKA, Aug 6 (NNN-BSS) — India sent 30 out of 109 pledged life support ambulances to Bangladesh for further enhancing shared effort of the two countries to contain the COVID-19 pandemic.   During the state visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Bangladesh on March 26-27, he had announced…

UK becomes dialogue partner of ASEAN

  LONDON, Aug 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United Kingdom (UK) has agreed a new partnership with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).   The partnership, which is the first ASEAN has agreed in 25 years, will lead to closer cooperation between the UK and the region on a range…

Ebrahim Raisi sworn in as Iran’s eighth president

Iran’s new President Ebrahim Raisi speaks during his swearing-in ceremony at the parliament in Tehran TEHRAN, (Aug 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Ebrahim Raisi has been sworn in as Iran’s eighth president. At the ceremony in the country’s parliament in Tehran on Thursday, Raisi, with a hand on a Quran, read the…

Madagascar arrests generals over assassination plot

ANTANANARIVO, Aug 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — High-ranking army and police officials have been arrested in Madagascar in connection with a failed attempt to kill the country’s president. The arrested include five generals and several active police officers, meaning 21 people are now being investigated over last month’s foiled assassination. Authorities have…

Covid-19: Libya to impose prison sentences, fines for curfew breaches

TRIPOLI, Aug 2 (NNN-Xinhua) — The Libyan Interior Ministry said that people who breach curfew instructions against COVID-19 could be punished with six months in prison or receive a fine of 200 dinars or both. The ministry said the decision aims to “save people’s lives, maintain their safety, and prevent…

Thousands take part in pro-Bolsonaro demonstrations in Brazil; against electronic voting

Thousands of mask-less pro-Bolsonaro Brazilians are protesting against the country’s electronic voting system BRASILIA, Aug 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Thousands of Brazilians took to the streets of Rio de Janeiro and Brasilia to support far-right President Jair Bolsonaro in protest against the country’s electronic voting system. In Rio, some 3,000 people marched…

Colombia ex-army chief will be charged over extrajudicial killings

Former commander of the Colombian Army General Mario Montoya BOGOTA, Aug 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Colombia’s attorney general’s office will charge former army commander General Mario Montoya for responsibility of 104 extrajudicial executions, as part of the “false positives” scandal. The false positives took place between 2002 and 2008, during the…