Brazilian police make record drug seizure
RIO DE JANEIRO, May 22 (NNN-Xinhua) — Brazilian police have confiscated a record 28 tons of marijuana discovered inside a…
Covid-19: LatAm jobless to increase by 11.5mn, says UN
SANTIAGO, May 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The economic crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has left an extra 11.5 million people…
Covid-19: Pres Trump orders US flags lowered to half-staff for virus victims
WASHINGTON, May 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Donald Trump ordered US flags to be lowered to half-staff for three days in…
Covid-19: Brazil passes 20,000 deaths after record 24-hour toll – official
RIO DE JANEIRO, May 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The novel coronavirus death toll in Brazil surpassed 20,000 on Thursday, after a…
US: Shooter killed near Naval Air Station in Corpus Christi in ‘terrorism-related’ incident, officials say
HOUSTON (Texas), May 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — An armed person who wounded a sailor at a US Navy air base in Corpus Christi,…
Venezuela’s military to escort Iranian tankers bringing petrol
Venezuelan Defence Minister Vladimir Padrino CARACAS, May 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) —The Venezuelan military will escort Iranian tankers delivering much-needed petrol to the…
Covid-19: Infections top 5 million worldwide
PARIS, May 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Global infections from the novelcoronavirus passed five million as the pandemic played outunevenly across the…
Covid-19: China rebuts US Pres Trump accusation of coronavirus ‘mass killing’
BEIJING, May 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — China offered a low-key rebuttal to United States President Donald Trump’s accusation of mass killing,…
Covid-19: UK healthcare workers begin hydroxychloroquine trial
LONDON, May 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — British healthcare workers on Thursday begin taking part in a University of Oxford-led international trial…
Covid-19: US secures 300 million doses of potential AstraZeneca vaccine
WASHINGTON, May 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States has secured almost a third of AstraZeneca’s one billion possible COVID-19 vaccine…