Covid-19: WHO approves China’s Sinopharm vaccine

GENEVA, May 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The World Health Organization has approved the Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use — the first Chinese jab to receive the WHO’s green light. The UN health agency signed off on the two-dose vaccine, which is already being deployed in dozens of countries around the…

US shootings: In America, children return to school — but so do the guns

WASHINGTON, May 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Students in many US states are just returning to classrooms after months of remote learning due to the coronavirus pandemic — but the move back has come with an unfortunate uptick in gun violence. From the first hours of Thursday, it felt like Groundhog Day…

US not planning to shoot down errant Chinese rocket: defense chief

WASHINGTON, May 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US military has no plans to shoot down an out -of-control Chinese rocket now hurtling towards Earth, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said. “We have the capability to do a lot of things, but we don’t have a plan to shoot it down as we…

US shooting: 12-year-old schoolgirl student injured three at school

LOS ANGELES, May 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A girl opened fire at a school in the northwestern US state of Idaho on Thursday, injuring three people before being disarmed by a teacher, police said. The unnamed student at Rigby Middle School near Idaho Falls was in the sixth grade, meaning she…

Covid-19: Brazil’s cases surpass 15 million

People walk on a business street amid COVID-19 outbreak in Sao Paulo BRASILIA, May 7 (NNN-Xinhua) — Brazil on Thursday reported 2,550 more deaths from COVID-19, raising the national count to 416,949, the Ministry of Health said. The ministry said 73,380 more cases were detected, raising the nationwide tally to…

Brazil: Death toll rises to 25 in Rio de Janeiro police operation against drug traffickers

RIO DE JANEIRO, May 7 (NNN-Xinhua) — At least 25 people were killed and another five injured on Thursday in an intense shootout in northern Rio de Janeiro between police and suspected drug traffickers. According to the Rio de Janeiro Civil Police, one police officer died as a result of…

UN honors 336 personnel killed in line of duty last year

A funeral ceremony in memory of two UN peacekeepers, Lt-Colonel Carlos Moises Guillen Alfaro of El Salvador and Colonel Savy Sar of Cambodia, who died in May 2020 as a result of COVID-19 UNITED NATIONS, May 7 (NNN-Xinhua) — The United Nations paused on Thursday to honor 336 personnel who…

Top US general says no attack against US forces in Afghanistan since drawdown started

The Pentagon has said the US is ready to respond to attacks as it withdraws troops 4 May 2021 WASHINGTON, May 7 (NNN-Xinhua) — The Afghan Taliban had not launched any attack against US and coalition forces since the drawdown began, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley…

Nuclear deal possible if Iran makes “political decision”: US official

The latest meeting of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) Joint Commission was held in Vienna, Austria WASHINGTON, May 7 (NNN-Xinhua) — A senior State Department official said that the United States and Iran could achieve a mutual return to compliance with the Iran nuclear deal in the coming…

US birth rate falls 4% to its lowest point ever

 WASHINGTON, May 7 (NNN-AGENCIES) —The American birth rate fell for the sixth consecutive year in 2020, with the lowest number of babies born since 1979, according to a new report. Some 3.6 million babies were born in the US in 2020 – marking a 4% decline from the year before, found the…
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