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IRAN, Oct 31 (NNN-IRNA) – Naim Qassem, the new leader of the Hezbollah, vowed yesterday, to continue to implement the war plan set by his predecessor, Hassan Nasrallah, amid reports that Israel was again striking Hezbollah targets in Lebanon. In his first speech, since being named earlier this week to replace Nasrallah, who was killed…
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 30 (NNN-ACN) — The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) have started debating on the impact of the U.S. economic, commercial and financial blockade on Cuba. Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, Cuban foreign minister, arrived on Monday in New York City to head the Cuban delegation that will present Resolution A/79/80, on the need to…
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) — Fresh, slivered onions served on Quarter Pounders and other menu items from McDonald’s are the likely source of E. coli outbreak in the United States, said the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday. A total of 90 sicken cases caused by E. coli have been…
KHARTOUM, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) — More than 2.8 million children under the age of five face dire humanitarian conditions as armed conflict continues to ravage across Sudan, international organizations and local authorities have said. The children, now being displaced across Sudan, “will miss out on early childhood essentials — including vaccinations, clean water, healthcare, nutritious…
MADRID, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) — At least 95 people have been killed in flooding as torrential rain battered Spain’s eastern region of Valencia and the neighboring provinces of Albacete and Cuenca, according to Angel Victor Torres,Minister for Territorial Policy and Democratic Memory. Exceptionally heavy rainfall, totaling over 400 liters per square meter, flooded parts of…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Wednesday that North Korean troops wearing Russian uniforms and carrying Russian equipment are moving toward Ukraine, in what he called a dangerous and destabilizing development. Austin was speaking at a press conference in Washington with South Korean Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun, as concerns grow about Pyongyang’s deployment of as…
High costs are a critical concern for voters in the presidential election. Detailed below is what Harris and Trump have proposed to lower costs for Americans. This is the second in a five-part series about the impacts either a Trump or a Harris presidency could have on US consumers. While the pace of inflation has…
ANKARA CNN has banned conservative commentator Ryan James Girdusky following a controversial exchange on “CNN Newsnight with Abby Phillip,” where he made a racially charged comment against journalist Mehdi Hasan, media reports said on Monday. According to the Variety news outlet, during a Monday night discussion on CNN about former US President Donald Trump’s recent…
ISTANBUL Russia claimed on Wednesday that it took control of a settlement in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region. A statement by the Defense Ministry said its forces captured the village of Kruhlyakivka, about 21 kilometers (13 miles) south of the city of Kupiansk, a major front in Moscow’s offensive in Kharkiv. Both the village and Kupiansk,…
GENEVA, Oct 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than 8 million people were diagnosed with tuberculosis last year, the World Health Organization said, the highest number recorded since the UN health agency began keeping track. About 1.25 million people died of TB last year, the new report said, adding that TB likely returned to being the world’s top infectious disease killer…