CoviD-19: Latest global developments

PARIS, June 19, 2021 (BSS/AFP) – Here are some of the latest developments in thecoronavirus crisis. The pandemic has killed at least 3,844,390 people worldwide since the virusfirst emerged in December 2019, according to a compilation of officialdata. The US is the worst-affected country with 600,934 deaths, followed byBrazil with…

Indonesian Police Arrest Four Suspected Terrorists From Group Affiliated To Daesh

JAKARTA, Jun 19 (NNN-ANTARA) – The Indonesian police announced yesterday that, they have arrested four suspected terrorists affiliated to the Daesh-linked terrorist group, Jamaah Ansharut Daulah (JAD), in separate operations in the country’s province of West Java, in the past three days. The National Police’s spokesman, Ahmad Ramadhan, said, the…

Tiger Found Killed In India’s National Park

NEW DELHI, Jun 19 (NNN-PTI) – A carcass of a male tiger, with bullet wounds, was found yesterday, at the Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve, in the north-eastern state of Assam, officials said. Forest officials said, the tiger was killed in accidental firing, at the hands of forest guards…

India’s Sporting Icon Milkha Singh Dies Of COVID-19

NEW DELHI, Jun 19 (NNN-PTI) – Indian sporting icon, Milkha Singh, a runner who was fondly called the “Flying Sikh,” died late last night of COVID-19, at the age of 91. Singh breathed his last in the country’s northern city of Chandigarh. He had tested positive for COVID-19 last month,…

United Nations calls for halt of weapons to Myanmar

T UNITED NATIONS, June 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United Nations General Assembly called for a stop to the flow of arms to Myanmar and urged the military to respect November election results and release political detainees, including leader Aung San Suu Kyi. The General Assembly adopted a resolution with the…

Cambodia Reports Highest Daily COVID-19 Death Toll

PHNOM PENH, Jun 19 (NNN-AKP) – Cambodia today confirmed 20 new COVID-19 fatalities, the highest single-day death toll, pushing the total number of deaths in the kingdom to 414, the health ministry said in a statement. The figure topped the previous highest daily record of 15 deaths on Jun 12,…

DPRK Leader Concludes Party Session, Vows To Overcome All Difficulties

PYONGYANG, Jun 19 (NNN-KCNA) – Kim Jong Un, the top leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), vowed to break through all difficulties facing the country, at the end of a plenary session of the ruling party, it was reported today. Concluding the third plenary meeting of the…

Indonesia Releases Two Rare Orangutans To Habitat

JAKARTA, Jun 19 (NNN-ANTARA) – The Natural Resources Conservation Centre, in Indonesia’s Aceh province, released one male and one female Sumatran orangutans to their habitat, in a natural reserve in the country, an official said yesterday. The two orangutans from Aceh have previously been rehabilitated at the Sumatran Orangutan quarantine…

Covid-19: Delta variant, first identified in India, becoming globally dominant, WHO official says

GENEVA, June 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Delta variant of the coronavirus, first identified in India, is becoming the globally dominant variant, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) chief scientist said. Soumya Swaminathan also voiced disappointment in the failure of CureVac’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate in a trial to meet the WHO’s efficacy…

Indian Expert Says COVID-19 Vaccines Give 94 Percent Protection

NEW DELHI, Jun 19 (NNN-PTI) – An Indian expert said yesterday that, vaccination against COVID-19 gives at least 94 percent protection from the infection, and reduces chances of hospitalisation by 75-80 percent. The remarks were made by V K Paul, a member (health) of the Indian government’s think tank —…
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