The World Health Organisation (WHO) expressed concern on Tuesday about antibiotic production in many countries and issued recommendations for the safe production of antibiotics for the first time. WHO reported that too many active substances from pharmaceutical factories often end up in wastewater and the environment, which could promote the spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. If…
The Russian-Angolan defence industry commission discussed a number of joint projects at the latest meeting, the African nation’s ambassador to Russia, Augusto da Silva Cunha said on sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum. “The commission met late last year or early this year, if I remember correctly. as far as I know, several projects that…
Military-technical cooperation between Russia and Mongolia includes supply of weapons to Ulaanbaatar and the training of military personnel; currently Russia has trained 340 Mongolian soldiers. Russian Deputy Defence Minister, Alexander Fomin said on Tuesday. “The supply of weapons and military equipment, repair, maintenance, modernisation,’’ Fomin outlined the areas of cooperation. He added that “we are…
World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday said over 161,000 children fewer than 10 have been given a first vaccine dose against polio virus in central Gaza. The vaccine was the first launch of UN-led mass vaccination campaign in the embattled Palestinian territory. The number of children reached in central Gaza during the first two days…
China has rolled out its first-ever national action plan specifically tailored to enhance the care and protection of migrant children, the Ministry of Civil Affairs announced on Tuesday. Jointly released by 21 departments, the plan establishes a basic checklist of services accessible to migrant children in their places of residence. The list details 19 items…
Five children, including three, aged 12, have been arrested in the United Kingdom on suspicion of killing an 80-year-old man, who died following a “serious” assault at a park. Leicestershire Police on Tuesday said it had launched a murder investigation after the elderly man died in hospital from injuries sustained on Sunday evening. Officers have…
The embassy in Baghdad was closed during the 1991 Gulf War and unlike many other European missions there, it never reopened until now. The security situation has improved to such a degree after years of conflict that it is now safe to again have a presence in Iraq, the Swiss Foreign Ministry said in a…
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud have discussed ways to enhance joint action to confront challenges affecting regional security and peace. During a phone conversation, they stressed the necessity of reaching an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and stopping the escalation in the West Bank to…
Bangladeshis living and working abroad remitted back more than four billion U.S, dollars in the July-August period, central bank data showed. According to the data, remittance, one of the key sources of foreign exchange for the impoverished nation, surged 39 per cent year-on-year to 2.22 billion dollars in August. Remittance was 1.91 billion dollars in…
The World Health Organisation (WHO), on Monday donated drugs and consumables worth N70 million to Jigawa Government. WHO Coordinator in the state, Dr Bello Inuwa, said the gesture was to support the government’s effort to prevent the outbreak of diseases among flood victims living in temporary camps. Inuwa also expressed the hope that the gesture…
