US: Storm grazes Florida and takes aim at the Carolinas
MIAMI, Aug 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Floridians along the state’s Atlantic coast hunkered down on Sunday as Tropical Storm Isaias plowed…
Namibia to close schools, limit public gatherings as COVID-19 cases surge
WINDHOEK, Aug 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Namibian schools will be suspended for the second time in four months next week, while…
Ivory Coast’s former PM named by Gbagbo’s party as presidential candidate
Pascal Affi N’Guessan, president of FPI (Ivorian Popular Front), speaks after being chosen as candidate for October’s presidential election by…
Covid-19: Peru sees 428,850 cases, 19,614 deaths
Workers move a coffin with the body of a COVID-19 victim out of a refrigerated container before its cremation at…
Covid-19: Colombia’s cases reach 317,651, death toll hits 10,650 as armed gangs imposes stricter lockdowns
BOGOTA, Aug 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Colombia’s Ministry of Health on Sunday reported a total of 317,651 cases of COVID-19, with 139,037 cases considered active. The…
Firefighters struggle to contain blaze in southern California
LOS ANGELES, Aug 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than 1,300 firefighters were battling a blaze that was burning out of control…
Boko Haram fighters kill at least 16 in Cameroon: mayor
DOUALA, Aug 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Fighters from the Boko Haram group killed at least 16 people in an attack on…
Opposition candidate Ali sworn in as Guyana’s president
GEORGETOWN, Aug 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) –– Guyana’s opposition candidate was sworn in as president on Sunday, hours after being declared winner…
Covid-19 cases worldwide pass 18 million: official tally
PARIS, Aug 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The number of coronavirus cases recorded worldwide has passed 18 million, according to tally from…
Covid-19: PM Boris Johnson postpones lockdown easing in England
LONDON, Aug 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The further easing of lockdown restrictions in England has been postponed for at least two…