Americas

Japan’s Death Toll From COVID-19 Tops 1,000, Tokyo Steps Up Nightspot Antiviral Measures

TOKYO, July 21 (NNN-NHK) – Japan confirmed 419 new COVID-19 infections on Monday, with 168 new cases reported in Tokyo,…

Egyptian, U.S. Presidents Discuss Latest Developments In War-Torn Libya

CAIRO, July 21 (NNN-MENA) – Egyptian President, Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, and his U.S. counterpart, Donald Trump, discussed during a phone conversation…

Sea Breeze 2020 Drills Start In Black Sea

KIEV, July 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The Ukrainian-U.S. naval exercises, Sea Breeze 2020, started in the Black Sea, Ukrainian Defence Ministry…

Covid-19: Florida cases surge for fifth day as US Pres Trump pledges outbreak will be under control

WASHINGTON, July 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Florida reported more than 12,000 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, the fifth day in a…

Covid-19: Cubans celebrate no local transmission for first time in four months

People get hand sanitizer before entering a shop in Havana HAVANA, July 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Cuba for the first time…

Covid-19: President of Bolivian Football Federation dies after catching virus

LA PAZ, July 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The president of the Bolivian Football Federation (FBF), Cesar Salinas, died Sunday after being…

Covid-19: Brazil’s death toll nears 80,000

BRASILIA, July 20 (NNN-XINHUA) — Brazil’s COVID-19 death toll raced towards 80,000 on Sunday, after 716 deaths in the past…

Two dead as Dutch army helicopter crashes in Caribbean

THE HAGUE, July 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two people died when a Dutch army helicopter crashed into the sea soon after…

Russian fleet tracks US destroyer in Black Sea

MOSCOW, July 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Russian Black Sea Fleet has begun to track the US guided-missile destroyer Porter, which entered the Black Sea on…

Brazil’s indigenous chief Raoni in ‘stable’ condition, depressed after wife of 60 years died

BRASILIA, July 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Indigenous leader Raoni Metuktire, one of the Amazon rainforest’s best-known defenders, is “stable” after receiving…