Covid-19: US Pres Trump plans to invoke Defense Production Act to combat coronavirus outbreak
WASHINGTON, March 19 (NNN-Xinhua) — US President Donald Trump said he will invoke the Defense Production Act, which allows the…
Covid-19: Foreign missions in Malaysia keeping track of situation
By R.Ravichandran and V.Sankara KUALA LUMPUR, March 19 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Following the Malaysian government’s decision to enforce the Movement Control Order to curb the rise in COVID-19…
Covid-19: US-Canada border to close amid virus crisis
WASHINGTON/OTTAWA, March 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have agreed to close the US-Canada border…
COVID-19 Cases Top 200,000 Globally, Death Toll Over 8,000: WHO
GENEVA, Mar 19 (NNN-XINHUA) – More than 200,000 cases of COVID-19 have been reported globally, to the World Health Organisation…
Covid-19: IMF rejects crisis-hit Venezuela’s request for $5 bn virus aid over Pres Maduro legality
WASHINGTON, March 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday rejected economically devastated Venezuela’s request for a $5 billion…
Covid-19: Colombia orders senior citizens to self-isolate from March 20
People walk on the street, wearing protective masks as a preventive measure against the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19),…
Brazil recaptures inmates who escaped in COVID-19 row
Authorities in Brazil planned to end day-pass programmes, sparking riots and mass escapes SAO PAULO, March 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Brazilian…
Three Rockets Hit Green Zone In Baghdad
BAGHDAD, Mar 18 (NNN-NINA) – Three Katyusha rockets fired, on Tuesday, at the heavily fortified Green Zone in central Baghdad,…
Covid-19: Quarantine threatens to deepen Venezuelan coronavirus crisis
People queue in front of a supermarket during the first day of a national quarantine CARACAS, March 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) —…
Covid-19: US plans to turn back all asylum seekers at Mexican border
WASHINGTON, March 18 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States plans to turn back all asylum seekers and most other foreigners attempting…