Covid-19: World battles Delta variant

PARIS, July 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Countries around the world are rushing to contain the rapid spread of the highly contagious Delta variant as the variant has propelled a resurgence of the virus which has already killed nearly four million people. The highly contagious variant are forcing numerous nations to reimpose…

Iranian President Demands U.S. Apology For Downing Iranian Airliner In 1988

TEHRAN, Jul 4 (NNN-IRNA) – Iranian President, Hassan Rouhani, criticised, yesterday, the lack of apology from the U.S. government, for more than three decades, for downing an Iranian airliner in 1988. “The U.S. government has to know that it committed a very big crime in the Gulf, in 1988,” Rouhani…

Afghanistan Reports 1,272 New COVID-19 Cases

KABUL, Jul 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Afghanistan’s Public Health Ministry, has registered 1,272 new COVID-19 cases, over the past 24 hours, taking the number of patients infected with the disease to 124,757, in the country. The pandemic has so far claimed 5,199 lives in Afghanistan, including 92 deaths in the past…

Bangladesh Records 6,214 New COVID-19 Cases, 134 More Deaths

DHAKA, Jul 4 (NNN-BSS) – Bangladesh reported 6,214 new COVID-19 cases and 134 new deaths yesterday, taking the tally to 936,256, and death toll to 14,912, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), said. The official data showed that 22,687 samples were tested in the last 24 hours, as of…

Four China-Europe Freight Trains Set Off From China Simultaneously

GUANGDONG, Jul 4 (NNN-XINHUA) – Four China-Europe freight trains, packed with containers of goods, set off from China’s Guangdong and Hunan, simultaneously, for central Asia and Europe. The four trains, loaded with 200 containers of goods, are headed to Germany, Russia and Belarus. They are expected to arrive in about…

Two Dead, 20 Missing In Massive Mudslide In Central Japan

TOKYO, Jul 4 (NNN-NHK) – Two people were dead and about 20 others remained missing yesterday, following a massive mudslide, triggered by torrential rain in central Japan, local authorities said. The disaster occurred at about 10:30 a.m. local time yesterday in Atami city in Shizuoka prefecture, southwest of Tokyo, as…

US hits 22 senior Myanmar officials, including 4 ministers, with new sanctions

WASHINGTON, July 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Biden administration on Friday hit 22 senior Myanmar officials and family members with sanctions over the government’s crackdown on democracy protests after the coup.  Treasury announced the move against seven members of the Myanmar military and 15 spouses and adult children of previously sanctioned…

Mongolia Registers Record Daily COVID-19 Toll With 17 More Deaths

ULAN BATOR, Jul 3 (NNN-XINHUA) – Mongolia reported 17 more deaths from COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, a record daily death toll, bringing the national count to 631, the country’s health ministry said today. The ministry also reported 2,401 new cases, raising the nationwide tally to 122,740. The total…

India’s COVID-19 Tally Rises To 30,502,362, With 44,111 New Cases

NEW DELHI, Jul 3 (NNN-PTI) – India’s COVID-19 tally rose to 30,502,362 today, as 44,111 new cases were registered, during the past 24 hours across the country, showed the federal health ministry’s latest data. Besides, 738 deaths due to the pandemic since yesterday morning, took the death toll to 401,050.…

20 People Likely Missing From Central Japan Mudslide: Local Authorities

TOKYO, Jul 3 (NNN-NHK) – Torrential rain caused a large mudslide in Atami city of Shizuoka Prefecture, in central Japan today, possibly sweeping away some 20 people and destroying at least 10 houses, local authorities said. A rescue operation is underway in the slide-hit area in Atami, and the situation…
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