Covid-19: Latest global developments

PARIS, Aug 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Here are some of the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis: MORE THAN 809,000 DEAD: The pandemic has killed at least 809,255 people worldwide since surfacing in China late last year. More than 23.4 million cases have been registered in 196 countriesand territories. The United…

Covid-19: US approves plasma to treat virus, global death toll above 800,000

WASHINGTON, Aug 25 (NNN-AGENCIES) –– The United States announced anemergency authorization to use blood plasma from recovered coronaviruspatients as a treatment for the disease, which has killed more than 800,000people around the world. Many governments around the world are renewing efforts — including thereimposition of lockdowns — to contain the…

13 Dead In Botched Police Raid On Illegal Party At Lima Nightclub

LIMA, Aug 24 (NNN-ANDINA) – A botched police raid of a nightclub in Peru’s capital Lima, left at least 13 people dead and another six injured, as panicked clients stampeded towards the exit, authorities said yesterday. According to an Interior Ministry statement, about 120 people were gathered for a party,…

Brazil Sees Lowest One-Day COVID-19 Death Toll In 12 Weeks

RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 24 (NNN-CMA) – Brazil yesterday reported it registered 494 deaths from the COVID-19 in the previous 24 hours, the lowest number of fatalities in a single day since May 31. According to the Ministry of Health, the figure brought the total death toll to 114,744. In…

Russia Interested In Cooperation With China On 5G: Russian FM

MOSCOW, Aug 24 (NNN-TASS) – Russia is interested in cooperation with China on 5G technology, Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, said. “We will definitely not follow the example of the Americans, who simply demand that everyone not cooperate on 5G with China, in particular with Huawei,” Lavrov said, at the…

COVID-19 Deaths Surpass 60,000 In Mexico

MEXICO CITY, Aug 24 (NNN-PRENSA LATINA) – Mexico reported 6,482 more COVID-19 cases and 644 new deaths, taking its national caseload to 556,216 and the death toll to 60,254, according to its health ministry. The government also said, the actual number of infections could be significantly higher than the confirmed…

Brazil Reports 50,032 New COVID-19 Cases, 892 More Deaths

RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 23 (NNN-CMA) – Brazil registered 50,032 new COVID-19 cases and 892 more deaths in the last 24 hours, bringing the national caseload to 3,582,362, and the death toll to 114,250, the Ministry of Health reported yesterday. Brazil is second only to the United States in terms…

Roadside Bomb Hits U.S. Troops’ Trucks In Western Baghdad: Iraqi Ministry Official

BAGHDAD, Aug 23 (NNN-NINA) – A roadside bomb exploded near a convoy of trucks, carrying equipment belonging to U.S. troops in western Baghdad, an Iraqi Interior Ministry official said. The blast took place when the convoy was moving on a highway, near al-Ghazaliyah neighbourhood, in the western part of the…

Afghan President, NATO’s Civilian Envoy Discuss Peace Process

KABUL, Aug 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Afghanistan’s President, Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, yesterday met with NATO’s Senior Civilian Representative in Afghanistan, Stefano Pontecorvo, and discussed issues including the peace process in Afghanistan, the Presidential Palace said. In the meeting, attended by National Security Adviser, Hamdullah Mohib, the two sides exchanged views on…

IAEA Chief To Visit Tehran Tomorrow

VIENNA, Aug 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Mariano Grossi, will travel to Tehran tomorrow, to meet with high-level Iranian authorities, IAEA said. The visit will be the director general’s first to Iran, since he took office last Dec, the statement said. During…
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