Update: Storm Eta takes a heavy toll as it tears across Central America

GUATEMALA CITY, Nov 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Scores of people, including 50 in Guatemala, have died as the remnants of Hurricane Eta unleashedfloods and triggered landslides on its deadly march across Central America. Eta struck the Caribbean coast of northern Nicaragua as a Category 4hurricane on Tuesday, tearing through impoverished coastal…

Western Digital to invest a further RM2.3 bln in Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 6 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Western Digital, a leading digital storage equipment manufacturer, has decided to invest an additional RM2.3 billion to upgrade its facilities and boost its production capacity in Malaysia. “This was agreed on during a meeting between Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and group chairman of Western…

Covid-19: US daily cases hit new record, topping 120,000

WASHINGTON, Nov 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than 120,000 coronavirus cases were reported in the US in the past 24 hours, smashing a daily record set the day before, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University. The country reported 123,085 new infections between 8:30 pm Wednesday and 8:30 pm Thursday…

US presidential election: Outcome hanging on results of key states

WASHINGTON, Nov 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The outcome of the US presidential election remained in the balance late Thursday as a handful of battleground states complete their vote counts. Democrat Joe Biden has racked up at least 253 of the 270 electoral votesthat he needs, according to US network projections —…

US formally quits Paris agreement but Biden pledges return

WASHINGTON, Nov 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United States left the Paris accord on Wednesday, becoming the first country to ever withdraw from an international climate change pact, but Joe Biden vowed he would immediately return as president. With election results pointing to a likely defeat for Donald Trump in Tuesday’s…

Canada reports rare strain of swine flu found in a human

MONTREAL, Nov 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Canadian health authorities reported the country’s first case of a human infected with the H1N2 virus, a rare strain of swine flu. The case, detected in the western province of Alberta in mid-October, appears to be isolated “and there is no increased risk to Albertans…

US presidential election: Russia says ‘obvious shortcomings’ in US election system

MOSCOW, Nov 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russia’s foreign ministry said outdated legislation and a lack of regulation had revealed flaws in the US electoral system, as votes were being tallied to decide the next American president. The knife-edge US presidential race was tilted toward Democrat Joe Biden early Thursday, but President…

Death and destruction as Tropical Storm Eta batters Central America

TEGUCIGALPA, Nov 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Tropical Storm Eta pushed intoHonduras after leaving behind a trail of destruction in Nicaragua, where it made landfall as a Category Four hurricane. At least four people — two in Nicaragua and two in Honduras — werekilled as Eta dumped heavy rain that unleashed widespread…

US presidential election: Biden closes in on White House victory, Trump turns to courts

WASHINGTON, Nov 6 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Former vice president Joe Biden, making his third run at the White House, was tantalizingly close to victory on Thursday as President Donald Trump sought to stave off defeat with scattershot legal challenges. Biden, 77, needs a total of 270 votes to capture the Electoral…

Trump’s legal team obtains court order to watch vote counting in Pennsylvania

WASHINGTON, Nov 6 (NNN-BERNAMA-SPUTNIK) — United States President Donald Trump’s legal team obtained a court order allowing his campaign representatives immediate access to the vote-counting process in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi told reporters outside of the Pennsylvania Convention Centre on Thursday. “We plan on entering that…
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