Venezuela blasts US Maduro indictment as ‘coup’
CARACAS/WASHINGTON, March 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Venezuela’s foreign minister accused Washington of a coup attempt Thursday after the US Justice Department…
Update: Pres Trump proposes dividing US by risk levels as it tops world in coronavirus cases
WASHINGTON, March 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Donald Trump, keen for an early lifting of economically costly social distancing measures against…
Covid-19: US offers US$58 billion aid to airlines as governments seek to avert bankruptcies
Governments stepped up efforts to help airlines hammered by a virus-induced travel slump WASHINGTON, March 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Governments stepped…
Covid-19: US surpasses China with most coronavirus cases worldwide
US now has over 80,000 positive covid-19 patients WASHINGTON, March 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US now has more confirmed cases…
Covid-19 pushes 3.3 mn to claim US jobless benefits
WASHINGTON, March 27 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The economic shutdown caused by the coronavirus pandemic sparked an explosion of Americans filing for…
Covid-19: Brazilian state governors call for minimum income amid pandemic
RIO DE JANEIRO, March 26 (NNN-Xinhua) — Brazilian state governors called on the federal government to adopt minimum income for…
COVID-19: Pentagon orders halt to all overseas movement for US forces for up to 60 days
U.S. soldiers at Ain al-Asad air base in Anbar, Iraq WASHINGTON, March 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Defence Secretary Mark Esper has…
Covid-19: US$2 trillion rescue package passes US Senate, heads to House
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell WASHINGTON, March 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US Senate unanimously passed the nation’s largest-ever rescue package,…
Venezuelan communications satellite out of service
CARACAS, March 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Venezuela’s first communicationssatellite, launched in 2008, is out of service due to a systems failure,…
Covid-19: Canada lawmakers pass aid package after all-night session
OTTAWA, March 26 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Canadian lawmakers approved a more than Can$100 billion aid package to help individuals andbusinesses through…