Americas

13 of 15-member UN Security Council oppose US push for Iran sanctions

UNITED NATIONS, Aug 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States was further isolated over its bid to reimpose international sanctions on…

Covid-19: Brazil’s squalid jails get even worse as pandemic spreads

More than 17,300 inmates have been infected and nearly 100 have died, according to the National Penitentiary Department BRASILIA, Aug…

Update: California fires double in size, flames approach university campus; 6 dead, 43 injured

LOS ANGELES (California, US). Aug 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — California’s lightning-sparked wildfires more than doubled in size into some of the…

Covid-19: Russia to send 2,000 doses of vaccine to Mexico for testing

MEXICO, Aug 22 (NNN-TASS) — Mexico will receive 2,000 doses of theSputnik V coronavirus vaccine from Russia for the third…

Covid-19: EU, CureVac in advanced talks for 225 million vaccine doses

GETTY IMAGES BRUSSELS, Aug 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The European Commission and German biotech firm CureVac said they had concluded a…

Covid-19: Brazil sees new job creation jump in July

BRASILIA, Aug 22 (NNN-XINHUA) — Brazil saw 131,010 formal jobs added in July, the first uptick in job creation since March, the Ministry of Economy…

California fires spread, fouling air and spurring evacuations

LOS ANGELES, Aug 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Thick smoke blanketed large areas of central and northern California as more people fled…

Covid-19: US cases surpass 5.6 mln

WASHINGTON, Aug 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The total number of COVID-19 cases in the United States surpassed 5.6 million on Friday,…

Covid-19: Pandemic could be over within two years – WHO head Tedros

Dr Tedros said globalisation had allowed the virus to spread more quickly GENEVA, Aug 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The head of…

Covid-19: US Pres Trump pushes universities to keep reopening despite cluster outbreaks

WASHINGTON, Aug 22 (NNN-XINHUA) — US President Donald Trump has urged universities to keep reopening their campuses, despite reports of…