Russia shuns US lunar program, as space cooperation under threat

WASHINGTON, Oct 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Russia is unlikely to participate in the Moon-orbiting station planned by the United States, a Russian official said, marking the probable end of the type of close cooperation seen for two decades on the International Space Station (ISS). The proposed new station, called the Gateway,…

Covid-19: Johnson & Johnson pauses vaccine trial as participant becomes ill

WASHINGTON, Oct 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Johnson & Johnson said it had temporarily halted its Covid-19 vaccine trial because one of its participants had become sick. “We have temporarily paused further dosing in all our Covid-19 vaccine candidate clinical trials, including the Phase 3 ENSEMBLE trial, due to an unexplained illness…

US presidential election: Pres Trump tells fans on post-Covid comeback tour: ‘I feel so powerful’

WASHINGTON, Oct 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Deprived of his beloved campaign trail for 10 days by Covid-19, President Donald Trump took center stage again Monday in Florida, vowing that he is in “great shape” with 22 days to go until he faces Joe Biden in the election. “I went through it…

Covid-19: US Pres Trump has tested negative – White House doctor

WASHINGTON, Oct 13 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US Pres Donald Trump has been found negative for Covid-19 using a rapid test, his White House physician said, 10 days after the president announced he had contracted the potentially-deadly illness. “I can share with you that he tested negative, on consecutive days, using the…

Ecuadorian president extends state of emergency at prisons following “internal turmoil”

Ecuador must act swiftly to avoid its prison crisis spiraling out of control QUITO, Oct 13 (NNN-Xinhua) — Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno extended a state of emergency at the country’s prisons for another 30 days, citing “internal turmoil” at the facilities, the Presidency’s Communications General Secretariat (Secom) said. The president…

Iran Decries U.S. Embargoes Barring Access To Medical, Humanitarian Supplies

TEHRAN, Oct 13 (NNN-TASNIM) – The Iranian Judiciary’s High Council for Human Rights, urged the world to oppose U.S. “crimes” of embargoes barring Iranians’ access to medical and humanitarian supplies. “The enforcement and intensification of unjust, illegal and inhumane embargoes by the U.S. regime … have not only caused problems…

Covid-19: US cases surpass 7.8 mln – Johns Hopkins University

Patients wear face masks as they wait in line for a Covid-19 test at Elmhurst Hospital Center, in New York NEW YORK, Oct 13 (NNN-Xinhua) — COVID-19 cases in the United States totaled 7,802,281 with 214,045 deaths as of 7:24 p.m. local time (2324 GMT) on Monday, according to the…

US: Sweltering heat, power outages greet Louisiana evacuees returning from Hurricane Delta

LAKE CHARLES (Louisiana, US), Oct 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Storm-weary coastal Louisiana residents who fled from the path of Hurricane Delta in recent days streamed back to their homes to face cleanup and repairs from the second hurricane to batter their state over the past six weeks. Many returned to find…

Covid-19: Pandemic spreading “with enormous ferocity” in Argentina’s interior, warns president

BUENOS AIRES, Oct 12 (NNN-Xinhua) — The COVID-19 pandemic is spreading “with enormous ferocity” in the interior of Argentina, President Alberto Fernandez warned. “Between now and the end of the year we have to contain it, because the pandemic is not over, it is at its worst at the moment.…

US unrest: Black man who police led by rope sues Texas city for US$1 million

Neely has sued the city of Galveston, Texas and its police department. GALVESTON (Texas, US), Oct 12 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A black man who was led by a rope by two white officers on horseback has sued a southeast Texas city and its police department for US$1 million, saying he suffered…
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