Covid-19: Argentina announces curfew as coronavirus cases rise

BUENOS AIRES, April 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Argentina’s President Alberto Fernandez announced a three-week nighttime curfew after a second consecutive day of record coronavirus infections. The curfew will enter into force on Friday and apply from midnight to 06:00 am every day until April 30, he said in a message recorded…

Talks to save Iran nuclear deal get off to good start

VIENNA, April 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Iran, Russia and the United States reacted positively Tuesday to the opening exchanges in a first day of talks in Vienna aimed at rescuing an international agreement on Tehran’s nuclear programme. US President Joe Biden has said he is ready to reverse the decision of…

US wants to ‘discuss’ Beijing Olympics boycott calls

WASHINGTON, April 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States said it would discuss calls to boycott the Beijing Olympics with its allies after growing pressure to shun the Winter Games on human rights grounds. “It is something that we certainly wish to discuss,” State Department spokesman Ned Price said when asked…

US shooting: 2-year-old boy, 7 adults wounded in latest Chicago shootings

Chicago police work the scene of a shooting early Tuesday in Chicago CHICAGO, April 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A 2-year-old boy was shot in the head Tuesday morning while riding in a car on Chicago’s famed Lake Shore Drive just hours after seven people were shot and wounded in a fight…

US shooting: Navy medic gunned down after shooting 2 sailors

Police walk near the scene of a shooting at a business park in Frederick, Md., FREDERICK (Maryland, US), April 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A US Navy medic shot and wounded two US sailors at a military facility on Tuesday, then fled to a nearby army base where security forces shot and killed him,…

Covid-19: Argentina sets daily record of 20,870 new cases

Residents walking amid the spread of the coronavirus disease in Buenos Aires BUENOS AIRES, April 7 (NNN-Xinhua) — Argentina registered a record number of new COVID-19 cases, after 20,870 people tested positive for the disease in the last 24 hours, bringing the national tally to 2,428,029, according to the Ministry…

Covid-19: Prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago tests positive

PORT OF SPAIN, April 7 (NNN-Xinhua) — Keith Rowley, prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago, said Tuesday that he has tested positive for COVID-19 and has been quarantined under medical supervision. The 71-year-old prime minister said on his Facebook account that he began experiencing flu-like symptoms on Monday night and…

Covid-19: Pres Biden announces all adults in US eligible for vaccine by April 19

WASHINGTON, April 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Joe Biden announced that all adults across America will be eligible for Covid-19 shots within two weeks, while economic powerhouse California set a June 15 target to fully reopen businesses. The positive news from the United States — which has reported the most coronavirus…

Mexican election candidate launches campaign from coffin

CIUDAD JUÁREZ (Mexico), April 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Mexican congressional candidate launched his election campaign in a coffin Tuesday to highlight the country’s many thousands of deaths from the coronavirus pandemic and cartel-related violence. Carlos Mayorga, a lower house candidate for the Encuentro Solidario party in the northern state of…

Covid-19: Brazil’s daily death toll surpasses 4,000

BRASÍLIA, April 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazil registered more than 4,000 Covid-19 deaths in 24 hours for the first time Tuesday, the health ministry said, as the country reeled from a surge of infections that has made it the current epicenter of the pandemic. The coronavirus claimed 4,195 lives in the…
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