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Mandaluyong, July 8 (UNI) Asian Development Bank (ADB) President Masato Kanda announced the launch of the Universal Health Coverage Practitioners and Experts Knowledge Exchange and Resources (UHC PEERS) today, a regional peer-to-peer learning network designed to accelerate universal health coverage across the Asia-Pacific region. The announcement was made during ADB’s INclusive, Sustainable, Prosperous, and REsilient…

Washington, July 8 (UNI) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during his meeting with US President Donald Trump in Washington thanked him for his intervention in Tel Aviv’s war against Iran, and said that he had sent a letter to the Nobel Prize Committee to nominate the US leader for the Peace Prize. Before the high-profile…

Cairo, July 8 (UNI) A fire broke out yesterday inside a telecommunication building in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, injuring 14 people and causing a partial disruption of telecommunication and internet services in the Greater Cairo metropolitan area. The injured were immediately transferred to a nearby hospital for treatment, the Egyptian Health Ministry said in a…

Tehran, July 8 (UNI) The death toll from Israeli attacks on Iran between June 13 and 24 has reached 1,060, head of Iran’s Foundation of Martyrs and Veterans Affairs Saeed Ohadi said. In a televised interview with state-run IRIB TV, Ohadi yesterday said the number could further rise given the seriously injured and the unidentified…

Beijing, July 8 (UNI) China’s national observatory renewed yellow alerts today, warning of high temperatures and rainstorms in several regions of the country. During daytime today, parts of regions between the Yellow River and the Huaihe River, regions between the Yangtze River and the Huaihe River, the Jianghan Plain, areas south of the Yangtze River,…

Rio de Janeiro/New Delhi, (UNI) After attending the Rio BRICS Summit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today left for Brasilia on a bilateral state visit to Brazil, the first by an Indian prime minister in nearly six decades. He will hold bilateral talks with President Inacio Lula da Silva on broadening the strategic partnership. The PM…

Washington, (UNI) President Donald Trump on Monday said the US will impose 25% tariffs on goods from South Korea and Japan by August 1, while also threatening to hit five other nations with import duties of up to 40% by next month. President Trump posted two nearly identical letters, addressed to Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru…

Houston, July 8 (UNI) The death toll from flash flooding in central Texas has risen to 87, with dozens still missing as search and rescue efforts entered the fourth day, according to local authorities. Camp Mystic, a 99-year-old all-girls Christian summer camp along the Guadalupe River in Kerr County, grieved yesterday the loss of at…

Beijing, July 7 (UNI) China today said its relations with India are at a “crucial stage of improvement and development’’, and Beijing is ready to work with New Delhi to move bilateral relations forward on a sound and steady track. ‘’…the China-India relations are at a crucial stage of improvement and development. We stand ready…

Rio de Janeiro/New Delhi, July7 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi today told the Rio BRICS Summit that the international community has to strengthen its shared efforts to make the planet healthier, stressing that the COVID-19 pandemic taught us that viruses do not arrive with visas, nor are solutions chosen based on passports. Addressing the session…