US presidential election: Campaign enters final day with nation on edge

Poll workers in Detroit began processing ballots. The 2020 election is on track to set new records for turnout on the strength of a tidal wave of early voting WASHINGTON, Nov 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The US presidential campaign enters its final day Monday with a last-minute scramble for votes by…

Covid-19: White House and country’s top virus doctor clash ahead of election

WASHINGTON, Nov 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — One of America’s top government scientists, Anthony Fauci, has issued an urgent plea for a change in US policy on the coronavirus, drawing a sharp rebuke from the Trump administration in the final days of a hard-fought election campaign. Fauci, in an interview in the…

Covid-19: Global death toll tops 1.2 million

PARIS, Nov 3 (NNN-AGENCIES) — More than 1.2 million people have died ofcoronavirus around the globe, according to official sourcesat 0745 GMT on Monday. A total of 1,200,042 deaths had been recorded from 46,452,818 cases, withnearly one death in every five in the United States, the world’s worst-hitcountry. The US…

Sri Lanka Groups Slam U.S. Disinformation About Sri Lanka-China Relations

COLOMBO, Nov 2 (NNN-SLNEWS) – Sri Lanka-China friendship groups condemned U.S. disinformation about Sri Lanka-China relations, following a recent visit to the country by U.S. Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo. The groups also affirmed their country’s independent foreign policy. “In the last few weeks, the U.S. and its allies had…

Canada: Police arrest suspect after stabbings in Quebec City kill 2

Police said the suspect is in his mid-20s and confirmed two have died and five others are hurt QUEBEC CITY (Canada), Nov 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Police in Quebec City early Sunday arrested a man on suspicion of killing two people and injuring five others in a stabbing rampage near the provincial…

S. Korea’s Export Falls In Oct On Fewer Business Days

SEOUL, Nov 1 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea’s export fell in Oct, on fewer business days, after logging the first rebound in seven months in Sept, a government report showed today. Export, which accounts for about half of the export-driven economy, shrank 3.6 percent from a year earlier to 44.98 billion…

US presidential elections: Early voting surges as Trump, Biden make late push

WASHINGTON, Nov 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A record 90 million Americans have voted early in the US presidential election, as President Donald Trump and his Democratic rival Joe Biden campaigned across the country to try to sway the few remaining undecided voters. The high number of early voters, about 65 per cent of…

COVID-19: Brazil’s death toll nears 160,000; Mexico reports 91,753 deaths; elective surgeries resumed in Chile

 An employee wearing protective gear disinfects a shopping mall in Caxias do Sul, Brazil BRASILIA, Nov 1 (NNN-Xinhua) — BRAZIL registered 407 deaths in the last 24 hours from the novel coronavirus, bringing the total number of deaths to 159,884, the Ministry of Health said. Meanwhile, 18,947 new cases of…

Covid-19: US reports nearly 100,000 daily cases, setting new global record

People wearing face masks visit the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC WASHINGTON, Nov 1 (NNN-Xinhua) — The United States reported nearly 100,000 COVID-19 cases on Friday, setting the highest single-day number of cases recorded around the world. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported 99,750 new COVID-19…

US unrest: Judge rules teenager should return to Wisconsin to face shooting charges of two protesters

Kyle Rittenhouse, the teenager charged with killing two people and injuring another during demonstrations on the streets of Kenosha, Wisconsin ILLINOIS (US), Nov 1 (NNN-AGENCIES) — An Illinois judge ordered the extradition of a teenager accused of fatally shooting two protesters and wounding a third during demonstrations in August in…
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