Americas

Covid-19: Jamaica headed to the poll Thursday amid soaring coronavirus cases

Jamaica’s Prime Minister Andrew Holness has come in for criticism that he put politics over public health KINGSTON, Sept 4…

Covid-19: Brazil tops 4 million cases amid signs virus slowing

BRASILIA, Sept 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazil topped four million COVID-19 cases on Thursday as health ministry officials said infections were beginning…

Brazil gives equal pay to men’s and women’s national players

Brazil Women’s National Team players BRASILIA, Sept 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazil’s women’s national players will be paid the same as…

China threatens to retaliate after US tightens leash on Beijing diplomats

BEIJING, Sept 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — China will deliver “a proper and necessary” response to new curbs by the State Department…

Hurricane Nana makes landfall in Belize

GUATEMALA CITY, Sept 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Central American countries were preparing for the onslaught of Hurricane Nana, which hit the…

Malaysia to impose entry ban on countries with more than 150,000 COVID-19 cases

PUTRAJAYA, Sept 3 (NNN-BERNAMA) — The government will impose an entry ban on citizens of countries recording more than 150,000 cases…

Palestinian Official Calls For Int’l Rejection To U.S. Sanctions On ICC Officials

RAMALLAH, Sept 3 (NNN-WAFA) – Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) called on the international community, to reject U.S. sanctions imposed on…

US unrest: Police kill black man in capital Washington

WASHINGTON, Sept 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Police shot dead an African-American man in the US capital Washington Wednesday, the force said,…

COVID-19 spreads in Brazil’s prisons, reformatories

BRASILIA, Sept 3 (NNN-Xinhua) — COVID-19 is rapidly spreading through Brazil’s prison system and reformatories, with almost 33,000 inmates testing…

Covid-19: Global deaths surpass 860,000 – Johns Hopkins University

NEW YORK, Sept 3 (NNN-Xinhua) — Global COVID-19 deaths surpassed 860,000 on Wednesday, according to the Center for Systems Science…