Putin Praises BRICS Cooperation On International Issues

MOSCOW, Nov 18 (NNN-TASS) – Russian President, Vladimir Putin, yesterday, praised the BRICS countries — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — for their close coordination on international and regional issues. “The BRICS are strengthening cooperation to combat terrorism, illegal drugs and corruption,” Putin said, during the 12th BRICS…

Covid-19: Strict new limits imposed coast to coast in US as pandemic surge continues

WASHINGTON, Nov 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The city of Philadelphia and several large U.S. states announced strict new limits on social gatherings and commercial activity to tamp down a coronavirus surge threatening to overwhelm healthcare systems and claim thousands more lives in the weeks ahead.New Jersey, California, Ohio and Pennsylvania’s largest…

Congress chooses centrist Francisco Sagasti new Peru president: official

LIMA, Nov 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Peru’s Congress on Monday chose a 76-year-old former World Bank official as the South American country’s new president, the third in a week. Francisco Sagasti was elected as lawmakers met to try to find a way out of a political crisis, sparked by the impeachment…

Covid-19: Number of cases across globe up by over 528,000 in past day – WHO

GENEVA, Nov 17 (NNN-TASS) — More than 528,000 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus infection were registered worldwide in the past day, with the overall number of such cases exceeding 54.3 million, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in its daily bulletin. As of Nov 16, as many as 54,301,156…

Covid-19: ‘More people may die’ if Trump blocks cooperation on covid planning, says Pres-elect Biden

WILMINGTON (Delaware,US), Nov 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President-elect Joe Biden expressed frustration Monday about Donald Trump’s refusal so far to cooperate on the White House transition process, saying “more people may die” without immediate coordination on fighting the coronavirus pandemic. “More people may die if we don’t coordinate” on issues…

Hurricane Iota, maximum category 5 strength, makes landfall in Nicaragua

BILWI (Nicaragua), Nov 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Iota made landfall on Nicaragua’s northern Caribbean coast as a maximum Category 5 hurricane, accompanied by catastrophic winds, rain and storm surge, a top meteorological official said. “This powerful hurricane Iota is already on the front line, it’s already on land. At the moment,…

Covid-19: Venezuela to buy 10 million doses of Russian vaccine

CARACAS, Nov 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said that his government has agreed to buy 10 million doses of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine against Covid-19. The vaccines will come in the first quarter of 2021, Maduro said at an event in Caracas broadcast on government television, adding that…

Covid-19: US adds 1 million cases in less than a week

 WASHINGTON, Nov 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The US surpassed 11 million coronavirus cases Sunday, adding one million new cases in less than a week, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University. The dizzying rise came as cities and states across the United States were implementing new restrictions to try to…

US election: Pres Trump retracts apparent admission of defeat

WASHINGTON, Nov 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Donald Trump appeared accidentally to admit his election defeat in a tweet on Sunday morning — before reversing course to claim he won, and once again push unsubstantiated claims of mass fraud in the vote. Trump has refused to concede the Nov 3 US…

Covid-19: Moderna says vaccine 94.5% effective

WASHINGTON, Nov 17 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Moderna announced its experimental vaccine against Covid-19 was shown to be 94.5 percent effective according to early results from a clinical trial with more than 30,000 participants. “This positive interim analysis from our Phase 3 study has given us the first clinical validation that our…
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