HAVANA, June 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Cuba’s Soberana 2 vaccine candidate has shown 62 per cent efficacy with just two of its three doses, state-run biopharmaceutical corporation BioCubaFarma said, citing preliminary data from late-phase trials. Cuba, whose biotech sector has exported vaccines for decades, has five vaccine candidates in clinical trials,…

A child receives hand sanitizer while arriving at the Ignacio Zaragoza elementary school MEXICO CITY, June 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mexico City schools that had just gone back to in-person classes will be closed again starting Monday as the sprawling capital climbs into a higher tier of coronavirus risk, education authorities…

Tourists take pictures with a thermometer at the Furnace Creek Visitor’s Center at Death Valley National Park in California LOS ANGELES, June 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — California has declared a state of emergency to address power system concerns, as parts of the US south-west reported dangerously high temperatures. An excessive heat warning…

The cyclists were doing a 58-mile bike ride to raise money for a local school PHOENIX (Arizona, US), June 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A man in a pick-up truck drove into cyclists taking part in a charity bike ride in Arizona, leaving six of them in a critical condition. The incident…

WASHINGTON, June 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The driver of a pickup truck slammedinto a crowd gathering for a Pride parade Saturday in south Florida, killingat least one man, US media reports said. It was not immediately clear if this was a deliberate assault. The incident happened at the start of the…

BRASILIA, June 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazil on Saturday became thesecond country after the United States to surpass 500,000 Covid-19 deaths asthe South American giant grapples with a third wave of the pandemic. “500,000 lives lost due to the pandemic that affects our Brazil and theworld,” Health Minister Marcelo Queiroga tweeted.…

People celebrate Juneteenth at St. Nicholas Park, which commemorates the end of slavery in Texas ATLANTA (Georgia, US), June 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — On Saturday (June 19), the United States marks Juneteenth for the first time as a federal holiday commemorating the end of the legal enslavement of Black Americans. President Joe…

Ashin Tricarico, who is accused in a string of drive-by shootings in metropolitan Phoenix SURPRISE (Arizona, US), June 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A 19-year-old Arizona man was charged after a 90-minute shooting spree across eight cities Thursday that killed one person and injured 12 others, authorities said. Ashin Tricarico, of Surprise,…