[ad_1] BEIJING, Sept.6 (Xinhua) – The following are updates on the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. – – – – TEHRAN – The number of new officially confirmed coronavirus cases in Iran rose to 386,658 on Sunday, following an overnight check-in of 1,992 patients. Sima Sadat Lari, a spokesperson …
Read More »Ethiopia hires US lobbying firm amid Nile dam dispute and internal tensions
[ad_1] Ethiopia has hired a US lobbying firm, in an attempt to intensify its influence with the US administration amid mounting international tensions over its massive dam project on the Nile River. The dam, titled the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), has been at the center of an international dispute, …
Read More »Iran Reveals Its COVID-19 Data From September 6
[ad_1] (MENAFN – Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 6 By Elnur Baghishov – Trend: Up to 1,992 people have been infected with the coronavirus (COVID-19) in the past 24 hours in Iran, said Sima Sadat Lari, a spokesman for Iran’s Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Trend reports citing …
Read More »Egypt sends two planes with humanitarian aid to Sudan
[ad_1] Egypt sent two planes carrying approximately 23.5 tons of humanitarian aid to support flood relief efforts in Sudan. The planes arrived Sunday morning at Khartoum International Airport. Sudanese news agency “SUNA” reported that Sudan’s Minister of Labor and Social Development, Lena al-Sheikh, Sudan’s humanitarian aid commissioner, Abbas Fadlallah, and …
Read More »Confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa surpass 1.29 million mark
[ad_1] Photo taken on Sept. 1, 2020 shows a large screen displayed to raise awareness of COVID-19 protection measures in Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia. (Xinhua / Michael Tewelde) The death toll from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic rose to 31,056 across the African continent as the number of positive cases …
Read More »Birmingham stabbings: what police are doing across the city while the attacker is still on the loose
[ad_1] Armed officers patrol the streets of Birmingham in the wake of a series of “random” knife attacks that left one man dead and seven wounded. The “truly terrible” early attacks “have left the city, the region and the country in shock,” said West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner David …
Read More »COVID-19 Live Updates: Africa’s Coronavirus Cases Surpass 1.29 Million Mark
[ad_1] BEIJING, Sept.6 (Xinhua) – The following are updates on the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. – – – – ADDIS ABABA – The African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Sunday the death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic rose to 31,056 across the African continent, while …
Read More »Samsung’s next foldable could follow the lead of the Surface Duo
[ad_1] Samsung already has the foldable Galaxy Z Fold 2 and Galaxy Z Flip in its range, but a new rumor suggests that another form factor could be on the way: a Samsung phone that performs much like a Microsoft Surface Duo. That is according to @folduniverse on Twitter (via …
Read More »Nintendo Switch is still a slap in the face for all Wii U owners
[ad_1] Let me start this article by saying the obvious: the Nintendo Switch is a fantastic console, and I’m by no means here to discuss that, so please put down your torches and forks. What I would like to mention, however, is how Nintendo continues to blatantly ignore all the …
Read More »Asteroid 2010 FR will fly over Earth today
[ad_1] A giant asteroid named 2010 FR will fly over Earth today. The asteroid is huge, said to be about twice the size of the pyramid of Giza in Egypt. NASA is tracking the asteroid as it passes Earth, but it has a near zero percent chance of hitting Earth. …
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