US urges diplomacy as Nagorno-Karabakh fighting rages
HICRAN QULIYEVA stands in front of her house in Ganja, Azerbaijan, after it was hit by a rocket YEREVAN/BAKU, Oct…
Fiji, Cuba ink visa exemption agreement
SUVA, Oct 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Fiji and Cuba signed here a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on visa exemption which will enable…
Covid-19: Nearly 800,000 children in US test positive
Children walk past school buses in the Borough Park neighborhood in the Brooklyn borough of New York WASHINGTON, Oct 28…
Covid-19: Pandemic slashes international tourism by 70 pct – UN
MADRID, Oct 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — International tourists arrivals plunged by an annualised 70 percent during the first eight months of…
Southern California’s latest wildfires rage with little progress reported
LOS ANGELES, Oct 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Firefighters in Southern California reported little headway against two explosive, wind-whipped wildfires that forced…
Covid-19: UN cancels in-person meetings over infections
The United Nations Headquarters UNITED NATIONS, Oct 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United Nations cancelled all in-person meetings at its New…
Covid-10: Almost half a million Americans contract virus in past week as infections surge
WASHINGTON, Oct 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Nearly half a million people in the United States have contracted the novel coronavirus in…
US presidential elections: Early voting tops 70 million, continuing historic pace
Early voters line up to cast their ballots for the Nov 3 elections WASHINGTON, Oct 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than…
Oil drops 3% as virus infections, Libyan oil output rebound
LONDON, Oct 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Oil prices fell more than 3% on Monday, extending last week’s losses as coronavirus cases…
Costa Rica seizes 2.4 tons of cocaine in record 15th seizure in 2020
The drugs, contained in 2,420 packages each weighing around a kilogram, officials say SAN JOSE, Oct 28 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Costa…