Brazilian President Signs Law Authorising Privatisation Of Eletrobras

BRASILIA, Jul 14 (NNN-CMA) – Brazilian President, Jair Bolsonaro, signed into law yesterday, a bill approved by Congress, that paves the way for the privatisation of state-owned electric utility company Eletrobras, according to the country’s Official Gazette. Among other measures, the regulatory framework will include the issuance of new Eletrobras…

Argentina Reports 20,023 New COVID-19 Cases

BUENOS AIRES, Jul 14 (NNN-TELAM) – Argentina registered yesterday, 20,023 new cases of COVID-19, raising the national count to 4,682,960, the Ministry of Health said. The ministry said, 387 more deaths were reported, bringing the national death toll to 99,640. The number of patients in intensive care units reached 5,199,…

U.S. Budget Deficit Soars To 2.24 Trillion USD In First Nine Months Of Fiscal Year 2021

WASHINGTON, Jul 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The U.S. budget deficit soared to 2.24 trillion U.S. dollars, during the first nine months of fiscal year 2021, which ends on Sept 30, the U.S. Treasury Department reported on Tuesday. Federal revenue for the nine-month period ending in Jun rose to 3.05 trillion dollars,…

Civil Unrest Disrupts Health Services In S. Africa

JOHANNESBURG, Jul 14 (NNN-BUANEWS) – South Africa’s National Department of Health said yesterday that, health services were disrupted in the country, due to the ongoing protests. “The recent violent protests have impacted the vaccination rollout and also disrupted access to essential healthcare services, including collection of chronic medication by TB,…

Gunmen Kill 222, Kidnap 774 In Three Months In NW Nigerian State: Official

LAGOS, Jul 14 (NNN-NAN) – A total of 222 people were killed and 774 others kidnapped, in the second quarter of 2021, in a spate of attacks by gunmen who have been on the rampage in Nigeria’s north-western state of Kaduna, an official security report said yesterday. In the security…

Volkswagen, China’s Gotion High-Tech To Jointly Build Battery Cell Factory In Germany

BERLIN, Jul 14 (NNN-XINHUA) – German car manufacturer, Volkswagen and Chinese company, Gotion High-tech, concluded a strategic cooperation agreement, on the construction of a battery cell factory at Volkswagen Group Components’ site in Salzgitter, southeast Lower Saxony, the German carmaker announced yesterday. Production at the site is planned to start…

Ireland’s New Car Sales In June Surpass Pre-Pandemic Levels

DUBLIN, Jul 14 (NNN-XINHUA) – Ireland’s new car sales in Jun surpassed pre-pandemic levels for the first time this year, said the country’s Central Statistics Office (CSO) yesterday. In Jun, 2021, Ireland sold 4,980 new private cars, 1,122 units more than it sold in Jun, 2019, said the CSO in…

12 EU Countries To Get Pre-Financing To Jump-Start Pandemic-Hit Economies

BRUSSELS, Jul 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The Council of the European Union (EU), yesterday approved the first batch of national plans for recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic fallout, concluding the process for nearly half of EU countries, to get the initial capital. The first 12 countries to be able to get…

Mudflow Kills Eight In Eastern Uzbekistan

TASHKENT, Jul 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) – A mudflow, caused by heavy rainfall, has killed eight people and injured six others in Kasansay district of eastern Namangan region, Uzbek Emergency Situations Ministry said, yesterday. Heavy rains in the Jalal-Abad region of neighbouring Kyrgyzstan, caused a sudden mudflow in the downstream Kasansay river,…

Over 160 Unmarked Graves Found Near Former Indigenous Residential School In Canada

OTTAWA, Jul 14 (NNN-XINHUA) – More than 160 unmarked graves have been found, near a former indigenous residential school, in Canada’s British Columbia province, according to a Canadian television network. The Penelakut Tribe found the “undocumented and unmarked” graves around the Kuper Island Industrial School, operated from 1890 until 1975,…