White House says 20,000 Afghan interpreters asking for US asylum
WASHINGTON, July 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — About 20,000 Afghans who worked as interpreters for the United States during its war in…
Covid-19: Infections on the rise worldwide
PARIS, July 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — New Covid-19 infections have been on the rise across the world since late June, topping…
208-year jail sentence over school collapse in Mexico quake
MEXICO CITY, July 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Mexican court has sentenced a man who approved flawed construction work at a…
Pres Biden says sending US troops to Haiti ‘not on agenda’ for now
WASHINGTON, July 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Joe Biden said that sending US troops to Haiti in the wake of the…
US shooting: One police officer dead, three wounded in Texas
HOUSTON (Texas, US), July 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Four police officers were shot and one died Thursday after confronting someone barricaded…
Cuba lifts customs restrictions on food and medicine after biggest protests in decades
Anti-government protesters march in Havana HAVANA, July 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Cuba announced it was temporarily lifting restrictions on travellers bringing…
Venezuelan opposition figure Freddy Guevara arrested for “links to extremist groups”: Attorney General
Freddy Guevara CARACAS, July 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Prominent Venezuelan opposition figure Freddy Guevara was arrested on Monday, Attorney General Tarek…
US puts visa restrictions on 100 Nicaraguans after opposition arrests
President of Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega WASHINGTON, July 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — After Nicaragua’s crackdown on several opposition figures, the United States…
Covid-10: HIV ‘significant’ risk factor for severe Covid – WHO research
The World Health Organisation’s logo PARIS, July 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — HIV is a “significant” risk factor for severe Covid-19,…
Update: Cuba restores Internet access after protests, but not social media
Protests that broke out in Cuba on Sunday were the largest since the revolution of the 1950s and come as…