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Covid-19: Brazil virus toll surges to third-highest in world

RIO DE JANEIRO, June 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazil’s death toll from the novel coronavirus has surged past 34,000 to become…

US says China’s Tiananmen Square ‘slaughter’ not forgotten

WASHINGTON, June 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The White House said that China’s “slaughter” of protesters in Tiananmen Square in 1989 has…

Opposition leader Guaido ‘hiding’ at the French Embassy in Caracas: Venezuela’s foreign minister

CARACAS, June 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido is at the French Embassy in Caracas, the South American…

Update: ‘Pandemic of racism’ led to George Floyd’s death, memorial told

 MINNEAPOLIS, June 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) —A lawyer for George Floyd has told a memorial service that a “pandemic of racism” led to…

Covid-19: US plane with 150 donated ventilators lands in Russia

MOSCOW, June 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A US military plane carrying 150donated ventilators to help coronavirus patients landed in Moscow onThursday…

Covid-19: China to allow limited US passenger flights

BEIJING, June 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — China said it would allow foreign airlines currently blocked from operating in the country over…

Twitter accuses US President Trump of making ‘false claims’

WASHINGTON, June 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Twitter has accused the US president of making false claims, in one of the app’s…

US unrest: Minneapolis to host first memorial event for George Floyd death

George Floyd’s murder: Protests have taken place around the US for several days MINNEAPOLIS, June 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Hundreds of…

Covid-19: Coffin-makers booming as Peru virus deaths soar

A worker prepares to paint a coffin at a factory in Lima’s Juan de Lurigancho district LIMA, June 5 (NNN-AGENCIES)…

Covid-19: Over 127 journalists die from coronavirus globally – PEC

GENEVA, June 4 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 127 journalists have died of COVID-19 between March 1, and May 31, this year, around…