Americas

UN Chief Calls For New Social Contract And New Global Deal To Address Inequality

UNITED NATIONS, July 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) – UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, on Saturday, called for a New Social Contract and a…

At least 23 bodies found in mass grave in Mexico

GUADALAJARA (Mexico), July 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The bodies of at least 23 people have been found in a hidden grave…

Covid-19: Saudi hosts G20 talks on recovery, debt crisis

RIYADH, July 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — G20 finance ministers and central bankers are set to hold talks Saturday aimed at spurring…

Covid-19: Brazil outbreak has ‘plateaued’, says WHO

GENEVA, July 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The new coronavirus outbreak in hard-hit Brazil has plateaued, the World Health Organization said, urging…

US racism: Pentagon nixes Confederate flag at US military facilities

WASHINGTON, July 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Pentagon chief Mark Esper effectively banned the display of the Confederate flag at all US…

Covid-19: Argentina extends quarantine to Aug 2

Volunteers serve free food to residents inside the Fraga slum during a government-ordered lockdown BUENOS AIRES, July 18 (NNN-Xinhua) —…

Covid-19: Pres Trump not to issue national mask mandate

Pres Trump wore a face mask in public for the first time July 11 WASHINGTON, July 17 (NNN-Xinhua) — US…

EU condemns US sanctions policy

BRUSSELS, July 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The EU’s diplomatic chief attacked the US over its use of economic sanctions, after Washington…

Covid-19 resurgence poses biggest risk to US economy – IMF

WASHINGTON, July 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The dominant risk to the US economic recovery is a resurgence of COVID-19 cases that…

Covid-19: 60pc of Americans disapprove of Trump’s handling of pandemic – poll

WASHINGTON, July 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Three in five Americans now disapprove of their president’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, a…