Americas

US shooting: Two killed, two injured as gunman opens fire at co-workers in Alabama’s ‘Fire Hydrant Capital of the World’

ALBERTVILLE (Alabama, US), June 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two people were killed and two others injured after a gunman opened fire…

Cyberattack Will Significantly Change Relationship Between Software Vendors And Customers — Moody’s

KUALA LUMPUR, June 17 (NNN-Bernama) — Taking the recent Sunburst cyberattack in the US as an example, Moody’s Investors Service…

Covid-19: US tops 600,000 deaths, New York and California drop curbs

WASHINGTON, June 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US death toll from Covid-19 surpassed 600,000 on Tuesday, although officials hailed progress towards…

Russian Pres Putin says US-Russia summit ‘constructive’

GENEVA, June 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A first summit between US President Joe Biden and his Russian counterpart was “constructive”, Vladimir…

Third Mexican student’s remains identified from missing 43

MEXICO CITY, June 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Forensic experts have identified the remains of a third Mexican student from among the…

Car bomb attack at Colombian military base wounds 36

CÚCUTA (Colombia), June 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A car bomb blast inside an army base in the Colombian city of Cucuta…

Biden and Putin shake hands, kicking off Geneva summit

Russian Pres Vladimir Putin and US President Joe Biden shake hands during their meeting at Villa la Grange in Geneva,…

Brazil to deploy special police force to protect Yanomami from miners

BRASÍLIA, June 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazil said it would deploy a special security force to protect the Yanomami indigenous reservation,…

Covid-19: UNITAID signs deals to supply oxygen for poor countries

GENEVA, June 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) –– WHO-hosted International Drug Purchasing Facility (Unitaid) announced it had struck deals with two of the…

US Pres Biden ‘ready’ for Russian counterpart Putin after landing in Geneva

GENEVA, June 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Joe Biden landed Tuesday in Geneva on the eve of his first summit…