Americas

Air Canada Laying Off More Than 5,100 Attendants Due To COVID-19 Pandemic

OTTAWA, Mar 22 (NNN-XINHUA) – Air Canada is laying off more than 5,000 flight attendants, as the country’s largest airline…

Brazil Steps Up Measures As COVID-19 Cases Up 45 Percent In One Day

RIO DE JANEIRO, Mar 21 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) – The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Brazil increased by 45 percent…

Hezbollah Denies Being Involved In Deal To Release Israeli Agent From Lebanon’s Prison

BEIRUT, Mar 21 (NNN-NNA) – Hezbollah leader, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, said, the resistance has nothing to do with the decision…

Iran’s President Calls For Removal Of U.S. Sanctions Amid COVID-19 Outbreak

TEHRAN, Mar 21 (NNN-IRNA) – Iranian President, Hassan Rouhani, urged the American people, to press the U.S. government, to lift…

Actor Daniel Dae Kim tests positive for COVID-19

WASHINGTON, March 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Actor Daniel Dae Kim and Monaco’s Prince Albert II have become the latest public figures to…

US: Earthquake rattles Salt Lake City in Utah state

Salt Lake City LOS ANGELES, March 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A shallow 5.7 magnitude earthquake struck near Salt Lake City on Wednesday,…

Covid-19: Two US members of Congress test positive for coronavirus

WASHINGTON, March 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two US lawmakers including a Florida representative on Wednesday became the first members of Congress…

Update:Italy virus deaths hit record as Trump goes on war footing

ROME, March 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Italy on Wednesday reported nearly 500 new deaths from the novel coronavirus, the highest one-day…

Covid-19: Costa Rica sees first death

SAN JOSE, March 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) –– Costa Rica saw its first death from the novel coronavirus Wednesday, an 87-year-old man…

Chile’s 2019 economic growth lowest in decade: central bank

SANTIAGO, March 19 (NNN-Xinhua) — The Chilean economy grew 1.1 percent in 2019, the poorest performance in a decade mainly…