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SANAA -- Yemen's Houthi rebels said they hit the King Khalid Air Base in Saudi Arabia's southwestern border city of Khamis Mushait with a bomb-laden drone before dawn on Sunday.
"The hit was accurate," Houthi spokesman Yehya Sarea said in a statement aired by the group's al-Masirah TV.
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KABUL -- Afghanistan harvested 855,395 metric tons of potatoes in all farms across the country in 2020, the country's Ministry of Agriculture Irrigation and Livestock announced on Sunday.
"Most potato fields are located in Bamyan, Maidan-Wardak, Logar, Ghor, Herat, Farah, Baghlan, Balkh, Faryab, Jawzjan, Nangarhar and Kunduz provinces. The area under potato cultivation reached 53,674 hectares last year," the ministry said in a statement.
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KATHMANDU -- Demand for oxygen has been rising in Nepal as more and more hospitalized COVID-19 patients are in need of oxygen.
"The majority of the COVID-19 patients admitted at our hospital required the support of bottled oxygen," Somnath Bastola, senior manager (corporate communication and public relation department) of Norvic International Hospital said.
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BERLIN -- The partnership between Chinese companies and European partners has become even closer against the backdrop of COVID-19, said Zhang Hui, Vice President of NIO Europe.
"A friend in need is a friend indeed. Mutual understanding, mutual support and precise previews are contributing to NIO's smooth operation and its local partners' fight against the epidemic," Zhang continued.
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GABORONE -- As the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccines has renewed hope for economic recovery, there is a need to invest in social protection systems in Botswana.
One of the biggest lessons learnt from COVID-19 pandemic is that there is a critical need to invest in social protection systems and occupational health and safety, President Mokgweetsi Masisi said on Saturday.
"Through the Botswana Decent Work Country Programme, work has commenced to develop a National Occupational Health and Safety Policy to enhance the existing social protection provisions," said Masisi in a statement on the occasion of the commemoration of International Labor Day. Enditem
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