Americas

Covid-19: US marks 53,069 cases in 24 hours – a new one-day record

WASHINGTON, July 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US notched more than 53,000 new COVID-19 cases in 24 hours Thursday, a tally…

US firms create record 4.8 million jobs in June

US firms create record 4.8 million jobs in June WASHINGTON, July 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US economy created jobs at…

Cuba partially reopens borders to international tourists

HAVANA, July 2 (NNN-Xinhua) — Cuba partially reopened its borders to international tourists in keeping with measures adopted by the…

US Sec of State Pompeo urges Turkey not to convert Hagia Sophia into mosque

Hagia Sophia or Ayasofya, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, that was a Byzantine cathedral before being converted into a mosque…

US unrest: Pres Trump administration sends out teams to guard monuments on July 4 weekend

Boston officials have voted to remove ‘The Emancipation Group’ statue depicting Abraham Lincoln and an enslaved Black man from a…

More than 100 Colombian soldiers implicated in sex abuse of minors, army says

Demonstrators wearing face masks protest in front of a military battalion, against the reported rape of an Embera Chami indigenous…

Uruguay’s foreign minister Talvi resigns

MONTEVIDEO, July 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Uruguay’s Foreign Minister Ernesto Talvi, who shot to international prominence when he oversaw the repatriation…

Brazilian Amazon sees worst June in 13 years for forest fires

A part of the Amazon rainforest burns near a highway in Brazil’s Para state last September BRASILIA, July 2 (NNN-AGENCIES)…

US unrest: New York cuts police budget amid ‘defund’ calls

NEW YORK, July 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — New York City lawmakers have approved a disputed budget that purports to slash $1…

Covid-19: US buys nearly all of Gilead’s drug Remdesivir

 WASHINGTON, July 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US is buying nearly all the next three months’ projected production of Covid-19 treatment…