Covid-19: Canada-US border closure to be extended another 30 days
OTTAWA, Sept. 17 (NNN-Xinhua) – Canada and the United States areexpected to extend a ban on non-essential ground travel between…
Landmark 75th session of UNGA commences in largely virtual format amidst COVID- 19
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The landmark 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly has commenced amidst the…
Covid-19: Nearly 550,000 children in US test positive
Students study online at a recreation center in Los Angeles WASHINGTON, Sept 16 (NNN-Xinhua) — Nearly 550,000 children in the…
US wildfires: Pres Trump fans flames of climate row in California
LOS ANGELES, Sept 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — USPresident Donald Trump has dismissed concerns over climate change on a visit to fire-ravaged California, telling an…
US unrest: Louisville to pay family $12m over police shooting of Breonna Taylor
Taylor, a decorated emergency medical technician, was 26 when she died. LOUISVILLE (Kentucky, US), Sept 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Officials in Louisville, Kentucky have agreed to pay $12m…
Covid-19: Pandemic cost global tourism $460 billion in January-June – UN
MADRID, Sept 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The coronavirus crisis cost the global tourism sector $460 billion in lost revenue during the…
US wildfires: New York sees smoke from West Coast fires
NEW YORK, Sept 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Smoke from the fires ravaging theAmerican West Coast traveled across the continent to reach…
Brazil’s wetlands burn, rain is ‘only hope’ – firefighters
PORTO JOFRE (Brazil), Sept 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Lieutenant Silva’s face isgrim as he watches his firefighters try — and fail…
US: Pres Trump says he wanted to kill Syrian Pres Assad, but then Defence Sec Mattis opposed
WASHINGTON, Sept 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Donald Trump said he wanted to assassinate Syrian strongman Bashar al-Assad in 2017,…
Peru economy minister survives congress censure vote
Economy Minister Maria Antonieta Alva LIMA, Sept 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Peru’s economy minister survived a censure motion in Congress on…