US: Some 25,000 residents flee wildfire in southern California; 2 firemen injured
LOS ANGELES, Dec 5 (NNN-Xinhua) — About 25,000 residents have been evacuated due to a wind-driven wildfire occurring near Irvine…
Covid-19: Fauci accepts Biden’s offer to be his chief medical adviser
Anthony Fauci, director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease WASHINGTON, Dec 5 (NNN-Xinhua) — Anthony Fauci,…
US to withdraw majority of forces from Somalia by early 2021
The Pentagon WASHINGTON, Dec 5 (NNN-Xinhua) — The Pentagon said that President Donald Trump had ordered to pull the majority…
Brexit: UK, EU trade talks put on hold due to “significant divergences”
European Union (EU) chief negotiator Michel Barnier (C) LONDON, Dec 5 (NNN-Xinhua) — After one week of intense trade negotiations…
Covid-19: US sets new record of 225,000 cases in one day
WASHINGTON, Dec 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — For the second day in a row, the United States on Friday notched a record…
Covid-19: UK medical chiefs eye major fall in virus deaths by early 2021
LONDON, Dec 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The arrival of a vaccine should seecoronavirus deaths in Britain reduce “significantly” by early next…
Bus falls off viaduct in Brazil, killing at least 16
BRASILIA, Dec 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A bus in Brazil plunged off aviaduct from a height of 20 meters Friday after…
Czech Republic set to phase out coal by 2038
Environmentalists had called for an earlier departure from fossil fuels PRAGUE, Dec 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Czech Republic is to…
UN alarmed by thousands of allegations of police violence in Belarus
More than 27,000 people have been detained since the August 9 election GENEVA, Dec 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United Nations’…
Libya welcomes UN’s travel exemption for late leader’s family members
UN granted humanitarian travel exemption valid for six months to three family members of Gaddafi TRIPOLI, Dec 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) —…